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City Council Meeting Minutes February 7, 2012 Page 8 of 16 Mayor Muckle requested a staff presentation. Economic Development Director Star updated Council on some of the key projects for December and January. • Sam's Club —Walmart's commercial broker updated the BRaD Committee on the factors which make it difficult to find a good tenant. • Safeway — Loftus Development submitted plans for a multi-family rental redevelopment, and is scheduled before the Planning Commission on February 16. • Conoco Phillips —Will submit for an extension of their development plan approval. • Business Assistance Agreements —Three BAP requests during these 2 months. • King Soopers — Remodeling continues; they anticipate a grand re-opening in the spring, prior to the Easter holiday. • The downtown building owned by Boulder County has been listed for sale and went under contract quickly, but the contract has fallen through. • The Centennial Valley Merchants membership is growing. • The Business Retention and Development (BRaD) committee, and members of City Council continued their business retention visits in 2011 and completed 41 visits, which is an increase from 32 in 2009 and 39 in 2010. COUNCIL COMMENTS Mayor Muckle reported on a Centennial Valley Merchants meeting where discussions centered on planning a July 4m event to complement the City's fireworks display. RESOLUTION NO. 11, SERIES 2012 —A RESOLUTION APPROVING A PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAT AND PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) PLAN FOR THE STEEL RANCH SOUTH DEVELOPMENT Mayor Muckle requested a staff presentation. Planning Director Russ explained RMCS, LLC has submitted a Preliminary Plat and Planned Unit Development (PUD) plan to allow the development of approximately 306 proposed residential units on 17.32 acres, which will be named "Steel Ranch South PUD", formerly known as "Takoda PUD Planning Area #4". The applicant requests a preliminary Plat and PUD to guide the placement of 306 residential units within the 17 acre parcel. The development is separated into two planning areas: Planning Area 4A and Planning Area 4B. Planning Area 4A consists of approximately 66 single-family, either attached or detached, alley-loaded residential units. Planning Area 4B consists of approximately 240 multi-family units within 10 multiplex apartment buildings clustered around a common space. Circulation throughout the apartment site is provided by 22' wide private drive aisles. The proposed street widths and right-of-way (ROW) standards are narrower than current City standards.