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City Council Meeting Minutes January 7, 2014 Page 4 of 22 Relations Manager Muth; Deputy City Manager Balser and supported by Nancy Rodgers, an Attorney with the Colorado Communications and Utility Alliance. The team has received citizen inputs from emails, cards, on-line survey and from an open house meeting. The team will meet next week to discuss negotiation strategies and the specific issues for negotiation, using citizen input. He will describe the negotiation strategies and the schedule at the next City Council meeting and will provide an update on the negotiations until they are concluded. PUBLIC COMMENT Alan Sobel, 1408 Kennedy, Louisville, CO voiced his appreciation for the Council agenda item on the Comcast Franchise negotiation update. He expressed his misgivings at the open house, on a weekday at 4:00 p.m. before Christmas, where there was no clear indication of what was to occur. A Comcast representative was present and spoke freely on cable company competition, but when asked specific questions about call services centers and notice to subscribers, he was not familiar with those matters. There were not opportunities for citizens to provide input. When a citizen offered input about the internet, or the GMTC they were told it was not the appropriate forum. He asked when would be the appropriate forum for citizen input. He requested the City provide the public accurate information. RESOLUTION No. 1, SERIES 2014— A RESOLUTION APPROVING A BUSINES ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH ZETAWAVE LLC FOR THE REMODELING OF EXISTING INDISTRIAL SPACE AT 258 TAYLOR AVENUE IN THE COLORADO TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE Mayor Muckle requested a staff presentation. Economic Development Director DeJong presented the Business Assistance Package (BAP) for a new Louisville employer, Xetawave LLC. XetaWave manufactures state of the art data transfer radios, which operates across multiple bands to meet the application needs for several industries, including oil and gas, water, waste water, utilities, traffic, solar and the military. The company was founded By Jonathan Sawyer and Robert Campbell in 2010. Xetawave is outgrowing their space at 1668 Valtec Lane in Boulder County and have identified 258 Taylor Avenue in the Colorado Tech Center. The Company would lease the entirel7, 000 SF building. The previous tenant was Audit Logistics, who moved their operations to 1157 Century Drive in the Centennial Valley area. Xetawave has 19 employees currently, but plans to grow to 30 in the new location over the next five years. They estimate $80,000 of tenant improvements are needed to accommodate their use in the building. The company meets the general criteria by which assistance may be granted in accordance with the Business Assistance Policy. The assistance would be funded by permit fees, construction use tax, and consumer use tax from the tenant finish of the existing space.