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City Council Meeting Minutes July 1,2014 Page 10 of 31 open to create a stair step effect. If a regional detention area is approved and detention is no longer needed in this area, the wall can be removed altogether. Council member Stolzmann inquired about the two phases and whether they stand on their own merits or will units previously allowed in Phase 1 end up in the next phase. Principal Planner McCartney confirmed they are approved for 244 units; 55 units in Phase 1 and 189 units in Phase 2. If all the units are not built in the first phase they could carry over to the second phase. Council member Stolzmann inquired about the density. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ explained the preliminary sets the density at 244. APPLICANT PRESENTATION Justin McClure, DELO LLC, 950 Spruce Street, Suite 2A, Louisville, CO introduced his business partners, Richard Brew and Dave Waldner, and Steve Erickson, Principal of Boulder Creek Life and Home, who was the builder at Steel Ranch in northeast Louisville. Mr. McClure noted Boulder Creek also has offices in the downtown area. Mr. McClure provided background information about his company's success at the Steel Ranch development. He stated they are a local, accountable and hardworking company with a track record of working with highly complex projects and turning them into high quality communities. He explained an infill project definitely represents some complex issues with vacations of rights -of -ways, off -site drainage and densities. He felt the proposal provides public amenities. He reviewed the timelines, in which the project has evolved and when the company began the assemblage of the properties for development. The first parcel was the 5 -acre Aggregate property, then PDI and the Baker property. He noted the Preliminary PUD received unanimous approval from the Planning Commission and City Council and they have received unanimous approval on the Final PUD from the Planning Commission. He requested City Council unanimously approval of the Final PUD. He noted that Phase 1 and Phase 2 of DELO would be a catalyst for the rest of the Highway 42 area including the redevelopment of the Alpine Lumber (owned by Steven Tebo) and Boom properties. • Proposal: Townhomes product- types, streetscapes and mews, which are set in between the Townhomes to create open space and public access; product -type caters to empty nesters and provides good transition to the Little Italy neighborhood. • Relocation of Historic Structure: Move 100 year -old structure from 1004 Griffith Street (supported by the Historic Preservation Commission), which will be repurposed for 1,500 SF of office space and will serve as a monument entrance into Griffith Street.