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City Council Meeting Minutes August 18, 2020 Page 3 of 9 REGULAR BUSINESS ORDINANCE NO. 1798, SERIES 2020 — AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONOCOPHILLIPS CAMPUS GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN (REDTAIL RIDGE MASTER PLAN) — 2nd READING, PUBLIC HEARING (advertised Daily Camera 7/19/20) continued from 814120 REDTAIL RIDGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROPOSAL — REQUEST FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE PHILLIPS 66 SPECIAL USE DISTRICT DESIGNATION FROM RURAL TO SUBURBAN, CHANGE THE LAND USE MIX POLICIES TO INCLUDE MULTI -FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, HEALTHCARE AND LODGING, AND INCREASE ALLOWANCES FOR THE FLOOR AREA RATIO AND BUILDING HEIGHT POLICIES Mayor Stolzmann reopened the public hearing and asked for disclosures. There were no disclosures. Mayor Stolzmann asked if the applicant wanted to respond to the public comments from the last meeting. She noted the response would be limited to 15 minutes. Geoff Baukol stated they had listened to the community feedback from the last meeting and are now looking at ways to decrease the size of the project in a way that still provides for a productive development that would keep Medtronic. He stated they are now looking to reduce the plan by over 2M square feet putting the total development at 3-3.5M total square feet; meeting or just above the rural FAR designation. They are looking a variety of ways to do this using different office, industrial, and residential uses. He stated a new plan would include public benefits such as open space. Baukol stated they would like feedback on what should be the desired mix of uses on the site; is there a desire to have any residential in the mix and what kind of mix; is there interest in making it all commercial/light industrial; and how best should the applicant move forward. Baukol noted that the changes to the application will affect the bonding costs of the development and would also bring different pros and cons for the City. Mayor Stolzmann stated the purpose of this hearing tonight is to discuss the application as it was filed. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney asked about the fiscal analysis and if looking at the use by right would there be a requirement for parks and open space dedications. Caron Bise, the City's fiscal policy consultant, stated that building what is allowed by right would not trigger any parks and open space requirements as those are triggered by residential building and by right the parcel has no residential. Councilmember Dickinson asked if Medtronic can make any guarantees it will actually build in Louisville. Director Zuccaro stated the current GDP does have some concurrency