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DRAFT of 4 units per acre, which are located at the entry next to the existing residences and wraps around and basically takes up a good portion of the northern residential, with the southern portion including 8 units per acre and the 11 unit per acre in the higher density area. Mr. Rasmussen then presented Option 5B, which is similar to the Preferred Plan in many ways with the exception that it proposes a 50/50 mix of single-family to multi-family for the 1,759 units. He indicated that the main difference between this and the Preferred Plan is that this Plan calls for more single-family residential and less multi-family so it frees up quite a bit of acreage for the low density 4 units per acre. Finally, Mr. Rasmussen presented Option 6, which is the most intensive of all the Options, proposing 2,279 units and a mix of 58-percent single-family and 42-percent multi-family. He indicated that is similar to the Plan presented to the Commission a few months ago, and its distinguishing characteristics are that it has all the multi-family centered on the spine and along the southern side of Busch Road, with the single-family bringing in a lot more 11 units per acre and a limited amount of 8 units per acre and 4 units per acre at the entry and next to the existing residents. Mr. Dolan stated that he would like to have some concluding comments and talk about the Preferred Plan and a little bit more summary of what really drove the thinking of the Task Force. He indicated that first of all, the Task Force spent a lot of time talking about the total number of units, with the Options having a range of alternatives from 1,000 up to 2,279. He noted that the Preferred Plan was the Alternative that, based on the available information to date, was the one that was sort of in the middle and that early indications showed was going to be financially feasible. He further noted that there is enough value created here with these land uses to pay for all the things that need to be paid for. He indicated that at this time, not all the information are available that may eventually be, and probably not all the costs are in either. He added that there are a few inputs that have not really been considered since the Task Force did a lot of this work, including some of the "Asks" from the School District, which made some decisions about land and buildings at its most recent meeting but which have not really been worked through. He noted that there are also costs, which very, very recently includes a number for contribution to the County Stanley Boulevard Project, where the County says that the City has been assuming a smaller number than the County was expecting, and so the City needs to work that through the financial process as well. He pointed out that he is bringing this out now because these things are going to continue to evolve and not all the inputs are included yet. Mr. Dolan continued that the next thing that the Task Force considered that was very important to the Task Force members and something they really valued a lot was that they want this part of town to look like the rest of the town in terms of the percentage of single-family versus higher density. He indicated that staff had presented that to the Commission earlier and has also talked about it with the City Council; and even though the Council said that it would consider something up to 50 percent, the Task Force, after DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 9/25/2013 Page 6 of 28