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Fi . ure 1: Irb Ranch Site Plan Consistent with the City Council's goal and priority to support Sunflower Hill, the City Council also approved an Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement (ENRA) between the City and Sunflower Hill which established procedures, milestones and standards for development of the affordable project. The original applicant for Irby Ranch, Mike Serpa, partnered with Meritage Homes and sold the majority interest in the development to them. Meritage Homes named the project "The Homestead at Irby Ranch" and is moving forward with the project. For consistency, the private residential project will be referred to as "Irby Ranch" in this report. Demolition plans for the existing Irby house and relocation of the Zia house have been approved and that work has begun. Improvement plans for Irby Ranch have been submitted to the City which are currently under review. Sunflower Hill PUD -129 Sunflower Hill has partnered with Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) and on September 5, 2017, Sunflower Hill and SAHA submitted the subject application for a PUD development plan to construct an affordable multi -family residential community. The project was presented to the Planning Commission at a workshop on October 25, 2017. At the workshop, the Planning Commission was generally supportive of the project and requested additional improvements to the building elevations along Nevada Street and Sunflower Hill Way. The applicant revised the plans to incorporate additional architectural details such as exposed rafter tails, thicker building trim, second -story building pop -outs along the northwest and southwest residential building elevations, and an enhanced multi-purpose room entry along the eastern elevation adjacent to Nevada Street. In addition, the applicant modified the roof design and elevations at the Page 3 of 10