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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 the development of the affordable project. The approved ENRA is attached as Exhibit D for reference. The developer for Irby Ranch has also agreed to allow families of Sunflower Hill members the first right to purchase homes adjacent to the Sunflower Hill development. The original applicant for Irby Ranch, Mike Serpa, has now partnered with Meritage Homes and has sold the majority interest of the development to them. Meritage Homes has named the project "The Homestead at Irby Ranch" and is now moving forward with the project. For consistency, the private residential project will be referred to as "Irby Ranch" in this report. Plans have been submitted to the City which are currently under review and Meritage Homes anticipates beginning site demolition in November and preliminary grading as weather permits through winter. On September 5, 2017, Sunflower Hill submitted the subject application for a PUD development plan to construct the affordable multi -family residential community. AREA AND SITE DESCRIPTION The Irby Ranch development consists of the Irby, Kaplan, and Zia properties located at 3780 and 3878 Stanley Boulevard and 3988 First Street. The properties were developed in the late 1800's and early 1900's with single-family homes, including barns and agricultural buildings. Altogether, the three properties total approximately 15 acres of land. The properties also include a 2.7 -acre portion of Arroyo Del Valle and adjacent open space generally running west to east along the southern property line. The site of the Sunflower Hill project comprises approximately 1.64 acres located along the southeast corner of the Irby property (3780 Stanley Boulevard), fronting the future Nevada Street extension. Surrounding Uses The subject site would be located at the southeast corner of Irby Ranch, fronting onto the future Nevada Street extension with land planned for new single-family homes to the north and west, a self -storage facility (Public Storage) directly to the east, and the future Nevada Street extension and arroyo to the south. Figure 2 shows a vicinity map of Irby Ranch, the subject site and surrounding area. PUD -129, 3780 Stanley Blvd. Planning Commission 3 of 10