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and their ability to meet the shared goals of the City and County. The SRC recommends the following proposers to the JDA: • Alatus, LLC • Opus Corporation and Pulte Homes • Ryan Companies and Lennar Corporation Development Director Hutmacher explained the three responders were requested to prepare answers to seven questions, as outlined by staff for consideration by the JDA. She anticipated the developers would have an approximately 35 minute presentation for the JDA, which would be followed up by approximately 20 minutes of questions and answers. New Business Master Developer Interview – Alatus, LLC (5:30 PM) Chair Sand requested the JDA members introduce themselves to the Alatus representatives. The JDA members introduced themselves to the Alatus representatives. Bob Lux, Alatus, thanked the JDA for their time and consideration. He explained he took the role of Master Developer very seriously. He introduced the members of his team and believed they were a very professional and distinguished group of individuals. He explained the members of his team have completed master planning projects in the past and understood TCAAP was a legacy project. He discussed the study work he had done to learn more about making this a landmark development while addressing the solar and geotechnical issues for the site. He believed his team would bring the lessons they have learned from the past in order to advance TCAAP to another level. It was his opinion the Alatus group would work well together with its partners to reach the goals and objectives of this development. He noted Alatus would be working with multiple home builders and multiple multi-family contractors to compliment TCAAP. He stated the project would be very inclusive. Mr. Lux reviewed a chart with the JDA noting the vendors that would be included in the TCAAP project. Kent Carlson, Inland Development Partners, explained he was a commercial real estate developer. He indicated he would be bringing his retail expertise to the project. He provided a brief summary on his background, noting he completed Twin Lakes and recent projects in New Hope and Shakopee. He discussed the importance of bringing the right retail to TCAAP. Tom Shaver, Inland Development Partners, noted he had been in business for the past 32 years. He explained his area of focus within TCAAP would be on the corporate environment and the corporate campus. He appreciated the involvement of both the City and the County in providing a vision for this site. He discussed how the tax base would be increased through the