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May 14, 2014 <br />Location: Pbrama >H:Drive >15153 >FindingsReport <br />FINDINGS REPORT: BUILDING DESIGN & SITE LAYOUT <br />ISSUE DESCRIPTION <br />A number of OMCStudy Group members raised concerns related to the size, look and layout of a <br />potential data center development. Specifically, residents have concerns a data center development <br />will result in a massive institutional looking/ designed building; and, would disrupt the character of the <br />surrounding neighborhood; and, would be a visual impediment to surrounding property owners. <br />ANALYTICS (click here for supplemental information #1 #2 #3 #4) <br />Concerns described above are generally broken down in two separate, but closely related, components: <br />building design and site layout. <br />(1) BUILDING DESIGN —how a data center would look from the street. For example, <br />architecture, type of building materials, height of building, etc. <br />(2) SITE LAYOUT —how a data center would look from a bird's eye view. For example, footprint <br />of building, building setbacks, parking lot size, parking lot setbacks, road access location, <br />etc. <br />The City provided the OMCStudy Group with the following information in preparation of this meeting: <br />(1) EXAMPLE BUILDING DESIGNS —how other existing data centers and existing business type <br />facilities look and have been constructed. <br />(2) EXAMPLE SITE LAYOUTS — existing, comparable, data centers site layouts. <br />(3) SUBJECT PROPERTY CONCEPTS —a look at proposed data center site layout concepts for the <br />Subject Property. <br />(4) TESTIMONIALS —other communities and organizations' experiences with site layout and <br />design of data centers (cities, data centers and developers). In summary, when compared to <br />other communities with similar scenarios, Ramsey's proposed site layout is similar (revised <br />version). <br />To review the above information and resources in detail, please reference the Findings Report Appendix. <br />MEETING NOTES <br />This meeting was less academic and analytically based than all other OMCStudy Group meetings and <br />much more qualitative and visually /spatially based. This meeting included both a visual preference <br />survey (building design) and a site layout exercise (site concept maps). <br />A number of questions were asked at this meeting. Follow up answers were provided via email, and are <br />included in the Findings Report Appendix (click here to view). <br />MITIGATION TECHNIQUES <br />OMC Study Group, Findings Report (DRAFT) Page 18 of 42 <br />