Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/08/2015

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May 14, 2014 Location: Fbrama>H::Drive>15153>RndingsF�port FINDINGS REPORT: BUILDING DEIGN &SITE LAYOUT ISSUE DESCRIPTION A number of OMC.udy Group members raised concerns related to the size, look and layout of a potential data center development. Specifically, residents have concerns a data center development will result in a massive institutional looking/ designed building; and, would disrupt the character of the surrounding neighborhood; and, would be avisual impediment to surrounding property owners. ANALYTICS (click here for supplemental information #1 #2 #3 #4) Concerns described above are generally broken down in two separate, but dosely related, components: building design and site layout. (1) BUILDING DEIGN—how a data center would look from the street. For example, architecture, type of building materials, height of building, etc. (2) STE LAYOUT—how a data center would look from a bird's eye view. For example, footprint of building, building setbacks, parking lot size, parking lot setbacks, road access location, etc. The City provided the OMC3udyGroup with the following information in preparation of this meeting: (1) EXAM PLE BUILDING DESIGNS— how other existing data centers and existing business type facilities look and have been constructed. (2) EXAM PLE STE LAYOUTS—existi ng, comparable, data centers site layouts. (3) SUB, ,T PFJPERTYCONCEPTS—a look at proposed data center site layout concepts for the Subject Property. (4) TESTIMONIALS—other communities and organizations' experiences with site layout and design of data centers (sties, data centers and developers). In summary, when compared to other communities with similar scenarios, Ramsey's proposed site layout is similar (revised version). To review the above information and resources in detail, please reference the RndingsPeport Appendix. MEETING NOTES This meeting was less academic and analytically based than all other OMCSudy Group meetings and much more qualitative and visually/spatially based. This meeting included both a visual preference survey (building design) and a site layout exercise (site concept maps). A number of questions were asked at this meeting. Follow up answers were provided via email, and are included in the Rndings Iport Appendix (click hereto view). MITIGATION TECHNIQUES CMCStudy Coup, Findings Fbport (DPAF7)