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CASE 9:3 <br />REQUEST FOR FINAL PLAT APPROVAL OF RAMSEY TOWN CENTER 13 <br />ADDITION AND FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL OF THE <br />ANOKA COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER FACILITY; <br />CASE OF PSD, LLC AND ANOKA COUNTY <br />By: Sylvia Frolik, Assistant Community Development Director <br />Background: <br />Anoka County has entered into an agreement with PSD, LLC (property owner) to develop a new <br />facility for the medical examiner on a portion of Outlot GG of Ramsey Town Center Addition. <br />of Civic <br />The site is adjacent to Rhinestone Street N.W., south xamfsin� S °O�De Drive and no is located in the lower <br />Center Drive. Currently, the Anoka County Medic <br />level of Mercy Hospital. The facility currently serves 7 counties; that number is expected to <br />increase to 10 in the new Ramsey facility; with a potential to serve a total of 15 counties in the <br />future. The following items are enclosed for your information: <br />a. Site location map <br />b. Final Plat <br />C. Overall Site Plan <br />d. Landscape Plans <br />e. Building Elevations <br />f. City Staff Review Letter dated August 8, 2007 <br />g. Proposed Resolution for Final Plat Approval <br />h. Proposed Development Agreement for Plat <br />i. Proposed Development Permit for Site Plan <br />Observations: <br />The property is zoned TC -3, a work place sub - district of the Town Center for which corporate <br />and medical campuses are encouraged. The proposed medical examiner facility will be <br />approximately 17,850 square feet in size and is placed on the site to allow for a future expansion. <br />The minimum floor area ratio in this district .25; the proposed floor area ratio is .33. <br />The TC -3 district regulations require 2 -4 story buildings; the proposed building is 1 story. <br />However, the Town Center Guidelines for the TC -3 District indicate that occasional 1 story <br />buildings are acceptable if they don't dominate the street frontages and the rooflines are at least <br />18 feet in height. The medical examiner facility has been designed with a clerestory to give the <br />illusion of a 2 story building. The height to the top of the clerestory is 24 feet. The clerestory <br />includes some windows to bring natural light into the building. To intensify the illusion of a <br />functional second story, the architects have added spandro glass, which looks like a window but <br />does not function as a window. These same spandro windows have also been added to the main <br />floor of the building to give it more street level interest where windows would not normally be <br />—107— <br />