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to Boulder in 1989. They are a research and development <br />consortium. They have gone from five (5) employees to 35 and are <br />planning on expanding to 44 this year, more in future years. They <br />are a non-profit organization funded by their members, cable <br />television operators in the United States and Canada. She stated <br />that their members represent over 44 million subscriber households <br />to cable television. They do work on advance television, network <br />architecture, and on consumer electronics, which includes work on <br />digital television, and on high definition television. They are an <br />information clearing house for the cable television industry. They <br />do publications and sponsor seminars. She stated that they've <br />outgrown their space in Boulder. <br /> <br />Bob West, Oz Architecture, 1215 Spruce Street, Boulder, Colorado, <br />stated that the original site complex was based on the Homart <br />design guidelines for Centennial Valley. He stated that CableLabs <br />does not require a high ratio of parking, because of the research <br />mission and lab component within the building. There is a very <br />large lab on the first floor of the building, which does not house <br />individuals. The individuals who work in this lab have offices in <br />other parts of the building, which reduces the requirement for the <br />amount of people in this building. Therefore, he stated, in lieu <br />of the parking on the north side of the property, they're able to <br />provide landscaping and open space for the eight (8) satellite <br />dishes. He stated that the dishes were located carefully in a soft <br />curved arc to be softly set in the landscaping, with berming to the <br />south of the dishes, as well as evergreen screening to the north <br />and east providing a screen setting, particularly from McCaslin. <br />He stressed the importance of the dishes to CableLabs. He <br />commented that, if CableLabs were to leave this site,either in <br />Phase I or Phase II of the development, the dishes would be removed <br />and the parking could be added per the second drawing per the 1 to <br />300 requirement that another tenant might require. He stated that <br />the delivery area will be screened by the building notch itself, as <br />well as berming and landscaping along the east property line. On <br />average about 12 over-the-road trucks per year are typical to <br />deliver equipment to CableLabs. Phase I has a floor area ratio of <br />.296, which is a little higher than the average for Centennial <br />Valley, which is .27. Phase II has a lower f.a.r, of .234, so when <br />you build the two (2) buildings together, they average out to .27 <br />f.a.r. He stated that they are asking for approval of the final <br />PUD on Site 2 and preliminary approval on Site 3 to be able to <br />protect the development rights of that particular parcel, at least <br />for a year. The building is masonry with a tile band at the base. <br />It has various balconies and set backs, which provide a breakup for <br />the building mass. He explained that due to CableLabs need for <br />cooling of its heavy electronic equipment, the building has three <br />(3) housed rooftop units. <br /> <br />Howard wondered what the size of the berm was that shields the <br />dishes from McCaslin and what foliage would be there. <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />