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I. The study was required to account for operational efficiency related to fleet maintenance services (since 30% of fleet maintenance hours are associated with public works vehicles which equates to 90 vehicle trips a day); customer service calls' current and future locations; supplies' storage vehicle trips to and from the "Boneyard" (which average 150 trips a day); opportunities to place less developed property into productive use (improvement to land value ratio of <_.50); and future projected increases in traffic congestion. J. Six locations were identified for the alternatives' analysis phase of the study. K. The six locations were named "Cedar Service Center 2.0,""Cedar-Smith" (Cedar St/Smith Ave area), "Smith Island,""Riverpoint" (now known as the Everett Point Industrial Center or EPIC), "SW Everett (Hardeson Road area), and a "Multi- Campus Scenario." L. The evaluation criteria to assess the six locations included cost, implementation feasibility, department mission, department resiliency, department operational efficiency, city development goals, and public benefit. M. The use of the evaluation criteria required an assessment of a variety of issues, some of which included site areas' soil stability; liquefaction; maintenance and operating costs; potential future rates; transportation costs; parking availability, service growth, fleet requirements, construction costs, opportunity costs, and development opportunities. N. The City Council received four presentations during the study. These included a council briefing on May 8, 2019 that described existing conditions and visioning (phase one); a briefing under Administration update on August 14, 2019 that described the progress to date of the alternatives' analysis (phase two); a council briefing on November 13, 2019 that identified the results of the alternatives analysis (phase two) which included the identification of the draft preferred (EPIC) and backup (Cedar-Smith) site areas; and a council briefing on April 1, 2020 describing the results of the implementation and feasibility analysis (phase three) that confirmed that the EPIC site is the recommended site and that the Cedar-Smith area is the recommended back up site area. O. The recommended EPIC preferred site also includes the recommendation to develop a satellite motor vehicle division (MVD) operation at the EPIC site to maintain the efficiency of operations of public works and MVD personnel because separated operations will add cost and downtime as vehicles must be transported for service; public works requires a functioning fleet for continuity of operations, especially during emergencies, including snow and ice responses; E RESOLUTION Page 2 of 4