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Community Transit - Merrill Creek Facility Renovation - Transportation Analysis heffron transportation inc The Merrill Creek site has three access driveways on Hardeson Road. The northernmost driveway provides access to the MCOB employee parking lot and north side of the maintenance building and is currently used by maintenance employees, coach operators, transportation administration dispatch, human resources and training staff. The central access driveway (located opposite Shuksan Way) serves as the primary entry for transit buses, while the southernmost driveway serves as the exit for transit buses and also as the access for those destined to and from the Administration building. All driveways are stop -sign controlled at their intersections with Hardeson Road. Based on existing staffing information provided by CT, a total of 693 employees are assigned to the Merrill Creek site: 117 assigned to the administration and modular buildings, and 576 assigned to the maintenance building. It is noted that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, most of the 117 administration employees were working from home at the time of this analysis. In addition, transit service and operations staffing are between 85% and 88% of pre -pandemic levels. However, CT has directed that the current reduced -level of operations should be assumed as the baseline to evaluate the impact of the planned future growth. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of administrative employees are working remotely so, in order to provide a comparison to future with - project conditions, administration employee trips were estimated assuming that those employees would return to working from the site once the pandemic is over. 1.2. Proposed Changes The administration building is proposed to be renovated and expanded with new vestibules on the north and south and an addition on the west for a total of 2,335 sf of additional floor area. Four existing modular buildings (5,680 sf) and canopy would be demolished. The EMC would be relocated into the southwest corner of the remodeled administration building. Paved areas to the south and west of the administration building would be re -striped for employee parking, providing a total of 335 spaces. Construction on the administration building is planned to commence in Spring 2022 after a separate project at KPCR is complete and staff moves out of the administration and modular buildings. The Vehicle Maintenance (VM) area of the MCOB building would be expanded, adding approximately 19,500-sf to accommodate anticipated growth in coach fleet size at the base. The addition to the western side of the building would expand a mezzanine, accommodate 6 additional maintenance bays, and relocate the body shop and paint booth from their existing locations. The northern and western portions of the site now used for MCOB employee parking would be repaved with concrete to accommodate transit bus storage and circulation. Employee parking north of the maintenance building would be reduced to the 88 full-sized spaces and 4 motorcycle spaces in the lot at the northeast corner of the site. A large number of MCOB employees would be re -assigned to the administration building when its renovation is complete. The MCOB portion of the project also includes modifications to the existing bus wash building roof structure and to the fuel facility's fascia height to provide clearance for double- decker buses, as well as modifications to plumbing and other mechanical systems. No changes to the site access driveways are proposed; Figure 3 shows the proposed site improvements. All site improvements are planned to be complete by 2025. The planned employee re -assignments would result in 119 employees assigned to the maintenance building and 467 employees assigned to the administration building, resulting in a total of 586 employees at the Merrill Creek site. Those values were increased by 30% to reflect anticipated future growth made possible by the expansion project. With that growth, 155 employees are expected to be assigned to the expanded maintenance building and about 608 employees (including about 510 coach operators) would be assigned to the renovated and expanded administration building. In total, the Merrill Creek site is projected to have 763 employees accounting for re -assignments and growth, reflecting an increase of 70 employees compared to the current site condition (693 employees). Table 1 summarizes the existing and planned future employee allocations and growth. December 9, 2020 1 4