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� - c ge�,p�l peployea may also switch to walking or riding birycla, as the new facility will have showers and Iookers. B. SPECIFIC EVALUATION CRITERIA According to Ordinance 1849-92, Paragraph D, l. Governmental or Quui-Governmental Activitia, a) Public Buildings and Pubiic Service Uses: . Government OP6ce uses and buildings may be permitted to locate outside the B-3 zone only when: (a) such use is incompatible with other uses permitted in the B-3 zune or is inconsistent with the stated purpose of the B-3 zone; or (b) when the public in�ended to be served by tho proposed govemmental office use will clearly be becter served by a loca[ion outside of the B-3 zone.. . Cr�vemment activities and public facilities that involve large vehicles, bulk storage, or processes that are incompatible with the permitted uses or stated purpose of the B-3 zone shall not be located in the B-3 zone. . CT believes that this proposal meets the above specific criteria for locating a government activity outside of the B-3 zone. CT has decided to relocate our administration building to the new Merrill Creek Operating Base in order to consolidate staff and resources onto one location. The administrative and erecutive stafi serve all CT employees, the majority of whom are already located at Merrill Creek. By consolidating our staff onto one site, we will be able to reduce daily automobile trips between facilities while increasing the efficiency of our organization. Additionally, the curcent administration building (now located at 164th Street SW in Lynnwood) is not large enough to accommodate staff needs now or in the future. Our operations and maintenance facility is already located in the M-? zone; therefore to locate our staff on one site, the administration building must also be located in the M-2 zone. It woutd have been impossiole to locate the maintenance and operations faciliry in the B-3 zone for several reasons, including: operation of buses, large land area needed for parking buses, frequency of in/out trips of buses, and noise associated with maintenance activities. As far as serving the public, locating the administration building downtown would not be more convenient. CT does not serve the majority of commuters in downtown Everett, our service area is outside of Everett. In fact, our Customer [nformation Services (CIS) will remain at the 164th Street building which is more convenient for our ridership. The proposed administration building will not be heavily used by the public - the only public activities would include attending board meetings/public hearings, picking up job applications, and iob interviews. Two additional points, though not directly related to the above specific criteria: . The Mertill Creek site consists of 23 useable acres - more than enough to contain CT's maintenance and operations, bus parking, administration, and executive staff. The land purchase has been made, the site is already graded, and utilities have been extended. C'C's Communiry Transit Admimstration Bwlding PagO' SPU Pertnrt E�aluation Cntcna EX91l11�= �.—=_ OF �' —