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SITE ANALYSIS Parking requirements for the project are based on the largest regularly scheduled event. In this case we are assuming a hockey team as the prime tenant in the arena with a capacity of 8 000 seats. A conservative estimate for vehicle occupancy of 2.5 persons per car has been used for this model. In the urban sites considered in this study opportunities exist to share parking with daytime office parking garages and lots. Since most arena events are evening and weekend events, those daytime garages and lots are usually vacant and therefore available for event crowds. For urban event centers the target capacity is typically assumed to be approximately 85% of a full house — or 6800 patrons resulting in a requirement for 2720 parking spaces within a 4 to 5 block walk. Additional capacity must be available within a reasonable distance to accommodate larger events. Size Requirements Urban site size requirements vary, primarily due to availability of event parking within a walkable distance. A larger development site is required if significant on site parking is required. As a comparison, city blocks in downtown Everett measure roughly 250' x 350' or 87,500 SF. For the purpose of this study we assumed an 8,000-seat capacity event center with adequate site area to provide onsite staging and service functions, 10,000 SF of meeting space. We also looked at the possibility of the project including a practice enclosed ice sheet. Total site area requirement will be approximately 250,000 — 300,000 SF. All of the sites considered will accommodate this facility with the exception of Site 1. While the square foot area is adequate, the width of the site is inadequate to accommodate the anticipated facility. One street closure would be required to accommodate the facility. The impact of this street closure on adjacent landowners and businesses would need to be assessed should this site be the option pursued. Access and Traffic In general downtown streets have excess capacity. No major traffic bottlenecks exist within the downtown area, with the exception of traffic on Pacific as it crosses the rail lines. That problem will be alleviated with the planned overpass. Due to the dense roadway system downtown, the extent of new roadway construction on the surface street network necessary to support an event center is minimal. New construction, if required, would only be related to capacity enhancements or minor access improvements. Traffic Characteristic Convention type traffic is generally spread out over time. The impact of this level of traffic on the surrounding roadway systems is thus minimal. Convention traffic generation is only a concern if the facility is proposed on a very congested roadway. Arena events create peak demands that could have a significant affect on the adjacent roadway system. An 8,000 capacity arena event may generate as many as 3 000 vehicles. These vehicles tend to have Tess of an impact during arrival as the inbound traffic flow is generally spread over a 2-hour period. However they tend to create an intense short- term impact at the end of the event as the City of Everett — Arena Feasibility Analysis Page 30