6300 MERRILL CREEK PKY BASE FILE 2018-01-01 MF Import

" —OCT.23.1997 10�07Flt1 W&H PRCIFIC N0.944 P.Si6 . • 2vir. Wayne M. Wena Page 4 October 22, 1997 The applicant believes that there aze severai factors presont that suggest that the initial and average employment level,rzther thaa the maximum level should be used as the basis for mitigarion fees: ► Indushy cycles-The tenant is a contra:t business that employs labor on an as-needed basis. If industry history is an indicator,the electconics industry is cyclical.In other parts of che country, and even Everett to some oxtent,�an:•portation facilities have ' been built to acconunodate peak employce loads, and wl:er. business faces a down ' turn, there are facilities with excess capacity. Fasilities in Everctt were in this situation when the Everett Boeing plant was at iYs low employment period in the]ate 1980's.The applicant believes it is not reasonablc to base infrastructure investmcnts and bcsociated taxes and fees on possible worst case scenarios which may only last a month or two out of every cauple of years. ► Traffic is variable-Hccause of seasonal employee needs, vacations, and increased use of altemarive employee schedules (especially shortened work weeks) there is fluctuation in h�avel pattesns which ean produee as much as 20%variability in ua�ic . volumes on a roads serving employment-intensivo areas over the course of a week. ► The site will need to be aggressive with�ensportatiun demand management(TDIv�- � ?he site will be required to comply with Everett's commute trip reduction requirements, bazed on ihe aumber of employees beginning work in 'he moming peak. An aggressive TllM progrzm will reduce the number of trips gencrated.As t}�.e employee count increases abo��e the average lcvel, the number of puking stalls provided, 668,will also provide a self-limiting feature to individuals driving to the site. If the maxiaium employment scenario is reached, the maximum on-site empioyee count would be about 750, necessitating ridesharing and transit use to avoid pazlang overflow. Clurently,Solectron h�5 about a 10%catpool participation. The site is calculated to cover 825,038 net squaze feet, or 18.94 acres.Peak period Qip generation rate as calculated above,translates to 18.69 trips per acre for the maximuttt empinyment scenario, This is below the Ciry's threshold of 30 trips per net acre, so no further analysis is necessary. uP�ommendation ' i The cunent application is to devclop the initial building and operate it with the currenc employee base. This translates to a mirigation fee of$137,822,as noted in the fee calculadon table above. The average operating scenario anticipated for the site is about 550 emgloyees, in a shift pattem i identified above,resulting in a Pbt peak trip generntion of 16?. and a fee of$162,972, Tlte applicant � beliwes it is re�sonable to pay the trip mitigation fee based oii an average employment level of 550.