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ISSUES CREATED BY PROPOSED UNCLE SAM GARAGE TRANSIT CENTER

1.

Proposed Project Costs: Our client has investigated the costs for the
proposed project currently budgeted by CDTA. Based upon our client?s
knowledge of the costs for the type of project at issue, they have determined
that project costs should be approximately two-thirds of the proposed
budget.

Proieet Costs vs. Bene?t: The current bus stop on River Street near the
corner of Fulton accommodates all necessary bus traf?c and passengers,
and could be recon?gured or reconstructed in any way necessary to
accomplish the same goals of this project without the adverse impacts and
at a fraction of the cost.

Structural Integritv: Uncle Sam Garage and CDTA staff have been working
to address issues presented by the proposed project. Our client recently
received 90% plans. These 90% percent plans propose to use
existing footings of the Uncle Sam Parking Garage, which creates eccentric
loading on the existing footings. The current design for the bus stop at the
corner of Fourth and Fulton introduces a lateral load that causes the garage
to pull outward. As a 40-year old post-tension structure the proposed design
introduces a potentially hazardous situation by pulling on the garage in a
way it has not been after years of exposure to the elements.

Exiting Traf?c from the Garage: The proposed design removes direct access
to Fourth Street from the garage that will create a bottleneck in the garage
during rush hour, by moving the exit to the current alleyway. The proposed
bus holding area in the alley between the garage and the Best Western Hotel
is currently designed for buses to have the right?of?way, which will back up
traf?c in the garage at the busiest times. In addition, the design proposes to
eliminate a stair tower that will impinge ?lture development at the site.

The proposal will also adversely affect rents achievable for the former
OTB/Center of Gravity site; it will now likely attract a convenience store
for which the market is willing to pay only one-half to two-thirds of regular
retail rental rates. Additionally the current proposal is for a one story
structure that does not ?t with the urban nature of the downtown area and
should include development of upper ?oors.

Neighboring Properties: In the rear of the garage, without a sound barrier
deck, the noise impact to the adjacent Best Western Hotel would adversely
impact its guests.

Maintenance: Snow removal is currently handled by storing snow where
CDTA plans to put canopies on Fourth Street, as well as at the proposed bus
staging area in the alley between the Best Western hotel and the Uncle Sam

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Garage. In the proposed project there does not appear to be any
accommodation for how snow removal from the top deck of the parking
garage will be handled.

Porous Sidewalks: The City has determined that all sidewalks must be
porous to allow storm water runoff to seep through them and into the ground
beneath. These sidewalks have approximately a ten year life as compared
to current concrete sidewalks that have a 40 year life. It does not appear
this impact has been considered or who will pay for replacement every ten
years.

Fulton Loading Dock: Recon?guring the traf?c on Fulton Street to create a
dedicated bus lane will cut off truck access to the loading dock.

 

Convenience Store Deliveries Now Cut Off Same problem as created with
the Fulton loading dock.

CDTA Authority for the Acquisition:
Alternate Locations for Transit Center:
a. Current Location on River Street
b. Alleyway Behind Garage

0. Broadway at the Atrium