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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Mr. Enrique Legaspi July 21, 2005 Page 6 Please note that only one suite (designated for retail use) was vacant on the days that the parking surveys were conducted. However, all of the current tenants were in full operation on these same days. The results of both weekday and weekend parking surveys are summarized in Table S. This table presents the parking demands at the front and rear parking lots of the study site for each hour of the count day. The percent utilization for each lot, as well as the overall project site, is also presented in Table 5. As shown in Table 5, the project site experienced a peak parking demand of 255 spaces (50% utilization) at 12:00 PM on the weekday. The front and rear parking lots also experienced a peak parking demand at 12:00 PM with 219 parked cars (53% utilization) and 36 parked cars (38% utilization), respectively. As such, 196 parking spaces were available in the front parking lot and 58 parking spaces were available in the rear parking lot during the peak parking demand periods. During a weekend day, the project site experienced a peak parking demand of 298 spaces (59% utilization) at 2:00 PM. Similar to weekday conditions, the front lot experienced a maximum parking demand of 252 spaces (61% utilization). The rear lot experienced a maximum parking demand of 52 spaces (55% utilization). During the peak weekend parking periods, a surplus of 163 and 42 parking spaces were provided in the front and rear lots, respectively. Please note that based on general traffic engineering principles, a parking utilization of 90% or greater is considered the threshold at which drivers begin to experience difficulties in finding a place to park. As presented in Table 5, the project site experienced parking demands significantly less than 90% of the parking supply throughout the two survey days. Validation of Parking Surveys In an effort to validate the parking surveys conducted in August 2004, additional parking surveys were conducted at the project site in June 2005. The new parking surveys were conducted between 10:00 AM and 8:00 PM on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 and Saturday, June 18, 2005. Transportation Studies, Inc. (TSI) conducted the parking surveys. The results of these new parking surveys are summarized in Table 6. Table 6, similar in format to that of Table 5, indicates that the project site experienced a peak parking demands of 272 parking spaces (53% utilization) and 303 parking spaces (60% utilization) on a weekday and weekend day, respectively. During these two count days, the front parking lot experienced a peak parking demand 265 spaces (64% utilization). As such, a minimum of 150 parking spaces was available in the front parking lot at any given time. Similarly, in the rear parking lot, a maximum parking demand of 43 spaces were observed (46% utilization). N\2<OO\2042S9J',.Rq'orr.2S91 Updated ra"'," ExpanSIon Shared Parkmg AH.ISOSIA':47