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3 Project Implementation Funding- assumed future funding sources do not mature as expected-and jeopardize the implementation of the Master Plan. The IBI Group Team will develop a phased approach that will be based on a series of "concept scenarios". These scenarios will be informed by variations in possible future realities as informed by our research and forecasting models. The intent is to be able to imagine a phasing solution that might respond to unforeseen future changes in current projections. The Master Plan will be successful at varying degrees of implementation. We will avoid 'static" options that do not allow for changes in scope and force the City into an 'all-or-nothing" scenario. The multiple design concepts we develop will be linked to, and informed by, these "concept scenarios" allowing the Master Plan to move well beyond issues of visual style. Achieving unanimous support - the SARTC -is a civic center with many interested user groups, achieving unanimous support for all decisions related to any change maybe difficult to achieve, potentially leading to public dissent Though there may be an underlying understanding that our intentions are honorable, it must be recognized that change is always concerning for many. IBI Group will assure that voices are heard, and ideas offered in public forums are allowed to enter and inform the project. Workshops and public presentations are an important forum for this discourse. It has been our experience that when the ideas of participants are allowed to enrich a process, even challenge at times, those participants take on ownership for the work and are generally much more supportive of overall efforts. IBI Group understands the value in listening to participants, and is appreciative of the depth of insight they often bring to the process. We will remain open and work to address concerns before it has a chance to become dissent. Exrsting.facilityutilization-it is found that though many users love the existing train station, operation costs and structural concerns preclude adaptive re-use. The IBI Group Team will analyze and document the physical and qualitative conditions of the existing 20 year old station building. The intention is to understand what the real financial constraints/opportunities are relative to the various concept scenarios. In addition to fully understanding the capacity of the structural underpinnings and yearly operational challenges, we will also look at what works, what is enjoyed, and what is unique. There is a sense of place waiting for a train in the courtyard platform on a warm summer evening, one that may be retained even if the facility around it is retrofitted or even replaced. Expectations' and restraints - expectations of what is possible is over-sold to stakeholders only to find that certain restraints preclude realization. The work outlined in Tasks 2, 3, and 4 (Detailed Planning, Facility Requirements, and Constraints Analysis as well as Task 6 (Environmental Assessment) will form a very good picture of constraints. The IBI Group Team will avoid jumping too quickly to descriptive visual solutions, but rather work to understand the relationships between understood constraints and project desires. Our use of concept scenarios will allow for this understanding to be developed and will avoid hasty leaps to provocative proposals that may lead to distraction. City of Santa Ana Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Master Plan 1131 Group 1.25.10