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41 Task 5.B Faculty Concept Objective: To develop facility concepts for the SARTC Master Plan that accommodate current and future identified services. Approach: The SARTC will accommodate several different transit modes, which creates a need to accommodate the different spatial requirements of each for equipment, movement of equipment and passenger waiting areas as well as space and new uses within the buildings. Temporal planning also becomes a priority so that the station may grow as new services become available. Pedestrian access between transit modes needs to be direct and clear to help user understandability and provide the user with a quality transit service. Accommodation of a maintenance facility and site storage facility for the Santa Ana Fixed Guideway transit service will be important to the development of the site and its building mass and spatial fit within the urban context. The work effort in Task 3 will allow the IBI Group design team to begin developing design concepts for the Transit Center including bus plazas, fixed guideway station platform, BRT station platform, High Speed Rail platform and access facilities, transit supporting commercial, retail and potential restaurant facilities, administrative offices, public and operations facilities, information and visitor services, ticketing waiting and passenger service areas, pedestrian and bicycle access and site circulation, bicycle storage facilities, parking and drop-off zones and shared car facilities. The design team will develop 3 alternate concepts and layouts for consideration including if necessary retrofit of the existing building. Maintenance Depot-Facility, Yards and Workshops: The development of the Santa Ana maintenance facility and storage yards require close coordination with the fixed-guideway consultant team on aspects of the design including the selection of the vehicles and in particular the operational characteristics, size, type and number of vehicles planned as well as the size of the complete system. The location for the facility is linked with the size of the site for the facility and storage yards and is critical to the evaluation of site locations within the planned system. This will allow for the layout and arrangement of the yard work required for movement and storage. Once a site has been selected, preparation for site development and facility programming can begin in a two step process as outlined below: Step 1: Site development including provisions for the following: • Vehicle Access to the site and internal circulation • Equipment delivery and storage requirements • Emergency vehicle service access • Storage yard layout • Parking for trucks and autos • Civil engineering, drainage and utilities • Safety and security measures • Landscaping and Fencing • Signage and Wayfinding • Site Lighting City of Santa Ana Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Master Plan IBI Group 1.25.10