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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Mrs. Lawna Munholland <br />March 23, 2011 <br />Page 7 <br />Observed parking demand surveys were conducted hourly at the site (from 8:00 AM <br />through 8:00 PM) by National Data and Surveying Services (NDS) on a Thursday, <br />Friday and Saturday (November 18, 19 and December 4, 2010). It should be noted <br />that on December 4, 2010, a Christmas Tree Lot was in operation within the parking <br />lot in the vicinity of Baja Fish Tacos, near Bristol Street. To best depict typical (and <br />in this case holiday) weekend conditions at the center, the existing Saturday counts <br />utilized in this study tracked separately and have excluded all parked vehicles related <br />to the Christmas Tree Lot sales. Appendix A contains the weekday and weekend <br />survey data. <br />The left portions of Tables 6, 7 and 8, present the actual site-wide parking demands <br />observed throughout the center on the three field-studies days. As shown, actual <br />Thursday demand peaked at noon with 605 spaces. The Friday peak was at Noon <br />with 592 spaces. The code requirement of 1,147 spaces for existing tenancies at the <br />site are roughly double the actual field-studied peak demand for those same tenancies. <br />That field-studied demand also very comfortably fits the shared parking "design <br />level" envelope of 948 spaces (from the center of Table 4 at 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM) <br />for those same existing occupancies. So while the shared parking results represent a <br />reduction from "pure code", the conservancy of the shared parking approach is <br />validated for predicting actual site parking needs. A similar comparison of actual <br />demand on even a Christmas season Saturday (peak at 11:00 AM with 521 spaces) to <br />the shared parking "design" peak of 797 spaces (actually one hour later at noon; see <br />the center portion of Table S) is also very favorable. <br />Actual Demands "Blended" with Shared Parking Application to Vacant Floor <br />Area <br />In order to illustrate likely actual future peak parking demands at Metro Town Square, <br />utilization of the actual survey data for the existing tenancies has been combined with <br />the parking demand within the ULI shared parking model for the proposed <br />modification/expansion and vacant floor areas. <br />Tables 6, 7 and 8 also present this approach. These add, to actual field-studied <br />demands, the City code parking ratios and ULI time-of-day parking profiles for the <br />expanded and vacant floor areas. Tables 6 and 7 consider a weekday (Thursday and <br />Friday, respectively). In addition, Table 8 presents a similar evaluation for the <br />weekend day (Saturday). Among the three scenarios, the minimum functional surplus <br />is 392 spaces. <br />S 1 i i ! „< . dr.. 'C, :k iii,< n h ., . , <br />31 B-30