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Mr. Eric A. Nelson <br />September 16, 2013 <br />Page 7 <br />demand will occur at 12:00 PM with a peak demand of 256 spaces resulting in a <br />surplus of 110 spaces. <br />SURVEY/SHARED PARKING METHODOLOGY <br />Key Parking Demand Field Study Findings <br />The code calculations of Table 2 for existing (November 2012) tenancies at the site <br />(282 spaces), contrasted with the peak shared parking requirement for only those <br />existing occupancies of Table 3 (232 spaces at 1.00 PM on a weekday), can be further <br />compared to actual field-studies of existing peak parking demands at Floral Park <br />Promenade. <br />Observed parking demand surveys were conducted hourly at the site (from 6:00 AM <br />through 8:00 PM) by Transportation Studies Inc. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday <br />(November 15, 16 and 17, 2012). Appendix A contains the weekday and weekend <br />survey data. <br />The left column of Tables 5, 6 and 7 present the actual site-wide parking demands <br />observed throughout the center on the three field-study days. As shown, the actual <br />peak parking demand on Thursday was 176 spaces at 1:00 PM. The Friday peak <br />demand occurred at 11:00 AM and 5:00 PM with 154 spaces. The Saturday peak <br />demand occurred at 3:00 PM with 150 spaces. The City code requirement of 282 <br />spaces for existing tenancies at the site is roughly 100 spaces greater than the actual <br />field-studied peak demand for those same tenancies. Consequently, while the shared <br />parking results represent a reduction from "pure code", the conservancy and accuracy <br />of the shared parking approach is validated for predicting actual site parking needs. <br />Actual Demands "Blended" with Shared Parking Application to Vacant Floor <br />Area <br />In order to illustrate the most appropriate actual future peak parking demands at <br />Floral Park Promenade with an 18,600 SF fitness center, utilization of the actual <br />survey data for the existing tenancies has been combined with the parking demand <br />within the ULI shared parking model for the proposed vacant floor areas. <br />Tables 5, 6 and 7 also present this approach, which consist of adding actual field- <br />studied demands to the City code parking ratios applied to ULI time-of-day parking <br />profiles for the expanded and vacant floor areas, for a typical Thursday, Friday and <br />Saturday respectively. As presented in Tables 5, 6 and 7, the peak parking demand is <br />278 parking spaces at 11:00 AM on a Thursday, which results in a mininmm <br />31 C-22