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more publicly accessible location. The current facility is around 8,500 square feet <br />but dces not have adequate staff space, has inefficient functional relationships <br />~ (one department to another), lacks file and storage space, and does not have <br />adequate staff break facilities. Once the move is completed, the current facility <br />will be used for Transit Operations, staff training, and archive storage. The space <br />in Courthouse Square is proposed to be located on the second floor, directly above <br />the Transit Services and Transit Retail space. <br />Transit Expansion 2,709 sq.f~ <br />Courthouse Squaze provides enough expansion space to accommodate future <br />needs for more office space for at least the next 25 years. Some or all of this <br />space may be leased to other users with procec`s being used for transit purposes. <br />This space is also located on the second floor adjacent to the Transit <br />Administrative Office space. <br />Bus Mall 66,824 sq.ft. <br />The bus mall provides weather protected parking for 22 buses, as well as weather <br />protected, outdoor waiting and pedestrian areas adjacent to the indoor customer <br />service azea. Buses are parked in a sawtooth design so they can easily enter and <br />depart their designated space without interference with or from other buses. <br />Buses will enter and depart, half each on High Street and Church Street. <br />~ Designated bus slots have been pre-designed with consideration to most often <br />used transfers, and incoming and outgoing directions. Once in use, no buses will <br />need to move through downtown on Court Street. Coordinated signalization will <br />be placed on High Street at Chemeketa and at Court; and on Church Street at <br />Chemeketa and at Court. Customer safety and convenience considerations are <br />being investigated such as visual and sound warnings of bus movement, security <br />cameras, tactile surfaces and signage, reader board, public address system, and <br />others. It has also been proposed that moveable gates be installed which will <br />secure the entire mall area during non-operating hours. <br />Summary <br />Transit's portion of the project, excluding the Bus Mall, encompasses 26,884 <br />square feet in the south building. In addition, we will purchase 40 completed <br />parking spaces from the County and share, to whatever extent necessary, in the <br />streetscape and Hatfield Plaza costs. The Board has taken action to approve this <br />allocation of space for transit's facilities in Courthouse Squaze. <br />• Does the Board approve of the budget for the transit facilities in Courthouse <br />Square? <br />BUDGET <br />~ <br />