Transit Center Study

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Transit Center Study
Burlington South End Neighborhood Transit Center
Study
Presentation to theBurlington City Council
November 21, 2005 700 PM
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Agenda

• Background
• Project Location
• Project Elements
• Proposed Site Plan
• Proposed Structure
• Environmental Process
• Conceptual Costs
• Potential Future Use Areas
• Next Steps

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Background

• Goal
• Increase public transit service
• Remove traffic from neighborhood streets
• Provide commuter parking
• City has operated adjacent facility successfully
  for 10 years
• SENTC project would make arrangement permanent
  and within the Citys control
• Partnership of City, CATMA and CCTA
• Federal earmarks and CATMA match available

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Background

• Current study scope
• NEPA process (Categorical Exclusion)
• Conceptual design
• Conceptual cost estimates
• Technical Advisory Committee
• Public participation
• Coordination with AIA competition

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Project Location
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Project Elements

• Transit facility
• Park-and-Ride parking
• Passenger waiting area, vendor space, restrooms
• Pedestrian and bicycle improvements
• Opportunity for complementary Future Use

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Proposed Site Plan
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Proposed Structure
Image by Truex Cullins Partners Architects
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Proposed Structure
Image by Truex Cullins Partners Architects
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Environmental Process

• Categorical Exclusion (CE) under NEPA (National
  Environmental Policy Act)
• Areas of Interest
• Traffic
• Stormwater
• Soils
• Construction Phasing

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Conceptual Costs

• Conceptual Capital Costs
• 11.3 - 13.4 million
• Includes 30 contingency and 20 soft costs
  (design/engineering/construction services)
• 80 Federal, 20 CATMA
• Conceptual Operations Maintenance Cost
• 360,000 to 660,000 annually
• OM cost allocation to be determined

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Potential Future Use Areas
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Next Steps

• Continued Public Involvement
• Filing of CE Checklist
• Application to FTA for funding for Preliminary
  Engineering
• Design Engineering
• Construction