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March 31, 1998 Memo To: The Special Project Oversight Committee From: Joha Whittington Project Coordinator, Salem Transit District Subject: Transit Square Foota~e Analysis BACKGROUND The question has been posed by the oversight committee concerning the proposed amount of square footage for transit functions at Courthouse Square, relative to the present transit facilities and space nceds. In the words of ths committee's interim report of March 13, 1998, "SPOC is concemed that Transit has not demonstrated a need for the amount of building space it has listed in the program information and has indicated on the plan" The following information is presented with the intent of providing the needed information, and to clarify the space needs of the various functions of the District. Programming of spaces was conducted by the project architect, Arbuckle Costic, based upon the needs that were developed by transit staff. Informatian provided to the oversight committee previously gave the incorrect impression that the District would be moving into spaces wluch would be as much as triple the size of cwrent spaces. While Courthouse Square will provide substantially more room for operating and administrative needs thau is cwrently contained in transit spaces, much of the expansion is related to increases in the size of public areas (waiting room, public restrooms), and expansion in the transit operator and supervisor areas. We expect to see transit ridership increase by 200'/0-300'/0 over the next 25 years, stimulating a need for much larger public areas and significantly more transit operators than is the case today. Administrative needs are not expecteci to increase at anywhere near the same rate. ADMINISTRATIVElOPERATIONS SQUARE FOOTAGES The following table shows aurent space occupancy by District administrative and operating func~ions; what the current need for space is; and, the amowrt of space that will be provided in the present design of Courthouse Square. As may be noted, Cowthouse Square space for a~dministrative services exceeds current nceds by 16%, or 1,400 sq. feet. The customer serviceJoperations area growth at Courthouse Square, compared to cun ent aeeds, is 86% The i6% gowth in space from rurrent administrative needs results primarily from space that is added to the design for growth within the e~risting District functions. Keeping in mind that the Courthouse Square facility will be the home of the transit administrative offices for