January 18, 2012
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Underground Parking
initiative, w here PC C and co m m u ­
nity rep resen tativ es are w orking
p e o p le in an d a ro u n d the C asc ad e w ith several ex p ert transportation
C a m p u s c o m m u n ity w ho h a v e co n su ltan ts to h elp identify a w ide
been w o rk in g tirele ssly v o lu n te e r­ range o f altern ativ e transportation
ing tim e to h e lp the c am p u s p lan strateg ies fo r the entire PC C dis­
f o r th e f u t u r e , " s a id A lg ie trict. T h ese include a red u ctio n in
G atew ood, C ascade C am pus p re si­ the re lia n ce on sin g le -o c c u p a n t
d en t. "T he c a m p u s h a s seen u n ­ cars, help m eet the goals o f the
p re c e d e n te d g ro w th o v e r the p a st c o lle g e ’s C lim ate A ction Plan and
se v e ra l y e ars. T o d a y , w e serv e m ain tain access to education.
m ore th an 2 2 ,0 0 0 stu d en ts p er
G atew ood said the future is bright
y ear, w h ic h tra n s la te s to a b o u t 27 on this front because C ascade has
p e rc e n t m ore stu d e n ts th an w h en m ore people ch o o sin g alternative
the 200 8 b o n d m e a su re w as a p ­ m odes o f tran sp o rtatio n - biking,
p ro v e d by v o te rs.
w alking, rid esh arin g , p ublic transit
"T hese are ex citing tim es for the and PC C shuttles - than any other
C ascade C am pus com m unity, and PC C facility (fo r instance, ten p er­
there w ill be m any m ore d iscu s­ c en t o f cam p u s co m m u ters are bike
sions an d opp o rtu n ities to get in ­ rid ers, h ighest at any location).
volved as w e design and build the
"Our location makes us an ideal can­
C ascade C am pus o f the future," didate for alternative transportation,"
G atew o o d added.
Gatewood said. "Both the parking op­
T h e C a s c a d e C a m p u s b o n d tions that were under final consider­
plans included m ore classroom s and ation would have required advancing
labs, updated eq u ip m en t and te c h ­ incentives to use alternate transporta­
n o lo g y in fra stru c tu re , ex p an d e d tion modes, such as bike amenities,
career program m ing, a new child transit subsidies, pricing and opera­
developm ent center, im provem ents tional adjustments and more. I believe
to the library and student services, we are up to the challenge."
and a parking solution to address
parking dem and and reduce im pacts
to the surrounding com m unity.
"The addition o f classroom space
in the new academ ic building, m eet­
ing space in the new student center,
and im provem ents in the library, will
allow us to better serve more stu­
dents as well as com m unity m em ­
bers," said Scott Huff, C ascade C am ­
pus dean o f Instruction. "In particu­
lar, added classroom s will allow us to
handle the greatly increased student
num bers seen over the last several
years as m ore students turn to PCC
for their educational needs."
W ith that grow th, com es the is­
sue o f in creased traffic to the c a m ­
pus and a condition to adding new
square footage to the cam pus is to
also provide adequate parking.
A fter m onths o f analysis, d is­
cussion and debate, the college has
decided to go forw ard w ith the plan
to build an underground parking
garage to accom pany constructio n
o f the tw o new cam p u s buildings.
T he underground lot w ill provide
220 parking spaces - a net increase
o f about 75 spaces.
G atew o o d said in selecting the
underground parking option ov er
an above-ground option, the c a m ­
pus w eighed cost; benefit to the
com m u n ity ; safety, security and
operational issues; efficient use o f
land; o p p ortunities for future c a m ­
pus d evelopm ent; and im pacts to
the adjacent N orth K illingsw orth
business corridor. B uilding below
ground parking betw een the tw o
new buildings helps the cam pus
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preserve a full city block for future
developm ent and m aintain the c h ar­
acter and aesthetics o f the n eig h ­
borhood, he added.
T he parking decisio n fits w ell
into the c o lle g e ’s current T ra n s­
p o rta tio n D em an d M an a g e m en t
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