The Transit Maintenance Facility will be situated on an 11.84 gross-acre vacant industrial lot in the Rye Canyon Business Park, within the Valencia Industrial Center (view map). The site is situated at the southeasterly corner of Alta Vista Road and Constellation Road. The lot is rough-graded, relatively level, and developable, with street improvements and utility connections to the site.

Phase I of the project will consist of the construction of facilities to meet the existing and short-term expansion needs of the Santa Clarita Transit System over the next five to ten years. The initial construction phase would address all current deficiencies, as well as provide for the use of alternative fuels to meet new state and local air quality regulations. Particular design considerations must address efficient phasing of the Facility, identifying utility needs of the Facility given the existing inventory, while developing the site for future ultimate build-out.

PHASE I Administrative and Operations Office Building Maintenance Building with seven Maintenance Bays Automated Bus Wash Diesel Fueling Station Alternative Fueling Station 150 Transit Fleet Parking Area 193 Space Parking Area Landscaping

To house all functions needed at ultimate build-out, the Facility would provide a total of approximately 40,000 square feet of building area for fleet maintenance, and approximately 25,000 square feet for operations and administrative functions.

The City of Santa Clarita’s facility is intended to be a high-quality project that is environmentally sensitive, by using state-of-the-art energy efficiency and sustainable building methods. It is the City’s intent to, at a minimum, attain a “Certified” project status as defined in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System by the US Green Building Council. When complete, this project will likely be the first LEED Certified Project in the City of Santa Clarita and will be a demonstration of the City’s commitment to greener development and responsible public policy. The project is now LEED Registered, and listed on the USGBC web site, including LEED-related project information.

PROJECT TIMELINE October 1999 - Phase I - Environmental Site Assessment Mid-2000 - State (CEQA) and federal (NEPA) environmental clearances October 2001 - City acquired property June 2002 - Began Design January 2004 - Began construction Fall 2005 - Open and in operation

To aid in LEED certification of the project, a few of the features incorporated into the design of the facility are as follows:

• Straw bale insulated exterior walls for the administration building
• Optimize energy performance by providing under-floor HVAC system through a raised-floor plenum in the administration building.
• Daylighting for both the administration and maintenance buildings
• Recycled building materials, e.g., carpeting, timber, concrete, steel, tile, and vinyl.
• Water efficient landscaping
• Stormwater management

More information on LEED (PDF*)

Finally, this project is in large portion federally funded by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), as well as the State of California, L.A. County,the L.A. Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Therefore, all State and Federal administrative, design, and construction guidelines must be adhered to, including utilization of DBE firms in all contracts.

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