Appendix A

Figure 1: General Location of Bus Garage and Associated Facilities
Figure shows aerial photograph of Cedar Rapids with the locations of Bus Garage, Transit Annex, Caboose site, and the Main Garage and A&P Feed and Bone Gelatine/Hog Hair-Drying and Bailing buildings #72/73 at the Sinclair site.

Photo Source: Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems Support and Research Facility, Iowa Geographic Map Server, Summer 2011 Orthophotos – USDA (natural color), 1999-2012, Online; http://ortho.gis.iastate.edu/, Retrieved April 6, 2012


Figure 2: Existing Bus Garage Floor Plan
Figure shows a general floor plan of the existing Bus Garage with administrative offices and related functions in the northwest corner and maintenance, storage, fuel and wash bays to the south and east.


Figure 3: Proposed Bus Garage Floor Plan
Figure shows a floor plan of the proposed new Bus Garage building with administrative offices, training, and associated functions in the northwest corner of the building. Maintenance, storage, wash, and fuel bays make up the remainder of the building to the south and to the east of the administrative corner.


Figure 4: Proposed Bus Garage Interior Layout Schematic
Figure shows the floor plan of the proposed new Bus Garage with potential furniture layout and with outlines of buses suggesting building capacity.


Figure 5: Proposed Bus Garage Elevations
Figure shows the north and the west elevations. Six garage bay doors are located on the west side of the structure. 


Figure 6: Proposed Bus Garage Building Section
Figure shows two building sections.


Figure 7: Historic Flood Insurance Rate Map – Bus Garage, Transit Annex, and Caboose Bus Shelter
Figure is the historic 1982 flood map showing the Caboose located within Zone A11, within the 100-year floodplain, the Transit Annex located within Zone B, within the 500-year floodplain, and the Bus Garage located outside of the floodplain.


Figure 8: Historic Flood Insurance Rate Map – Sinclair Site
Figure is the historic 1982 flood map showing the entire Sinclair Site located within Zone A11, within the 100-year floodplain. The relative locations of the Main Garage and the A&P Feed and Bone Gelatine/Hog Hair-Drying and Bailing buildings #72/73 are indicated.


Figure 9: Current Flood Insurance Rate Map – Bus Garage, Transit Annex, and Caboose Bus Shelter
Figure is the current 2010 flood map showing the Caboose and Transit Annex located in Zone AE within the 100-year floodplain. The Bus Garage is located within Shaded Zone X, within the 500-year floodplain.


Figure 10: Current Flood Insurance Rate Map – Sinclair Site
Figure is the current 2010 flood map showing the entire Sinclair Site located within Zone AE, within the 100-year floodplain. The relative locations of the Main Garage and the A&P Feed and Bone Gelatine/Hog Hair-Drying and Bailing buildings #72/73 are indicated.


Figure 11: 2010 Census Tract Boundaries
Figure shows central Cedar Rapids with Census Tract Boundaries delineated; locations of the facilities considered in this EA are indicated. Bus Garage is located in Census Tract 23, Transit Annex and the Bus Shelter are located in Census Tract 22, and the Sinclair is located wholely within Census Tract 27.

Source: American FactFinder, U.S. Census Bureau


Figure 12: Select Demographic Data
						Census Tract 12	Census Tract 22	Census Tract 23	Census Tract 27	Cedar Rapids
2010: Housing Units				659 		864 		1,918 		841 		57,217 
2010: Population				1,282 		1,832 		4,223 		1,549 		126,326 
2010: Minority Population			139 		358 		367 		475		15,182 
2010: Minority Proportion			10.8%		19.5%		8.7%		30.7%		12.0%
2010: Population reporting as Hispanic/Latino	48		93		102		55		4,176 
2010: Proportion reporting as Hispanic/Latino	3.7%		5.1%		2.4%		3.6%		3.3%
2010 Population by Age: Under 18		339 		405 		967 		307		29,646 
2010 Population by Age: Proportion under 18 	26%		22%		23%		20%		23%
2010 Population by Age: 18-64			793 		1,334 		2,570 		983		80,108 
2010 Population by Age: Proportion 18-64	62%		73%		61%		63%		63%
2010 Population by Age: Over 64			150 		93 		686 		259		16,572 
2010 Population by Age: Proportion over 64	12%		5%		16%		17%		13%
2010 Median Age: Male				34.2		30.6		35.6		39.3		34
2010 Median Age: Female				33.7		29.9		39.9		42.1		36.8
2000: Median Household Income			$39,148 	$30,035 	$39,448 	$15,110		$43,704 
2000: Poverty Status				278		293		155		491		8,843
2000: Poverty Percentage			8.7%		11.6%		3.4%		28.2%		7.5%
2010 ACS: Poverty Percentage			17.5%		24.1%		15.0%		42.4%		12.0%
2010 ACS: Poverty Margin of Error		± 8.6%		± 9.8%		± 6.4%		± 15.2%		± 1%

Source: American FactFinder, U.S. Census Bureau

This EA uses data from both the 2000 and 2010 Decennial Censuses as not all data for 2010 has been released as of the writing of this EA. The American Community Survey (ACS) is also used for rough comparison as the data is more current however the data uses smaller sample sizes and has higher margins of error than the data used in the decennial censuses. As the 2008 flood heavily impacted all four Census Tracts in this EA; the 2010 Census address canvassing operation began in March 2009; and as housing acquisition funded through FEMA and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) have been in progress since before the Census process began, the demographics of this area should be understood as dynamic and may vary from the 2010 Census data as released. Due to the sample size and the methodology used by the ACS, the real levels of population considered in poverty could vary considerably. The estimated proportion of the population of Cedar Rapids determined to be in poverty has increased with a much narrower margin of error due to the significantly larger sample size.


Figure 13: Cedar Rapids Zoning Map Excerpt – Bus Garage and Transit Annex
Figure is an excerpt of the Cedar Rapids color-coded zoning map as displayed on the City's website. The Bus Garage and Transit Annex are indicated and both sites are zoned PUB.

Source: Cedar Rapids Assessor GIS, Zoning Overlay: http://crgis.cedar-rapids.org/Freeance/Client/PublicAccess1/index.html?appconfig=City_Assessor_GIS. 
Note: A summary of the zoning designations applicable to Figures 10-11 can be found in the City’s Zoning Ordinance Chapter 32.03 available online at: http://library.municode.com/HTML/16256/level1/CH32ZO.html#TOPTITLE. 


Figure 14: Cedar Rapids Zoning Map Excerpt – Sinclair Site
Figure is an excerpt of the Cedar Rapids color-coded zoning map as displayed on the City's website. The entire Sinclair Site is zoned I-2. The location of the Main Garage and the A&P Feed and Bone Gelatine/Hog Hair-Drying and Bailing buildings #72/73 are indicated.


Figure 15: Long Range Transportation Plan Level of Service Projections
Figure is a map excerpted from the Corridor Metropolitan Planning Organization's Long Range Transportation Plan. The map shows most significant roads in the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area color-coded according to projected level of service through 2040; green represents "uncongested" levels A - C, yellow represents "congesting" level D, and red represents "congested" levels E - F.
Source: CMPO