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<br />The majority of services and activities are done at their assigned seatings in allocated Activity <br />Areas 1 & 2, and Multi-Purpose Rooms 1 & 2, documented in the site plan attached with this <br />letter: <br />● Meals <br />● Chair exercises <br />● Crafts, puzzles, games, and art <br />● Socializing <br />Transportation offered by the center solves our parking concern: <br />The center currently owns multiple 15-passenger and 7-passenger vans that transport both <br />staff and participants from and to their homes. <br />● Approximately 90% of our participants are picked up and dropped off by one of <br />the center’s vans. The rest include 5% by OCTA Access and 5% by taxis. <br />● 80% of staff, excluding consultants, are transported by the center’s vans <br />accompanying participants. <br />● Hours of center operations are 7 am to 4 pm which gives plenty of time for <br />participants to overlap in their four-hour day program without compromise or <br />crowding in the parking lot or loading zone as they are being transported <br />● First dropoff of participants starts at 7 am and vans are scheduled to arrive every <br />10 minutes, with pickup starting at 11 am again in increments of 10 minutes. <br />Each van is scheduled for multiple trips with pre-determined pickup and dropoff times. We have <br />several staffed drivers who coordinate and communicate with each other and with other on-site <br />staff efficiently to ensure the participants arrive safely and on schedule. Dropoff times are <br />spaced over 10-minute increments between different vans, preventing overcrowding in <br />loading/unloading zones, which can also be utilized as parking spots as needed, significantly <br />decreasing the risk of participants' harm and/or falls, and ensuring ample time for participants <br />to be dropped off safely. Participants are also supervised and assisted by other staff during <br />pickup and dropoff times. <br />Vans are also scheduled to pick up the center’s staff, who live in or near the assigned area of <br />each van trip prior to picking up the participants themselves. Each trip has a total of two <br />program aids on board, including the driver, to supervise and assist participants, which supports <br />the state staffing requirements without adding additional parking needs. With each trip, a <br />program aid is dropped off at the center, and another program aid is picked up from their home <br />prior to the next group of participants. This vanpool minimizes the vehicles on the road and <br />significantly decreases the need for parking spots on-site. It also ensures that participants are <br />