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Fina
l Rep
ort
Febr
uary
03,
201
3
EX
ECU
TIVE
SU
MM
ARY
BA
CKG
ROU
ND
ON
NAT
ION
AL C
ITY
MAR
INE
TERM
INAL
(NCM
T)
N
CMT’
s Com
petit
ive
Envi
ronm
ent
N
CMT’
s Tra
ffic
Gro
wth
Pro
spec
ts
N
CMT’
s Ope
ratin
g Pr
actic
es
O
PTIO
NS
FOR
INCR
EASI
NG
RAI
LCAR
STO
RAG
E CA
PACI
TY
R
EQU
IREM
ENTS
FO
R VE
HICL
E ST
ORA
GE
CAPA
CITY
C
ON
CLU
SIO
NS
ON
NCM
T O
PTIO
NS
B
ACKG
ROU
ND
FOR
STU
DY
P
asha
Aut
omot
ive
Serv
ices
(PA
S) h
as n
ew b
usin
ess
oppo
rtun
ities
to
sign
ifica
ntly
inc
reas
e its
vo
lum
es th
roug
h N
CMT
o P
AS i
s ac
cord
ingl
y se
ekin
g to
am
end
its T
OA
with
SDU
PD t
o co
ntro
l m
ore
land
, in
crea
se
term
inal
capa
city
, and
impr
ove
oper
atio
ns e
ffici
ency
Mor
eove
r, m
uch
of P
AS’ t
arge
ted
incr
emen
tal b
usin
ess
wou
ld a
rriv
e to
or d
epar
t fro
m N
CMT
by ra
il tr
ansp
ort
o P
AS is
the
refo
re a
lso s
eeki
ng t
o ob
tain
new
rai
l tra
cks
at N
CMT
to s
uppo
rt t
he in
crea
sed
volu
mes
, and
BN
SF’s
pref
erre
d so
lutio
n is
to re
-act
ivat
e its
rail
yard
alo
ng M
arin
e W
ay
T
he P
AS p
ropo
sal/
plan
wou
ld im
pact
impl
emen
tatio
n of
NC’
s Mar
ina
Dis
tric
t Vis
ion
Plan
oSD
UPD
con
sequ
ently
ret
aine
d M
erca
tor
Inte
rnat
iona
l to
eval
uate
the
PAS
pro
posa
l and
to
iden
tify
alte
rnat
ive
term
inal
rec
onfig
urat
ions
and
rai
l tra
ck o
ptio
ns t
hat
coul
d be
st s
uppo
rt
both
NC
and
PAS
M
erca
tor I
nter
natio
nal i
s a
cons
ultin
g fir
m s
peci
aliz
ing
in m
ariti
me
tran
spor
tatio
n op
erat
ions
, por
t in
fras
truc
ture
pla
nnin
g, a
nd in
tern
atio
nal f
reig
ht lo
gist
ics,
and
hea
dqua
rter
ed in
Sea
ttle
o M
erca
tor’s
prin
cipa
ls ea
ch h
as 2
5+ y
ears
of
indu
stry
exp
erie
nce,
alo
ng w
ith 1
0+ y
ears
of
cons
ultin
g ex
perie
nce,
and
the
firm
has
wor
ked
for
port
aut
horit
ies
and
term
inal
ope
rato
rs
arou
nd th
e w
orld
C
OM
PON
ENTS
OF
MER
CATO
R’S
PRO
JECT
TAS
K PL
AN
R
evie
w o
f SDU
PD g
oals
for N
CMT’
s m
ariti
me
oper
atio
ns
R
evie
w o
f Nat
iona
l City
’s M
arin
a Di
stric
t Vis
ion
Plan
In
terv
iew
s w
ith k
ey st
ake-
hold
ers:
SDU
PD, P
AS, B
NSF
, GB
Capi
tal,
Sycu
an T
ribe
A
naly
sis o
f PAS
’ cur
rent
and
pro
ject
ed o
pera
tions
and
car
go fl
ows a
t NCM
T
A
sses
smen
t of P
AS’ f
utur
e re
quire
men
ts fo
r ter
min
al c
apac
ity
A
naly
sis o
f BN
SF’s
trai
n se
rvic
e pa
tter
ns in
serv
ing
NCM
T
A
sses
smen
t of
site
opt
ions
for
cre
atin
g m
ore
railc
ar s
tora
ge c
apac
ity t
o su
ppor
t PAS
/NCM
T
A
sses
smen
t of
ter
min
al r
econ
figur
atio
n al
tern
ativ
es f
or c
onsi
dera
tion
by
SDU
PD B
oard
to a
ddre
ss P
AS’ r
equi
rem
ents
and
Nat
iona
l City
’s ob
ject
ives
K
EY O
BSER
VATI
ON
S AB
OU
T N
CMT
AND
THE
PAS
OPE
RATI
ON
AT
NCM
T
N
CMT
is t
he m
ost
effic
ient
RO
-RO
mar
ine
term
inal
in
Calif
orni
a, a
nd a
mon
g th
e m
ost
effic
ient
on
the
US
Wes
t Coa
st, i
n te
rms o
f veh
icle
s han
dled
per
yea
r per
acr
e
NCM
T’s
acre
age,
be
rth
posi
tions
, an
d on
-doc
k ra
il tr
ack
infr
astr
uctu
re
are
high
ly
com
petit
ive
with
oth
er R
O-R
O te
rmin
als o
n th
e W
est C
oast
Abo
ut 9
0% o
f PA
S’ c
urre
nt v
olum
es t
hrou
gh N
CMT
are
impo
rted
veh
icle
s, 4
5% o
f w
hich
m
ove
inla
nd b
y BN
SF tr
ain
serv
ice
oTh
is m
eans
tha
t N
CMT
need
s to
rec
eive
reg
ular
sup
plie
s of
em
pty
mul
ti-le
vel r
ailc
ars
to
evac
uate
impo
rt v
ehic
les f
rom
the
term
inal
to th
eir i
nlan
d de
stin
atio
ns
B
NSF
typi
cally
del
iver
s em
pty
railc
ars t
o (a
nd d
epar
ts lo
aded
railc
ars f
rom
) NCM
T on
ly 4
-5x
per
wee
k, b
ecau
se o
f re
stric
tions
reg
ardi
ng w
hen
frei
ght
trai
ns c
an r
un o
n th
e Sa
n Be
rnar
dino
– S
an D
iego
line
and
due
to ir
regu
lar d
aily
vol
umes
of e
mpt
y ra
ilcar
s
o C
onse
quen
tly, P
AS n
eeds
to h
ave
a bu
ffer
inve
ntor
y of
em
pty
railc
ars t
o av
oid
cong
estio
n
T
he n
umbe
r of
ves
sels
del
iver
ing
impo
rt v
ehic
les
to N
CMT
fluct
uate
s w
idel
y (fr
om 1
to 7
) on
a w
eek-
to-w
eek
basi
s (du
e to
the
natu
re o
f the
inte
rnat
iona
l aut
omob
ile m
arke
t), c
ausin
g th
e nu
mbe
r of v
ehic
les
park
ed o
n th
e te
rmin
al to
swin
g sig
nific
antly
up
and
dow
n
oCo
nseq
uent
ly, P
AS n
eeds
to
have
suf
ficie
nt a
crea
ge t
o ha
ndle
the
maj
ority
of
the
peak
vo
lum
es o
f im
port
veh
icle
s
P
RIM
ARY
CON
CLU
SIO
NS
ON
PAS
’ GRO
WTH
PRO
SPEC
TS A
ND
LAN
D R
EQU
IREM
ENTS
The
sup
ply
of m
arin
e te
rmin
al la
nd in
Sou
ther
n Ca
lifor
nia
port
s th
at is
ava
ilabl
e fo
r ve
hicl
e RO
-RO
op
erat
ions
is c
onst
rain
ed a
nd th
e ab
ility
to e
xpan
d th
at su
pply
in th
e fu
ture
is h
ighl
y lim
ited
T
he fu
ture
dem
and
for N
CMT’
s acr
eage
for v
ehic
le-h
andl
ing
oper
atio
ns is
und
erpi
nned
not
onl
y by
this
limite
d su
pply
of l
and
but a
lso b
y ex
pect
ed g
row
th in
US
impo
rts o
f aut
omob
iles/
truc
ks
B
ased
on
the
expe
cted
vol
umes
and
ave
rage
veh
icle
dw
ell t
imes
in 2
013
of t
he a
uto
man
ufac
ture
rs
that
are
cur
rent
ly u
sing
NCM
T, PA
S w
ill n
eed
117
acre
s of o
pen
stor
age
area
to e
ffect
ivel
y ha
ndle
thes
e cu
stom
ers
oTh
e pr
ojec
ted
volu
me
grow
th o
f PAS
’s cu
rren
t cu
stom
ers,
if in
line
with
the
ove
rall
mar
ket,
will
ca
use
this
requ
irem
ent t
o in
crea
se to
nea
rly 1
40 a
cres
by
2020
S
houl
d PA
S be
suc
cess
ful
in 2
013
in s
ecur
ing
a ne
w m
ajor
cus
tom
er (
who
se b
usin
ess
wou
ld b
e re
loca
ted
from
ano
ther
Cal
iforn
ia v
ehic
le te
rmin
al) a
nd in
gai
ning
the
pro
cess
ing
wor
k fo
r an
exi
stin
g cu
stom
er (
that
now
use
s N
CMT
mai
nly
as a
rai
l gat
eway
), it
wou
ld n
eed
anot
her
38 a
cres
of
open
st
orag
e ar
ea
oTh
is ad
ditio
nal b
usin
ess
wou
ld fu
rthe
r in
crea
se t
he n
eed
for
on-d
ock
railc
ar s
tora
ge, w
hich
cou
ld
be p
rovi
ded
with
an
alte
rnat
ive
to th
e PA
S pr
opos
al (o
f usin
g th
e BN
SF y
ard)
O
f th
e 16
3 ac
res
of t
otal
SDU
PD la
nd c
urre
ntly
ava
ilabl
e to
PAS
at
NCM
T –
thro
ugh
TOA
and
TUO
P pe
rmits
– o
nly
115
of th
ose
acre
s are
pre
sent
ly u
sabl
e fo
r veh
icle
stor
age
It
ther
efor
e ap
pare
nt t
hat
over
tim
e, P
AS w
ill b
e to
effe
ctiv
ely
utili
ze a
s m
uch
addi
tiona
l ac
reag
e as
the
Port
is a
ble
to p
rovi
de fo
r the
veh
icle
-han
dlin
g bu
sine
ss
EX
ECU
TIVE
SU
MM
ARY
BA
CKG
ROU
ND
AND
OVE
RVIE
W O
F ST
UDY
N
CMT’
s Co
mpe
titiv
e En
viro
nmen
t
N
CMT’
s Tra
ffic
Gro
wth
Pro
spec
ts
N
CMT’
s Ope
ratin
g Pr
actic
es
O
PTIO
NS
FOR
INCR
EASI
NG
RAI
LCAR
STO
RAG
E CA
PACI
TY
R
EQU
IREM
ENTS
FO
R VE
HICL
E ST
ORA
GE
CAPA
CITY
C
ON
CLU
SIO
NS
ON
NCM
T O
PTIO
NS
PA
S pr
esen
tly h
andl
es fi
ve b
asic
type
s of
veh
icle
traf
fic th
roug
h N
CMT
oN
ewly
-bui
lt or
per
sona
lly-o
wne
d ve
hicl
es sh
ippe
d fr
om th
e m
ainl
and
to H
awai
i, ar
rivin
g by
truc
k or
rail
oRe
ntal
-car
com
pany
retu
rns o
r per
sona
lly-o
wne
d v
ehic
les s
hipp
ed fr
om H
awai
i bac
k to
the
mai
nlan
d
oN
ew A
sian
or E
urop
ean
prod
uced
uni
ts b
eing
impo
rted
to
Wes
t Co
ast
met
ropo
litan
mar
kets
, par
ticul
arly
Ca
lifor
nia
oN
ew A
s ian
prod
uced
uni
ts b
eing
impo
rted
to
Mid
wes
t an
d So
uth
Cent
ral m
arke
ts, m
ovin
g in
land
by
rail
serv
ice
oN
ew d
omes
tic o
r M
exic
an p
rodu
ced
units
arr
ivin
g to
NCM
T by
rai
l, th
at a
re t
hen
truc
ked
to S
outh
ern
Calif
orni
a po
ints
A
s che
mat
ic d
iagr
am o
f the
se tr
affic
flow
s is p
rese
nted
bel
ow:
N
CMT,
and
its c
usto
mer
PHT
L, c
ompe
te w
ith M
atso
n N
avig
atio
n, v
ia th
e Po
rts o
f Lon
g Be
ach
and
Oak
land
, fo
r the
firs
t tw
o flo
ws l
isted
on
the
prio
r pag
e (i.
e., v
ehic
le m
ovem
ents
to a
nd fr
om H
awai
i)
Fo
r Asia
n an
d Eu
rope
an im
port
s in
to C
alifo
rnia
’s lo
cal m
arke
ts (t
he th
ird fl
ow o
n pa
ge 8
), N
CMT
and
PAS
are
com
petin
g m
ainl
y w
ith d
edic
ated
RO
-RO
ter
min
als
in t
he S
an P
edro
Bay
por
ts, w
ith P
ort
Huen
eme,
an
d w
ith t
wo
San
Fran
cisc
o Ba
y RO
-RO
por
ts (
alth
ough
to
a le
sser
ext
ent,
due
to t
he c
osts
of
truc
king
ve
hicl
es fr
om th
ere
to th
e m
uch
larg
er S
outh
ern
Calif
orni
a m
arke
ts)
Fo
r A s
ian
impo
rts
into
Mid
wes
t an
d So
uth
Cent
ral m
arke
ts
(the
fou
rth
traf
fic t
ype
on t
he p
rece
ding
pa
ge),
NCM
T an
d PA
S ar
e co
mpe
ting
with
tho
se s
ame
Calif
orni
a RO
-RO
ter
min
als,
but
also
, to
som
e ex
tent
, with
RO
-RO
fac
ilitie
s in
sel
ecte
d Pa
cific
Nor
thw
est
port
s (p
rinci
pally
, Por
tland
, Van
couv
er (
WA)
, an
d Ta
com
a)
oTh
ese
Asia
n/Eu
rope
an im
port
s –
whe
ther
to C
alifo
rnia
, the
Mid
wes
t, or
to S
outh
Cen
tral
mar
kets
, re
pres
ent t
he m
ajor
ity o
f the
vol
ume
hand
led
by P
AS
Fi
nally
, for
the
fift
h flo
w –
veh
icle
s ra
iled
to N
CMT
from
ass
embl
y pl
ants
in t
he U
S an
d/or
Mex
ico,
and
th
en tr
ucke
d to
dea
lers
in S
outh
ern
Calif
orni
a, N
CMT
and
PAS
are
com
petin
g w
ith R
O-R
O m
arin
e an
d ra
il te
rmin
als i
n th
e gr
eate
r Lo
s An
gele
s Ba
sin
At
the
pres
ent
time,
NCM
T ha
ndle
s a
min
imal
vol
ume
of v
ehic
les
that
are
exp
orte
d to
oth
er c
ontin
ents
, al
thou
gh th
is co
uld
chan
ge in
the
futu
re
In
add
ition
, if
impo
rts
from
Jap
an d
eclin
e (a
s th
e Ja
pane
se m
anuf
actu
rers
shi
ft p
rodu
ctio
n fo
r th
e U
S m
arke
t to
new
Mex
ican
ass
embl
y pl
ants
), re
plac
emen
t vol
umes
to N
CMT
coul
d po
tent
ially
be
foun
d fr
om
vehi
cle
impo
rts
sour
ced
from
Chi
nese
and
oth
er A
sian
plan
ts, a
s wel
l as f
rom
thos
e ne
w M
exic
an p
lant
s
Th
e f o
llow
ing
brie
f rev
iew
of c
ompe
ting
term
inal
s foc
uses
on
the
othe
r Cal
iforn
ia-b
ased
faci
litie
s
Th
e Po
rt o
f Lon
g Be
ach’
s pr
imar
y fa
cilit
y fo
r ha
ndlin
g de
dica
ted
car
carr
iers
is it
s Pi
er B
te
rmin
al,
loca
ted
in t
he n
orth
par
t of
the
ha
rbor
, and
out
lined
in w
hite
in t
he p
hoto
to
the
right
Th
e t e
rmin
al
has
3000
’ of
lin
ear
bert
h (a
lthou
gh s
hare
s th
e be
rth
with
bul
k sh
ips)
an
d al
so h
as a
bout
100
acr
es a
vaila
ble
for
vehi
cle
stor
age
It
also
has
3 lo
adin
g/un
load
ing
rail
trac
ks,
with
a
com
bine
d ca
paci
ty
of
abou
t 36
ra
ilcar
s
Th
e te
rmin
al i
s le
ased
and
ope
rate
d by
To
yota
Dist
ribut
ion
Serv
ices,
and
fun
ctio
ns
as t
he p
rimar
y im
port
gat
eway
for
Toy
ota
Mot
ors o
n th
e W
est C
oast
W
e es
timat
e th
e an
nual
thro
ugh-
put o
f thi
s te
rmin
al a
t abo
ut 1
80,0
00 u
nits
Se
para
tely
, SS
A M
arin
e re
ceiv
es im
port
s of
M
erce
des
vehi
cles
at
its
br
eak-
bulk
te
rmin
al
and
truc
ks t
hem
to
an o
ff-do
ck
stor
age
area
Th
e Po
rt o
f Lo
s An
gele
s’s p
rimar
y fa
cilit
y fo
r ha
ndlin
g de
dica
ted
car
carr
iers
is it
s te
rmin
al a
t Be
rths
195
-19
9, a
lso lo
cate
d in
the
nort
h pa
rt o
f th
e ha
rbor
, an
d sh
own
in t
he p
hoto
to
the
right
Th
is t e
rmin
al is
leas
ed a
nd o
pera
ted
by
Wal
leni
us
Wilh
elm
sen
Logi
stic
s (W
WL)
, al
thou
gh w
as p
revi
ously
a
prop
rieta
ry fa
cilit
y fo
r Niss
an M
otor
s,
and
is se
rved
by
both
UP
and
BNSF
Th
e t e
rmin
al h
as 8
5 ac
res
of g
roun
d st
orag
e fo
r ve
hicl
es,
toge
ther
with
22
50’ o
f lin
ear b
erth
It
also
has
6 l
oadi
ng/u
nloa
ding
rai
l-tr
acks
on
-doc
k,
with
a
com
bine
d ca
paci
ty
of
abou
t 36
m
ulti-
leve
l ra
ilcar
s
N
issan
M
otor
s is
still
th
e m
ain
cust
omer
fo
r th
is fa
cilit
y, w
hich
ha
ndle
s abo
ut 1
20,0
00 u
nits
/yea
r
Po
rt
Huen
eme
has
thre
e se
para
te
vehi
cle
proc
esso
rs/d
istrib
utor
s us
ing
its
term
inal
faci
litie
s
W
WL
l eas
es
an
18-a
cre
wat
erfr
ont
parc
el f
rom
the
Por
t Au
thor
ity f
or i
ts
stev
edor
ing
and
mar
shal
ling
oper
atio
ns,
and
has o
ff-do
ck a
crea
ge a
s wel
l
W
WL’
s k e
y cu
stom
ers
are
Mits
ubish
i, Su
zuki
, Fo
rd,
and
Land
Rov
er,
and
its
tota
l vol
umes
are
ove
r 80,
000
units
/yr
BM
W
a lso
le
ases
so
me
wat
erfr
ont
acre
age
from
the
Por
t, bu
t ha
s a
near
by
off-d
ock
site
– its
Wes
t Co
ast
Vehi
cle
Dist
ribut
ion
Cent
er,
with
124
acr
es o
f st
orag
e sp
ace
BM
W i
s ha
ndlin
g ab
out
100,
000
units
th
ere
pres
ently
Th
e Po
rt’s
othe
r ke
y RO
-RO
cus
tom
er is
Gl
ovis
Amer
ica,
the
affi
liate
d di
strib
utor
of
Hy
unda
i M
otor
s,
whi
ch
leas
es
55
acre
s of
off-
dock
pro
pert
y fr
om t
he U
S N
avy
for
vehi
cle
stor
age
and
hand
les
abou
t 60,
000
units
/yea
r
With
its
con
fined
har
bor,
Por
t H
uene
me
has
rela
tivel
y lim
ited
on-d
ock
acre
age
avai
labl
e fo
r veh
icle
par
king
, and
the
thre
e pr
oces
sors
/dis
tribu
tors
hav
e lo
cked
up
all o
f tha
t acr
eage
, mak
ing
it di
fficu
lt fo
r the
Por
t to
brin
g in
a fo
urth
pro
cess
or
Th
ere
are
no d
edic
ated
RO
-RO
term
inal
s with
in e
ither
the
Port
of O
akla
nd o
r the
Por
t of S
an F
ranc
isco
Th
e Po
rt o
f Ric
hmon
d, h
owev
er, h
as a
55
-acr
e fa
cilit
y th
at is
leas
ed t
o Au
to
War
ehou
sing
Corp
orat
ion
(AW
C) a
nd
is ra
il-se
rved
sole
ly b
y BN
SF
Th
is t e
rmin
al h
as a
160
0’ li
near
ber
th
that
was
ren
ovat
ed i
n 20
10,
alon
g w
ith a
7-t
rack
on-
dock
rai
l tr
ansf
er
yard
Th
e on
-doc
k ra
il ya
rd h
as a
cap
acity
fo
r ab
out
84 m
ulti-
leve
l rai
lcar
s, b
ut
ther
e is
an
off-d
ock
supp
ort
yard
lo
cate
d on
e-ha
lf m
ile t
o th
e no
rth,
w
ith
supp
lem
enta
l ca
paci
ty
for
anot
her 8
0+ ra
ilcar
s
Ho
nda
Mot
ors
is AW
C’s
mai
n cu
stom
er
here
, an
d th
e Po
rt
is es
timat
ed to
han
dle
less
tha
n 70
,000
im
port
s/ye
ar
In
th
e Ci
ty
of
Beni
cia,
Am
port
s op
erat
es
a m
arin
e te
rmin
al
and
mul
tiple
off-
dock
sto
rage
yar
ds f
or
RO-R
O tr
affic
Th
e w
harf
and
wat
erfr
ont a
crea
ge fo
r th
is fa
cilit
y ar
e ac
tual
ly fr
eeho
ld la
nd
owne
d by
Am
port
s
Th
e w
harf
is
2400
’ lo
ng,
and
the
colle
ctiv
e am
ount
of
vehi
cle
stor
age
spac
e is
appr
oxim
atel
y 16
0 ac
res,
al
thou
gh l
ess
than
hal
f of
tha
t is
prox
imat
e to
the
wha
rf
Th
e f a
cilit
y ha
s 6
rail-
trac
ks
for
load
ing/
unlo
adin
g, w
ith a
com
bine
d ca
paci
ty o
f abo
ut 8
0 ra
ilcar
s, b
ut h
as
supp
ort
trac
ks c
apab
le o
f ho
ldin
g an
ad
ditio
nal 9
0 ra
ilcar
s
Am
port
s’ m
ain
c ust
omer
s he
re a
re
Toyo
ta a
nd G
M,
and
this
term
inal
is
estim
ated
to
hand
le a
bout
130
,000
un
its/y
ear
As
the
follo
win
g ta
ble
indi
cate
s, N
CMT
com
pare
s ve
ry fa
vour
ably
to th
e ot
her d
edic
ated
RO
-RO
term
inal
s in
Cal
iforn
ia,
in te
rms
of la
nd u
se e
ffici
ency
:
M
oreo
ver,
NCM
T co
mpa
res
favo
urab
ly t
o al
l of t
he o
ther
Cal
iforn
ia R
O-R
O t
erm
inal
s, in
ter
ms
of b
eing
acc
esse
d w
ith a
ra
il lo
op tr
ack
and
in te
rms
of ra
ilcar
stor
age
oN
one
of th
e ot
her t
erm
inal
s pr
ofile
d ha
ve lo
op tr
acks
that
ena
ble
trai
n cr
ews
to e
ffici
ently
arr
ive
and
depa
rt u
nit
trai
ns
Si
ngle
-car
rier r
ail s
ervi
ce fo
r NCM
T is
als
o no
t a m
ajor
dis
adva
ntag
e, g
iven
that
Por
t Hue
nem
e, R
ichm
ond,
and
Ben
icia
are
al
so se
rved
by
only
one
Cla
ss I
railr
oad
* PA
S Sa
n D
iego
are
a -
incl
udes
TO
A an
d TU
OP
area
s (1
65 a
c), p
lus
land
leas
ed fr
om B
NSF
(14.
8 ac
) and
te
mpo
rary
use
/ ov
erflo
w a
reas
(10
.7
ac),
less
the
unde
velo
ped
Tank
Far
m
(5.7
ac)
and
less
the
are
a fo
r PH
TL
carg
o m
arsh
allin
g (2
4.3
ac).
PH
TL
carg
o is
in
addi
tion
to t
he 3
36,0
00
PAS
units
**
Po
rt H
uene
me
incl
udes
off-
dock
st
orag
e ar
eas f
or B
MW
, Glo
vis,
WW
L
***
Ben
icia
inc
lude
s hi
ll-to
p ar
ea,
but
excl
udes
acr
eage
leas
ed to
UPR
R
COM
PARA
TIVE
LAN
D U
SE IN
TEN
SITY
- CA
LIFO
RNIA
RO
-RO
PO
RTS
APPR
OX
EST.
201
2AN
NU
AL U
SAG
E
PORT
STO
RAG
E AR
EATH
RU-P
UT
RATI
O
(A
cres
) (U
nits
)(U
nits
/Acr
e)PA
S - S
an D
iego
*16
033
6,00
0
2,10
0
Lo
ng B
each
145
240,
000
1,
660
Los A
ngel
es (B
erth
s 195
-199
)85
120,
000
1,
410
Port
Hue
nem
e**
220
280,
000
1,
270
Rich
mon
d50
60,0
00
1,20
0
Be
nici
a***
160
130,
000
81
0
Aver
age
for S
tate
820
1,16
6,00
0
1,42
0
BA
CKG
ROU
ND
AND
OVE
RVIE
W O
F ST
UDY
N
CMT’
s Com
petit
ive
Envi
ronm
ent
N
CMT’
s Tr
affic
Gro
wth
Pro
spec
ts
N
CMT’
s Ope
ratin
g Pr
actic
es
O
PTIO
NS
FOR
INCR
EASI
NG
RAI
LCAR
STO
RAG
E CA
PACI
TY
R
EQU
IREM
ENTS
FO
R VE
HICL
E ST
ORA
GE
CAPA
CITY
C
ON
CUSI
ON
S O
N N
CMT
OPT
ION
S
Ve
hicl
e vo
lum
es m
ovin
g th
roug
h N
CMT
and
hand
led
by P
AS h
ave
rebo
unde
d sh
arpl
y sin
ce 2
009,
aft
er
cont
ract
ing
durin
g th
e re
cess
ion
of 2
008-
2009
, as i
ndic
ated
in th
e ta
ble
belo
w:
N
otw
ithst
andi
ng t
he m
odes
t gr
owth
in
outb
ound
shi
pmen
ts t
o H
awai
i, th
e pr
eced
ing
data
cle
arly
de
mon
stra
te th
at N
CM
T’s
requ
irem
ents
for
mar
ine
term
inal
spa
ce a
re d
riven
by
impo
rt ac
tivity
leve
ls,
with
inte
rnat
iona
l inb
ound
veh
icle
s (to
bot
h tru
ck a
nd ra
il) a
ccou
ntin
g cu
rrent
ly fo
r 89%
of t
otal
mar
ine
vehi
cle
thro
ugh-
put
It
shou
ld a
lso
be n
oted
tha
t in
add
ition
to
the
vehi
cle
volu
mes
han
dled
by
PAS
, N
CM
T is
als
o th
e ga
tew
ay f
or a
mod
est
volu
me
of p
erso
nally
-ow
ned
cars
/ligh
t tru
cks
that
are
shi
pped
to
and
from
H
awai
i by
PH
TL (b
ut w
hich
are
not
han
dled
by
PAS
and
not
incl
uded
abo
ve),
as w
ell a
s fo
r shi
pmen
ts
of m
achi
nery
, tru
cks,
and
oth
er n
on-a
utom
otiv
e R
O-R
O tr
affic
on
PH
TL.
PAS
Vehi
cle
Volu
mes
at N
CMT
YEAR
:20
0920
1020
1120
12VO
LUM
E CA
TEG
ORY
Impo
rt A
utos
- T
o Tr
uck
100
143
136
175
Impo
rt A
utos
- To
Rai
l10
195
102
134
Out
boun
d Ve
ssel
(PHT
L to
Haw
aii)
1322
2127
Tota
l Veh
icle
s Han
dled
214
260
259
336
>
Y-o
n-Y
grow
th ra
te21
.6%
-0.5
%29
.7%
---
----
--- 0
00s u
nits
----
----
--
As
a r
esul
t of
sus
tain
ed m
arke
ting
effo
rts
by P
AS, a
nd s
uper
ior
infra
stru
ctur
e (re
lativ
e to
ot
her
RO-R
O t
erm
inal
s in
Cal
iforn
ia),
the
Port
of
San
Dieg
o ha
s a
muc
h m
ore
dive
rse
auto
mot
ive
cust
omer
ba
se
than
an
y of
th
e ot
her
port
s in
th
e st
ate
that
ha
ndle
ex
port
/impo
rt v
ehic
les
oAs
poi
nted
out
in p
revi
ous
page
s, t
he t
wo
mai
n RO
-RO
-ter
min
als
in S
an P
edro
Bay
ea
ch h
andl
e pr
imar
ily o
ne m
anuf
actu
rer
(Niss
an o
r To
yota
), pl
us t
he P
ort
of L
ong
Beac
h al
so h
andl
es m
ater
ial v
olum
es o
f Mer
cede
s-Be
nz im
port
s
oPo
rt H
uene
me’
s vo
lum
es a
re d
omin
ated
by
BMW
and
Hyu
ndai
Mot
ors
impo
rt
ship
men
ts, a
lthou
gh it
also
han
dles
Mits
ubish
i and
Suz
uki,
plus
sm
alle
r vo
lum
es fo
r La
nd R
over
, Jag
uar,
and
Ford
oRi
chm
ond’
s t r
affic
is
mai
nly
com
prise
d of
Hon
da m
ovem
ents
, w
hile
Ben
icia
’s is
do
min
ated
by
Toyo
ta a
nd G
M tr
affic
oHo
wev
er,
NCM
T is
hand
ling
signi
fican
t vo
lum
es o
f six
diff
eren
t m
anuf
actu
rers
–
Audi
/Vol
ksw
agen
, Hon
da, M
azda
, Hyu
ndai
, Chr
ysle
r, an
d Po
rsch
e –
as w
ell a
s sm
alle
r vo
lum
es fr
om a
noth
er se
ven
othe
r com
pani
es
Th
is de
gree
of d
iver
sific
atio
n en
hanc
es N
CMT’
s abi
lity
to g
row
its v
olum
es
In
term
s of
agg
rega
te v
olum
es, N
CMT
shou
ld h
ave
solid
long
-term
gro
wth
pro
spec
ts, d
ue to
favo
urab
le d
eman
d an
d su
pply
cond
ition
s
W
ith r
egar
d to
agg
rega
te d
eman
d, t
he C
ente
r fo
r Au
tom
otiv
e Re
sear
ch is
fore
cast
ing
that
US
light
veh
icle
sal
es w
ill
incr
ease
abo
ut 2
.3%
per
yea
r - fr
om a
bout
14
mill
ion
units
in 2
012
to a
bout
16.
5 m
illio
n un
its/y
ear b
y 20
20 a
nd th
en
to a
bout
18
mill
ion
units
by
2025
[O
ther
for
ecas
ters
of
the
auto
mot
ive
indu
stry
, su
ch a
s LM
C, h
ave
even
mor
e ag
gres
sive
proj
ectio
ns]
oM
oreo
ver,
imp o
rts
are
proj
ecte
d by
IHS
Glob
al In
sight
to
mai
ntai
n a
20-2
2% s
hare
of
the
US
light
veh
icle
m
arke
t dur
ing
this
sam
e fo
reca
st p
erio
d
Fr
om a
sup
ply
pers
pect
ive,
it is
unl
ikel
y th
at th
e am
ount
of a
crea
ge a
vaila
ble
for
on-d
ock
vehi
cle
stor
age
in th
e Sa
n Pe
dro
Bay
port
com
plex
will
incr
ease
in t
he f
utur
e fr
om c
urre
nt le
vels,
giv
en t
he c
ompe
ting
dem
ands
for
ter
min
al
spac
e fr
om c
argo
type
s (p
artic
ular
ly c
onta
iner
s) th
at te
nd to
gen
erat
e hi
gher
reve
nue
per a
cre
than
RO
-RO
traf
fic fo
r th
e tw
o po
rt a
utho
ritie
s the
re
oIn
deed
, it i
s co
ncei
vabl
e th
at o
ne o
r bot
h po
rt a
utho
ritie
s in
San
Ped
ro B
ay w
ill e
vent
ually
sca
le b
ack
the
on-
dock
acr
eage
allo
cate
d to
veh
icle
impo
rts/
expo
rts,
and
the
avai
labi
lity
of n
ear-
dock
acr
eage
in th
e ha
rbor
are
a in
the
futu
re is
like
ly t
o be
ext
rem
ely
limite
d as
wel
l
U
nles
s th
e U
S N
avy
signi
fican
tly c
ontr
acts
its
base
at
Port
Hue
nem
e, it
is a
lso u
nlik
ely
that
the
am
ount
of
on-d
ock
acre
age
avai
labl
e fo
r RO
-RO
traf
fic w
ill b
e in
crea
sed
in th
e fu
ture
, eve
n th
ough
the
exist
ing
supp
ly is
fully
util
ized,
and
th
e su
pply
of o
ff-do
ck a
crea
ge is
also
bec
omin
g co
nstr
aine
d
He
nce,
the
sup
ply
of o
n-do
ck a
nd n
ear-
dock
acr
eage
ava
ilabl
e fo
r ve
hicl
e st
orag
e an
d m
arsh
allin
g in
Sou
ther
n Ca
lifor
nia’
s oth
er p
orts
, bes
ides
San
Die
go,
is qu
ite co
nstr
aine
d
BA
CKG
ROU
ND
AND
OVE
RVIE
W O
F ST
UDY
N
CMT’
s Com
petit
ive
Envi
ronm
ent
N
CMT’
s Tra
ffic
Gro
wth
Pro
spec
ts
N
CMT’
s O
pera
ting
Fram
ewor
k
O
PTIO
NS
FOR
INCR
EASI
NG
RAI
LCAR
STO
RAG
E CA
PACI
TY
R
EQU
IREM
ENTS
FO
R VE
HICL
E ST
ORA
GE
CAPA
CITY
C
ON
CUSI
ON
S O
N N
CMT
OPT
ION
S
As
th
e pr
eced
ing
sect
ion
indi
cate
d,
the
maj
ority
of
N
CMT’
s ve
hicl
e vo
lum
es
are
impo
rts,
whi
ch te
nd to
be
disc
harg
ed in
lots
of
1000
uni
ts o
r mor
e pe
r ves
sel c
all
U
nfor
tuna
tely
fo
r N
CMT,
pu
re
car
carr
iers
(P
CCs)
and
oth
er R
O-R
O sh
ips s
ervi
ng th
e N
orth
Am
eric
a au
tom
obile
impo
rt t
rade
s te
nd n
ot t
o op
erat
e on
fix
ed
day-
of-th
e-w
eek
voya
ge
sche
dule
s (w
hich
is
the
norm
for
all
maj
or
cont
aine
r tr
ades
and
ser
vice
s), b
ut in
stea
d on
m
ore
fluid
sche
dule
s
As
a
r esu
lt,
com
pare
d to
m
ost
cont
aine
r te
rmin
als,
NCM
T ha
s a
muc
h hi
gher
deg
ree
of
varia
bilit
y in
the
num
ber o
f inb
ound
ves
sel c
alls
it
rece
ives
fro
m w
eek
to w
eek,
and
rel
ativ
ely
little
con
siste
ncy
in t
he d
ays
of t
he w
eek
in
whi
ch th
ese
vess
els
arriv
e
Th
e ac
com
pany
ing
grap
h pl
ots
the
num
ber
of
inbo
und
vess
el
calls
ea
ch
wee
k at
N
CMT,
ex
clud
ing
PHTL
shi
ps,
since
the
beg
inni
ng o
f 20
10:
This
wee
k-to
-wee
k flu
ctua
tion
in t
he n
umbe
r of
ves
sel
calls
cr
eate
s si
gnifi
cant
pea
ks a
nd tr
ough
s in
the
num
ber
of v
ehic
les
disc
harg
ed,
ther
eby
incr
easi
ng s
pace
req
uire
men
ts b
eyon
d w
hat w
ould
acc
omm
odat
e th
e av
erag
e w
eekl
y vo
lum
e
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NCM
T Ve
ssel
Cal
ls
# Ca
lls B
y W
eek
-201
0 -2
012
N
CMT
is lo
cate
d at
the
tai
l-end
of a
BN
SF b
ranc
h lin
e th
at c
onne
cts
with
that
rai
lroad
’s Lo
s An
gele
s –
Chic
ago
mai
n lin
e at
Atw
ood
Junc
tion,
107
mile
s no
rth
of N
atio
nal C
ity
BN
SF u
ses
a cl
assif
icat
ion
yard
at
San
Bern
ardi
no,
anot
her
45 m
iles
nort
heas
t of
Ful
lert
on J
unct
ion,
at
whi
ch t
o co
llect
loa
ded
and
empt
y ra
ilcar
s (in
clud
ing
empt
y m
ulti-
leve
l rai
lcar
s) d
estin
ed f
or
the
San
Dieg
o sw
itchi
ng d
istric
t an
d as
sem
ble
them
into
trai
ns
Be
caus
e of
the
dens
ity o
f com
mut
er tr
ains
on
this
bran
ch li
ne,
and
beca
use
it is
prim
arily
a s
ingl
e-tr
ack
line
betw
een
San
Dieg
o an
d M
issio
n Vi
ejo
(a
dist
ance
of o
ver 8
0 m
iles)
with
som
e sh
ort p
assin
g sid
ings
, lon
g fr
eigh
t tr
ains
are
larg
ely
conf
ined
to
late
nig
ht –
ear
ly m
orni
ng w
indo
ws
Th
eref
ore,
lon
g so
uthb
ound
tra
ins
of a
utom
otiv
e m
ulti-
leve
l ra
ilcar
s fr
om S
an B
erna
rdin
o to
the
BN
SF S
an D
iego
Rai
l Yar
d ne
ar T
enth
Ave
nue
have
to
get
sou
th o
f th
e do
wnt
own
Amtr
ak S
tatio
n by
5A
M
Si
mila
rly,
nort
hbou
nd t
rain
s fr
om
Nat
iona
l Ci
ty
need
to
wai
t un
til a
roun
d 9P
M b
efor
e th
ey c
an
mov
e no
rth
of t
he A
mtr
ak S
tatio
n in
dow
ntow
n Sa
n Di
ego
Thus
, un
less
the
loc
al s
witc
hing
cre
w b
rings
the
m f
rom
Ten
th A
venu
e,
NC
MT
rece
ives
inbo
und
railc
ars
, at
mos
t, o
nce
per
day
– in
the
ear
ly
mor
ning
– a
nd i
s ab
le t
o ev
acua
te o
utbo
und
railc
ars
with
the
sam
e fre
quen
cy –
in th
e m
id e
veni
ng
Whe
n tra
in
arriv
als
are
less
th
an
daily
– du
e to
tra
ck
mai
nten
ance
op
erat
ions
an
d/or
in
suffi
cien
t so
uthb
ound
vo
lum
es
– N
CM
T qu
ickl
y be
com
es p
ress
ed fo
r car
sup
ply
BA
CKG
ROU
ND
AND
OVE
RVIE
W O
F ST
UDY
N
CMT
Com
petit
ive
Envi
ronm
ent
N
CMT
Traf
fic G
row
th P
rosp
ects
N
CMT
Ope
ratin
g Fr
amew
ork
O
PTIO
NS
FOR
INCR
EASI
NG
RAI
LCAR
STO
RAG
E CA
PACI
TY
R
EQU
IREM
ENTS
FO
R VE
HICL
E ST
ORA
GE
CAPA
CITY
C
ON
CLU
SIO
NS
ON
NCM
T O
PTIO
NS
N
CMT
vehi
cle
volu
me
mov
ing
out o
f the
term
inal
by
rail:
o20
09
100,
660
o20
10
95,
030
o20
11
102,
200
o20
12
133,
600
In
201
2, re
pres
ente
d ab
out 4
1% o
f the
tota
l uni
ts
hand
led
by P
asha
Aut
omot
ive
Serv
ices
.
M
oves
75%
on
tri-l
evel
s/25
% o
n bi
-leve
ls
Eq
uate
s to
ab
out
9700
ra
ilcar
s/ye
ar,
or
186
railc
ars p
er w
eek
De
part
ures
ave
rage
4 t
rain
s pe
r w
eek,
or
abou
t 46
mul
tilev
el ra
ilcar
s per
trai
n
Gi
ven
the
varia
bilit
y of
the
num
ber
of in
boun
d sh
ips
per
wee
k, a
s w
ell
the
limite
d fr
eque
ncy
of i
nbou
nd t
rain
ar
rival
s, P
AS n
eeds
to
have
a b
uffe
r in
vent
ory
of e
mpt
y m
ultil
evel
rai
lcar
s on
-han
d to
avo
id s
ever
e co
nges
tion
with
in N
CMT
To
enh
ance
ope
ratin
g ef
ficie
ncy
of th
e te
rmin
al, t
his b
uffe
r in
vent
ory
shou
ld b
e lo
cate
d cl
ose
by,
so t
hat
a PA
S-co
ntro
lled
switc
h en
gine
cou
ld re
posit
ion
railc
ars
from
the
buffe
r sto
rage
are
a to
the
on-d
ock
load
ing
trac
ks
Th
is w
ould
ena
ble
BNSF
to s
ave
oper
atin
g co
sts
on
railc
ar
switc
hing
, an
d sim
ulta
neou
sly
impr
ove
NCM
T’s s
witc
hing
serv
ice
leve
ls
Ho
wev
er,
at p
rese
nt,
the
only
ava
ilabl
e ar
ea f
or r
ailc
ar
stor
age
is tw
o sid
ing
trac
ks lo
cate
d al
ong
the
bran
ch li
ne
betw
een
S. 3
2nd S
tree
t and
the
drai
nage
can
al ju
st n
orth
of
W.
8th S
tree
t (s
how
n in
yel
low
on
the
acco
mpa
nyin
g sa
telli
te p
hoto
)
W
hile
the
se t
wo
trac
ks c
an h
old
abou
t 60
con
vent
iona
l m
ulti-
leve
l ca
rs,
thei
r ca
paci
ty i
s al
so u
sed
to s
uppo
rt
othe
r BN
SF o
pera
tions
, and
the
y ar
e no
t cl
ose
enou
gh t
o N
CMT
to a
llow
PAS
to
switc
h th
e ca
rs f
rom
the
re t
o th
e m
arin
e te
rmin
al
M
oreo
ver,
PAS
is se
ekin
g to
tra
nsfe
r th
e ra
ilcar
loa
ding
of
abou
t 65,
000
Toyo
ta v
ehic
les
per
year
to N
CMT
from
BN
SF’s
San
Dieg
o Au
tom
otiv
e Fa
cilit
y
oTh
ese
vehi
cles
are
bei
ng t
ruck
ed t
o Sa
n Di
ego
from
To
yota
’s pl
ant i
n Te
cate
oTh
ey a
re t
hen
proc
esse
d fo
r de
liver
y, lo
aded
int
o ra
ilcar
s, c
ombi
ned
into
tra
ins
with
rai
lcar
s lo
aded
at
NCM
T, a
nd th
en tr
ansp
orte
d to
var
ious
US
mar
kets
oIf
PAS
is su
cces
sful
, the
veh
icle
s w
ould
be
prep
ared
fo
r dist
ribut
ion
and
load
ed o
nto
railc
ars a
t NCM
T.
oRa
ilcar
vol
ume
ex N
CMT
wou
ld i
ncre
ase
to a
bout
14
,000
/yea
r, an
incr
ease
of 4
800
cars
oTr
ain
size
out
of N
CMT
wou
ld in
crea
se b
y ab
out
20 -
24 c
ars p
er tr
ain.
oTh
e pr
ojec
ted
incr
ease
in r
ailc
ar t
raffi
c w
ould
cre
ate
a ne
ed
for a
dditi
onal
railc
ar st
orag
e w
ithin
or a
djac
ent t
o N
CMT
Th
e BN
SF S
an D
iego
Yar
d pr
esen
tly s
uppo
rtin
g th
is tr
affic
has
st
orag
e ca
paci
ty fo
r 29
railc
ars.
oTo
han
dle
this
traf
fic a
t N
CMT,
a s
imila
r am
ount
of
addi
tiona
l rai
l car
stor
age
is be
ing
soug
ht.
Switc
hing
th
is bu
sines
s to
N
CMT
wou
ld
have
tw
o st
rate
gic b
enef
its fo
r the
San
Die
go a
rea
–
oIt
wou
ld p
ositi
on N
CMT
to b
e th
e ex
port
gat
eway
te
rmin
al f
or T
oyot
a Ba
ja C
alifo
rnia
whe
n th
e la
tter
’s Te
cate
pla
nt e
vent
ually
pro
duce
s ve
hicl
es fo
r ove
rsea
s ex
port
s
oIt
wou
ld e
nabl
e BN
SF t
o ba
ckfil
l th
e ca
paci
ty a
t its
Te
nth
Aven
ue
Yard
w
ith
vehi
cles
pr
oduc
ed
in
a M
idw
est
or
Sout
h Ce
ntra
l as
sem
bly
plan
t an
d di
strib
uted
in th
e So
uthe
rn C
alifo
rnia
are
a
N
CMT
pres
ently
has
6 o
n-do
ck tr
acks
usa
ble
for r
ailc
ar lo
adin
g or
unl
oadi
ng
Co
mbi
ned
nom
inal
hol
ding
cap
acity
of
thes
e 6
trac
ks i
s ab
out
140
railc
ars,
dep
endi
ng o
n th
e m
ix o
f ra
ilcar
-typ
es,
but
beca
use
of th
e ne
ed to
hav
e br
eaks
in b
etw
een
sets
of c
ars,
effe
ctiv
e ca
paci
ty is
clo
ser t
o 12
0 ra
ilcar
s
As
sho
wn
in t
he s
chem
atic
dia
gram
bel
ow, t
hese
6 t
rack
s ar
e st
ub-e
nded
, so
cuts
of
railc
ars
are
shov
ed in
, or
pulle
d ou
t, fr
om th
e no
rth
end
ND
C
HO
TEL
LOT
K
MAR
INA
PA
S an
d BN
SF a
re p
ropo
sing
to re
build
sev
eral
trac
ks w
ithin
the
unde
r-us
ed B
NSF
-ow
ned
switc
hing
yar
d lo
cate
d in
bet
wee
n th
e N
atio
nal D
istrib
utio
n Ce
nter
and
Bay
Mar
ina
Driv
e, a
nd to
bui
ld a
new
trac
k co
nnec
ting
the
sout
h en
d of
the
exist
ing
loop
tr
ack
with
that
BN
SF Y
ard
Th
is pr
opos
al w
ould
add
30-
45 ra
ilcar
spot
s, d
epen
ding
on
the
exte
nt o
f the
yar
d re
habi
litat
ion
Ho
wev
er, t
he l o
op c
onne
ctor
wou
ld b
isect
land
par
cel 0
25-1
01 (a
.k.a
“Lo
t K”)
, im
med
iate
ly n
orth
of t
he m
arin
a, a
nd im
pair
the
impl
emen
tatio
n of
Nat
iona
l City
’s Vi
sion
Plan
for
the
area
aro
und
the
mar
ina
– it
wou
ld a
lso in
crea
se n
oise
leve
ls fo
r gu
ests
stay
ing
at th
e M
arin
a Ga
tew
ay H
otel
, par
ticul
arly
in ro
oms f
acin
g th
e ra
il ya
rd
Bay Marina Dr.
D
BA
C
M
erca
tor i
dent
ified
four
opt
ions
for a
ddin
g ra
il-ca
r sto
rage
cap
acity
in s
uppo
rt o
f PAS
’ ope
ratio
n at
NCM
T, a
s al
tern
ativ
es to
th
e PA
S pr
opos
al d
escr
ibed
on
the
prec
edin
g pa
ge
Th
ese
optio
ns co
uld
be d
evel
oped
sequ
entia
lly o
r in
tand
em, a
nd th
eir r
espe
ctiv
e sit
es a
re sh
own
belo
w
A
O
ptio
n A
enta
ils t
he c
onst
ruct
ion
of a
sto
rage
tra
ck p
aral
lel t
o an
d im
med
iate
ly e
ast
of t
he e
aste
rn p
ortio
n of
the
exist
ing
loop
trac
k, b
etw
een
19th
Str
eet a
nd B
ay M
arin
a Dr
ive,
as s
how
n be
low
Th
is op
tion
wou
ld a
dd a
t lea
st 1
1 ra
ilcar
spot
s, a
fter
allo
win
g fo
r the
FRA
-req
uire
d se
tbac
k fr
om B
ay M
arin
a Dr
ive
Th
is ne
w
trac
k is
belie
ved
to
be
loca
ted
on
BNSF
pr
oper
ty a
nd i
f so
, its
co
nstr
uctio
n
wou
ld
thus
re
quire
th
at
railr
oad’
s ag
reem
ent
Tran
sfor
mer
?
250’
185’
225’
Cell
Tow
er
BNSF
Pro
pert
y -L
ease
d to
Pas
ha
Abou
t 152
0’
O
ptio
n B-
1 is
the
cons
truc
tion
of a
sto
rage
tra
ck p
aral
lel t
o an
d im
med
iate
ly e
ast
of t
he e
aste
rn p
ortio
n of
the
exi
stin
g lo
op t
rack
be
twee
n Ba
y M
arin
a Dr
ive
and
the
rail
spur
to th
e W
eyer
haus
er p
rope
rty,
as s
how
n be
low
, an
d w
ould
be
on P
ort p
rope
rty
As
sum
ing
relo
catio
n of
the
tran
sfor
mer
, thi
s op
tion
wou
ld a
dd 1
5-16
railc
ar s
pots
, afte
r allo
win
g fo
r the
FRA
-req
uire
d se
tbac
k fr
om B
ay
Mar
ina
Driv
e
It w
ould
ent
ail t
he lo
ss o
f abo
ut 1
0 tr
aile
r par
king
spot
s, w
est
of th
e ce
ntra
l par
t of t
he N
DC (w
here
the
dist
ance
from
the
load
ing
dock
to
the
curr
ent f
ence
line
is on
ly a
bout
185
’)
B
Opt
ion
B-2
wou
ld e
ntai
l th
e co
nstr
uctio
n of
a
seco
nd
trac
k,
adja
cent
to
th
e B-
1 tr
ack
and
also
on
Po
rt
prop
erty
, bu
t m
ight
res
ult
in a
fu
rthe
r lo
ss
of
trai
ler
park
ing
spot
s fo
r N
DC’s
clie
nts
Tran
sfor
mer
?
250’
185’
225’
Cell
Tow
er
BNSF
Pro
pert
y -L
ease
d to
Pas
ha
Abou
t 152
0’
O
ptio
n C
is th
e “m
irror
imag
e” o
f Opt
ion
B, b
ut o
n th
e w
est s
ide
of th
e ea
ster
n po
rtio
n of
the
exist
ing
loop
trac
k be
twee
n Ba
y M
arin
a Dr
ive
and
the
rail
spur
to th
e W
eyer
haus
er p
rope
rty,
as s
how
n be
low
This
optio
n w
ould
also
add
15-
16 ra
ilcar
spot
s, a
fter
allo
win
g fo
r the
FRA
-req
uire
d se
tbac
k fr
om B
ay M
arin
a Dr
ive
It
wou
ld re
quire
agr
eem
ent f
rom
BN
SF, a
nd w
ould
ent
ail t
he lo
ss o
f abo
ut 0
.5 a
cres
of s
pace
curr
ently
use
d by
PAS
for v
ehic
le st
orag
e
C
O
ptio
n D
invo
lves
the
con
stru
ctio
n of
tw
o st
orag
e tr
acks
, eac
h ab
out
1400
’ lon
g, o
n th
e ea
st s
ide
of t
he w
este
rn p
ortio
n of
the
loop
tr
ack,
bet
wee
n th
e en
tran
ce to
the
curr
ent N
CMT
rail
yard
and
the
turn
out t
o th
e cu
rve
of th
e lo
op, a
s sho
wn
belo
w
Th
is op
tion
wou
ld a
dd 2
7 ra
ilcar
spo
ts, b
ut w
ould
ent
ail t
he lo
ss o
f a
30’ x
160
0’ s
trip
of
land
(ab
out
1.1
acre
s) t
o al
low
roo
m f
or
real
igni
ng th
e no
rthe
rn h
alf o
f the
cur
rent
serv
ice
road
insid
e th
e te
rmin
al
D
M
oreo
ver,
this
optio
n w
ould
en
able
em
pty
railc
ars
to
be
stor
ed i
n cl
ose
prox
imity
to t
he
wor
king
tr
acks
, th
us
redu
cing
th
e tim
e to
re
posit
ion
cars
fr
om s
tora
ge t
o lo
adin
g
W
ith e
ach
of t
he A
-D o
ptio
ns, B
NSF
tra
in c
rew
s w
ould
be
able
to
spot
em
pty
railc
ars
onto
the
pro
pose
d st
orag
e tr
ack(
s) b
y ei
ther
“p
ullin
g” o
r “sh
ovin
g” in
, as e
ach
trac
k w
ould
hav
e a
turn
out o
n ea
ch e
nd
Al
thou
gh th
e A-
D O
ptio
ns c
ould
be
cons
truc
ted
inde
pend
ently
(or
sequ
entia
lly o
ver
time)
, if A
and
B a
re b
uilt
conc
urre
ntly
, it
wou
ld
avoi
d th
e co
st o
f bui
ldin
g tw
o tu
rnou
ts, a
nd…
.
oIt
wou
ld a
llow
Tra
ck A
and
Tra
ck B
to b
e co
nnec
ted
with
eac
h ot
her,
and
the
num
ber o
f eng
ine
switc
h m
oves
wou
ld b
e re
duce
d by
hav
ing
a sin
gle
trac
k ne
arly
300
0’ lo
ng (a
s com
pare
d to
seve
ral t
rack
s of 6
00-8
00’ l
ong
in th
e BN
SF Y
ard)
Ro
ugh
estim
ates
of t
he c
osts
to c
onst
ruct
the
se fo
ur t
rack
opt
ions
wer
e de
velo
ped
by M
erca
tor,
base
d on
usin
g 11
5-po
und
seco
nd-
hand
rai
l, w
ood
cros
stie
s, re
cycl
ed t
urno
uts,
and
bas
ic g
radi
ng (
i.e.
with
no
cut
and
fill
requ
ired,
and
with
out
allo
wan
ces
for
envi
ronm
enta
l pe
rmits
, no
mod
ifica
tions
to
drai
nage
arr
ange
men
ts o
r th
e co
st o
f re
latin
g th
e tr
ansf
orm
er a
t th
e N
DC)
---th
ese
estim
ates
are
sum
mar
ized
belo
w:
N
ote
-- th
e pr
eced
ing
figur
es d
o no
t inc
lude
allo
wan
ces f
or m
ovin
g or
add
ing
cros
sing
gate
s for
Bay
Mar
ina
Driv
e
ES
TIM
AT
ED
ES
TIM
AT
ED
ES
TIM
AT
ED
TT
L G
RA
DE
-FE
ET
LEN
GT
H O
F #
OF
AP
PR
OX
RA
IL-C
AR
OP
TIO
NO
F S
IDIN
G(S
)T
AN
GE
NT
TR
AC
KT
UR
NO
UT
SC
OS
T T
O B
UIL
DS
PO
TS
A a
lon
e12
7596
02
30
00
00
11
B-1
alo
ne
1745
1425
24
00
00
01
6
A +
B-1
3120
2805
26
80
00
03
2
B-1
+ B
-231
7525
404
74
0,0
00
28
A +
B-1
& B
-245
5039
204
10
20
00
04
4
C a
lon
e16
8513
652
39
00
00
15
A +
B-1
+ C
4805
4170
41
07
00
00
47
D-s
idin
g 1
1720
1405
24
00
00
01
5
D-s
idin
g 2
1405
1090
23
30
00
01
2
D -
sid
ing
s 1
/231
2524
954
73
00
00
27
In
add
ition
to th
e A-
D op
tions
, Mer
cato
r also
revi
ewed
a v
aria
tion
of th
e PA
S pr
opos
al, i
n w
hich
the
trac
k th
at c
onne
cts t
he so
uth
end
of th
e BN
SF Y
ard
with
the
exist
ing
loop
trac
k tr
aver
ses
thro
ugh
Land
Par
cel 0
25-0
10 (L
ot K
) far
ther
aw
ay fr
om th
e m
arin
a an
d, w
hile
st
ill h
avin
g a
curv
atur
e su
itabl
e fo
r aut
omot
ive
railc
ars.
This
alte
rnat
ive
trac
k al
ignm
ent i
s sh
own
belo
w…
…M
erca
tor
estim
ates
that
the
cons
truc
tion
cost
of t
his
optio
n co
uld
pote
ntia
lly b
e le
ss th
an th
e co
st o
f the
PAS
pro
posa
l bec
ause
it a
void
s a n
ew a
t-gr
ade
cros
sing
of T
idel
ands
Ave
nue.
Ho
wev
er, t
his
varia
tion
coul
d po
tent
ially
hav
e fe
wer
railc
ar s
tora
ge p
ositi
ons
than
the
plan
pro
pose
d by
PAS
, bec
ause
of w
here
the
conn
ecto
r tra
ck w
ould
tie
into
the
yard
trac
k
E
BA
CKG
ROU
ND
AND
OVE
RVIE
W O
F ST
UDY
N
CM
T’s
Com
petit
ive
Envi
ronm
ent
N
CMT’
s Tra
ffic
Gro
wth
Pro
spec
ts
N
CMT’
s Ope
ratio
nal F
ram
ewor
k
O
PTIO
NS
FOR
INCR
EASI
NG
RAI
LCAR
STO
RAG
E CA
PACI
TY
R
EQU
IREM
ENTS
FO
R VE
HIC
LE S
TORA
GE
CAP
ACIT
Y
C
ON
CLU
SIO
NS
ON
NCM
T O
PTIO
NS
PA
S pr
esen
tly o
pera
tes
on m
ultip
le la
nd p
arce
ls in
the
Nat
iona
l City
term
inal
are
a , u
nder
two
sepa
rate
fram
ewor
ks w
ith
the
Port
o
A lo
ng-t
erm
(30-
year
) ter
min
al c
once
ssio
n ag
reem
ent (
refe
rred
to a
s the
TO
A), c
over
ing
the
parc
els
show
n in
the
aeria
l pho
to b
elow
as “
027-
003”
, Par
cels
1-7
o
A sh
ort-t
erm
(4-
year
) ag
reem
ent,
thro
ugh
a T
idel
ands
Use
& O
ccup
ancy
Per
mit
(TU
OP)
, co
verin
g th
e ot
her
prop
ertie
s in
the
phot
o be
low
that
are
del
inea
ted
by a
dot
ted
red
line
Th
e siz
es a
nd u
ses o
f the
var
ious
SDU
PD p
arce
ls sh
own
on th
e pr
ior p
age
are
sum
mar
ized
in th
e fo
llow
ing
tabl
e:
Pash
a A
utom
otiv
e Se
rvic
es -
Land
Are
as a
t Nat
iona
l Cit
y - N
ovem
ber 2
012
Agr
eem
ent
Cler
k D
ocum
ent N
o.Pa
rcel
N
o.Ti
dela
nds
Map
Bo
ok N
o.Sq
uare
Fe
etA
crea
geG
roup
To
tals
Des
crip
tion
Term
inal
Ope
rato
r Agr
eem
ent
5725
11
027-
003
4,01
8,35
5
92.2
5
M
ain
NCM
T A
rea
202
7-00
340
,491
0.
93
Bu
ildin
g 24
-13
027-
003
104,
061
2.39
Build
ing
24-A
402
7-00
319
4,21
8
4.
46
Bu
ildin
g 24
-B5
027-
003
185,
093
4.25
Bay
Mar
ina
Dri
ve a
nd Q
uay
Ave
.6
027-
003
239,
436
5.50
Tide
land
s A
ve. a
nd 2
8th
St.
702
7-00
324
8,88
2
5.
71
Fo
rmer
Tan
k Fa
rm8
027-
003
4,53
0
0.
10
Ca
rwas
h Bu
ildin
g9
027-
009
3,60
9
0.
08
Tr
aile
r Off
ice
1002
7-00
91,
005
0.02
115.
70
Cler
k Sh
ack
Tide
land
Use
and
Occ
upan
cy P
erm
it58
510
102
7-01
617
6,54
7
4.
05
So
uth
of P
LA-A
RT2
027-
016
176,
005
4.04
Wes
t of P
arce
l 1 a
bove
302
7-01
624
2,65
0
5.
57
Te
rmin
al A
ve. a
nd 2
8th
St.
402
7-01
613
9,35
4
3.
20
Q
uay
Ave
. and
28t
h St
.5
027-
016
4,85
3
0.
11
16
.97
Alo
ng 2
8th
St.
Tide
land
Use
and
Occ
upan
cy P
erm
it59
461
102
5-01
040
9,65
5
9.
40
Ti
dela
nds
Ave
. nor
th o
f 19t
h St
.2
025-
010
131,
805
3.03
Tide
land
s A
ve. s
outh
of 1
9th
St.
302
5-01
088
,193
2.
02
So
uth
of P
arce
l 2 a
bove
402
5-01
049
,840
1.
14
Ti
dela
nds
Ave
. sou
th o
f Bay
Mar
ina
Dr.
502
5-01
049
5,41
1
11
.37
26.9
7
Lo
t KTi
dela
nd U
se a
nd O
ccup
ancy
Per
mit
5851
3N
/A1,
459
0.03
0.03
Mai
nten
ance
Tide
land
Use
Per
mit
5952
5N
/A02
8-00
714
5,81
1
3.
35
3.
35
SE
Cor
ner 3
2nd
St. a
nd T
idel
ands
Ave
.Le
ase
(ND
C w
areh
ouse
)57
148
N/A
68,0
42
1.56
1.56
Nat
iona
l Dis
trib
utio
n Ce
nter
Leas
e (P
AS
Off
ices
)51
255
N/A
026-
029
26,5
82
0.61
0.61
Off
ice
Spac
eG
rand
Tot
al A
rea
7,19
5,88
7
165.
19
165.
19
Gro
ss P
AS
Ope
rati
ng A
rea
- Exc
ludi
ng ta
nk F
arm
, ND
C an
d O
ffic
e Le
ase
157.
3
As
not
ed o
n th
e pr
ior p
age,
PAS
is n
ot a
ble
to o
pera
te o
n al
l of i
ts to
tal S
DUPD
acr
eage
. A
furt
her s
egm
enta
tion
of th
e pa
rcel
s in
term
s of u
sabi
lity
for v
ehic
le st
orag
e is
prov
ided
in th
e fo
llow
ing
tabl
e:
Agr
eem
ent
Cler
k D
ocum
ent N
o.Pa
rcel
N
o.Ti
dela
nds
Map
Bo
ok N
o.Sq
uare
Fee
tA
rea
/ D
escr
ipti
onTo
tal
Acr
eage
20
12
Are
as
NO
T U
sabl
e fo
r Aut
o St
orag
e
Net
A
uto
Stor
age
Acr
es
2012
Term
inal
Ope
rato
r A
gree
men
t (T
OA
)57
251
102
7-00
34,
018,
355
M
ain
NCM
T A
rea
92.2
5
64
.10
Long
shor
e pa
rkin
g ar
ea (S
wee
twat
er)
3.84
A
rea
for P
HTL
Car
go, n
et o
f Bld
g. 2
4-1
24.3
1
202
7-00
340
,491
Bl
dg 2
4-1
0.93
0.93
3
027-
003
104,
061
Bl
dg 2
4-A
2.39
2.39
4
027-
003
194,
218
Bl
dg 2
4-B
4.46
4.46
O
pera
tiona
l Are
as a
roun
d Bl
dgs
24-A
&B
1.19
(1
.19)
502
7-00
318
5,09
3
Bay
Mar
ina
Dri
ve a
nd Q
uay
Ave
.4.
25
4.
25
6
027-
003
239,
436
Ti
dela
nds
Ave
. and
28t
h St
.5.
50
5.
50
7
027-
003
248,
882
Fo
rmer
Tan
k Fa
rm5.
71
5.
71
802
7-00
34,
530
Carw
ash
Build
ing
0.10
0.10
9
027-
009
3,60
9
Tr
aile
r Off
ice
0.08
0.08
10
027-
009
1,00
5
Cl
erk
Shac
k0.
02
0.
02
Subt
otal
TO
A A
reas
5,03
9,68
0
Subt
otal
TO
A A
reas
115.
70
43.0
4
72.6
5
Tide
land
Use
and
Occ
upan
cy P
erm
it (
TUO
P)58
510
102
7-01
617
6,54
7
Sout
h of
PLA
-ART
4.05
2.36
202
7-01
617
6,00
5
Wes
t of P
arce
l 1 a
bove
4.04
2.35
Hau
l-aw
ay o
pera
tions
are
a (S
. of P
LA A
RT)
3.39
3
027-
016
242,
650
Te
rmin
al A
ve. a
nd 2
8th
St.
5.57
5.57
402
7-01
613
9,35
4
Qua
y A
ve. a
nd 2
8th
St.
3.20
3.20
502
7-01
64,
853
Alo
ng 2
8th
St.
0.11
0.11
Tide
land
Use
and
Occ
upan
cy P
erm
it (
TUO
P)59
461
102
5-01
040
9,65
5
Tide
land
s A
ve. n
orth
of 1
9th
St.
9.40
9.40
202
5-01
013
1,80
5
Tide
land
s A
ve. s
outh
of 1
9th
St.
3.03
3.03
302
5-01
088
,193
So
uth
of P
arce
l 2 a
bove
2.02
2.02
402
5-01
049
,840
Ti
dela
nds
Ave
. sou
th o
f Bay
Mar
ina
Dr.
1.14
1.14
502
5-01
049
5,41
1
Lot K
11.3
7
9.
80
Hau
l-aw
ay o
pera
tions
are
a 2
(at L
ot K
)1.
57
Tide
land
Use
and
Occ
upan
cy P
erm
it (
TUO
P)58
513
N/A
1,45
9
M
aint
enan
ce0.
03
0.
03
Ti
dela
nd U
se P
erm
it59
525
N/A
028-
007
145,
811
S.
of 3
2nd
& E
ast o
f Tid
elan
ds3.
35
3.
35
Subt
otal
TU
OP
Are
as2,
061,
583
Su
btot
al T
UO
P A
reas
47.3
2
4.
99
42
.33
ND
C &
Off
ice
Leas
es94
,624
N
DC
& O
ffic
e Le
ases
2.17
2.17
-
Gra
nd T
otal
SD
UPD
Are
asTo
tal A
reas
Fro
m S
DU
PD16
5.19
50
.20
11
4.99
In
ad
ditio
n to
th
e 11
5 ac
res
of
SDU
PD
prop
erty
tha
t PA
S ha
s ag
reem
ents
for
and
us
es f
or v
ehic
le s
tora
ge,
the
com
pany
also
pr
esen
tly le
ases
two
sepa
rate
par
cels
of la
nd
owne
d by
the
BN
SF, w
ith a
n es
timat
ed 1
4.8
acre
s for
veh
icle
stor
age.
Th
ese
p arc
els
are
on t
he w
est
side
of t
he
east
ern
port
ion
of t
he lo
op t
rack
, as
show
n in
yel
low
& g
reen
(w
/ ye
llow
sta
rs)
in t
he
aeria
l pho
to to
the
right
.
Ho
wev
er,
beca
use
thes
e pa
rcel
s ar
e le
ased
on
a s
hort
-ter
m b
asis
and
beca
use
BNSF
co
uld
have
oth
er u
ses
for
them
ove
r tim
e,
we
have
not
ass
umed
that
thes
e ac
res w
ill b
e av
aila
ble
to P
AS f
or m
eetin
g its
lon
g-te
rm
spac
e re
quire
men
ts
PA
S is
als o
sub
-leas
ing
a 3.
7 ac
re-p
arce
l of
la
nd fr
om D
ixie
Lin
e (w
here
the
blue
star
is)
PA
S al
s o s
tore
s ca
rs in
the
7-a
cre
first
poi
nt
of re
st a
rea
for t
he lu
mbe
r bar
ges (
whe
re th
e bl
ue tr
iang
le is
), as
thes
e la
tter
ves
sels
arriv
e in
freq
uent
ly
Not
e --
Two
of th
e TU
OP
land
par
cels
that
are
in u
se b
y PA
S, a
nd th
at a
re a
lso
abou
t 14.
8 ac
res
in s
ize,
have
bee
n re
ques
ted
by th
e Ci
ty o
f Nat
iona
l City
to
impl
emen
t its
Visi
on P
lan
for t
he M
arin
a ar
ea (s
how
n w
ith re
d tr
iang
les)
De
pend
ing
on S
DUPD
’s pl
ans
for
its lu
mbe
r bu
sines
s, t
hese
latt
er tw
o pa
rcel
s m
ay o
r m
ay n
ot b
e av
aila
ble
to P
AS fo
r its
lo
ng-t
erm
spac
e ne
eds
To
ass
ess
how
muc
h ac
reag
e PA
S is
likel
y to
nee
d at
NCM
T to
han
dle
its R
O-R
O b
usin
ess
in a
com
mer
cial
ly a
ccep
tabl
e m
anne
r, M
erca
tor
first
con
stru
cted
a fo
reca
st o
f the
agg
rega
te v
olum
e of
veh
icle
s to
be
hand
led
thro
ugh
the
term
inal
fr
om 2
013
to 2
020
In
doi
ng s
o, w
e as
sum
ed th
at P
AS w
ould
ret
ain
all o
f its
cur
rent
acc
ount
s an
d tr
affic
flow
s, a
nd th
at it
s vo
lum
es w
ould
in
crea
se –
in a
ggre
gate
– a
t an
ave
rage
ann
ual r
ate
of 2
.5%
(w
hich
is a
slig
htly
hig
her
rate
tha
n th
e ef
fect
ive
rate
fo
reca
sted
by
the
Cent
er fo
r Aut
omot
ive
Rese
arch
(2.3
%)
but i
s les
s tha
n w
hat o
ther
indu
stry
ana
lyst
s hav
e pr
ojec
ted)
W
e al
so in
clud
ed tw
o tr
anch
es o
f new
bus
ines
s th
at P
AS h
opes
to s
ecur
e in
201
3-20
14 :
a n
ew tr
affic
flow
from
one
of
its e
xist
ing
cust
omer
s, a
nd a
n en
tirel
y ne
w c
usto
mer
[not
incl
uded
is in
crem
enta
l PHT
L bu
sines
s to
Haw
aii]
Th
e r e
sulti
ng fo
reca
st is
pre
sent
ed b
elow
:
PAS
Vehi
cle
Thro
ughp
ut20
0920
1020
1120
12 F
2013
F20
14 F
2015
F20
20 F
Volu
me
Gro
wth
Rat
es2.
5%2.
5%2.
5%C
usto
mer
198
,867
10
8,75
4
111,
472
11
4,25
9
129,
274
C
usto
mer
286
,829
91
,170
93
,449
95
,786
10
8,37
3
Cus
tom
er 3
24,9
07
24,9
07
25,5
29
26,1
67
29,6
06
Cus
tom
er 4
3,02
0
3,
020
3,09
5
3,
173
3,58
9
C
usto
mer
591
,313
10
3,18
4
105,
764
10
8,40
8
122,
654
C
usto
mer
631
5
381
39
1
401
45
3
Cus
tom
er 7
10,6
04
11,3
46
11,6
30
11,9
20
13,4
87
All O
ther
s19
,948
18
,886
19
,358
19
,842
22
,449
To
tal A
utos
- Ba
se (E
xist
ing)
Act
iviti
es21
4,02
8
260,
177
25
8,96
7
335,
802
36
1,64
7
370,
689
37
9,95
6
429,
885
Cu
stom
er 2
- N
ew F
low
15,0
00
15,3
75
15,7
59
17,8
30
Cust
omer
8 -
New
Bus
ines
s65
,000
66
,625
68
,291
77
,265
To
tal N
ew B
usin
ess V
ol 0
00s
80,0
00
82,0
00
84,0
50
95,0
95
Tota
l Veh
icle
Thr
ough
put (
000s
) (Ex
istin
g +
New
)21
4,02
8
260,
177
25
8,96
7
335,
802
44
1,64
7
452,
689
46
4,00
6
524,
980
Be
caus
e th
e am
ount
of a
crea
ge re
quire
d fo
r car
go st
orag
e is
dire
ctly
a fu
nctio
n of
the
aver
age
amou
nt o
f tim
e th
at a
uni
t of
car
go st
ays (
or “d
wel
ls”) o
n th
e te
rmin
al, M
erca
tor,
with
inpu
t fro
m P
AS, a
lso d
evel
oped
ave
rage
dw
ell t
ime
figur
es fo
r ou
r N
CMT
capa
city
pla
nnin
g m
odel
Fo
r the
exi
stin
g bu
sines
s, h
istor
ical
dat
a on
dw
ell t
ime
(pro
vide
d by
PAS
) was
use
d to
con
stru
ct p
roje
ctio
ns fo
r eac
h ty
pe
of tr
affic
curr
ently
han
dled
at N
CMT
Fo
r the
two
tran
ches
of a
ntic
ipat
ed n
ew b
usin
ess,
the
estim
ates
wer
e ba
sed
on in
put f
rom
PAS
Th
e co
mbi
ned
set o
f ass
umpt
ions
is p
rovi
ded
in th
e fo
llow
ing
tabl
e:
Vehi
cle
Dwel
l Tim
e at
NCM
T20
0920
1020
1120
12 F
2013
F20
14 F
2015
F20
20 F
Dwel
l Tim
e - D
ays o
n Te
rmin
al -
Exis
ting
Traf
ficC
usto
mer
110
.8
12
.9
12
.9
12
.9
12
.9
C
usto
mer
23.
7
4.4
4.
4
4.4
4.
4
Cus
tom
er 3
8.4
10
.0
10
.0
10
.0
10
.0
C
usto
mer
448
.0
48
.0
48
.0
48
.0
48
.0
C
usto
mer
510
.0
12
.0
12
.0
12
.0
12
.0
C
usto
mer
618
6.2
186.
2
18
6.2
186.
2
18
6.2
Cus
tom
er 7
10.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
All O
ther
s12
.7
15
.2
15
.2
15
.2
15
.2
To
tal A
utos
- Ba
se (E
xist
ing)
Act
iviti
es14
.8
10
.0
9.
5
9.15
10.9
10.9
10.9
10.9
Cust
omer
2 -
New
Vol
ume
(w/p
roce
ssin
g)10
.40
10.4
010
.40
10.4
0Cu
stom
er 2
- Ex
tens
ion
to D
wel
l Tim
e (w
/Pro
cess
ing)
6.00
6.00
6.00
6.00
Cust
omer
8 -
Proc
essi
ng a
nd R
ail L
oadi
ng15
.00
15.0
015
.00
15.0
0To
tal N
ew B
usin
ess V
ol 0
00s
9.47
7.00
7.00
7.00
Di
vidi
ng t
he p
roje
cted
vol
ume
for
a pa
rtic
ular
tra
ffic
flow
typ
e by
the
num
ber
of
inve
ntor
y “t
urns
” pe
r yea
r (w
hich
itse
lf is
365
divi
ded
by a
vera
ge d
wel
l tim
e) y
ield
s the
ave
rage
num
ber o
f ve
hicl
es e
xpec
ted
to b
e on
the
term
inal
at a
ny g
iven
tim
e, o
ver t
he c
ours
e of
the
year
Av
erag
e in
vent
ory
figur
es c
onsid
erin
g cu
rren
t tr
affic
flo
ws
are
sum
mar
ized
in t
he f
ollo
win
g ta
ble:
Th
e co
mbi
ned
impa
ct o
f exp
ecte
d in
crea
ses
in d
wel
l tim
e an
d gr
owth
in e
xist
ing
traf
fic fl
ows
wou
ld in
crea
se a
vera
ge in
vent
ory
on te
rmin
al b
y ab
out 5
0% b
etw
een
2012
and
202
0.
Aver
age
Vehi
cle
Inve
ntor
y on
Ter
min
al a
t NCM
T20
0920
1020
1120
1220
13 F
2014
F20
15 F
2020
FEx
istin
g PA
S Tr
affic
Cus
tom
er 1
2,92
0
3,
854
3,95
0
4,
049
4,58
1
C
usto
mer
287
7
1,09
9
1,
127
1,15
5
1,
306
Cus
tom
er 3
570
68
4
702
71
9
814
C
usto
mer
439
7
397
40
7
417
47
2
Cus
tom
er 5
2,51
2
3,
406
3,49
1
3,
579
4,04
9
C
usto
mer
616
1
195
20
0
205
23
1
Cus
tom
er 7
291
37
4
383
39
3
444
A
ll Oth
ers
-
694
78
8
808
82
8
937
To
tal A
vg A
uto
Inve
ntor
y - B
ase
(Exi
stin
g) A
ctiv
ities
8,67
8
7,
128
6,74
0
8,
422
10,7
98
11,0
68
11,3
44
12,8
35
Th
ere
are
two
sour
ces
of in
crem
enta
l inv
ento
ry t
hat
coul
d ne
ed t
o be
acc
omm
odat
ed a
t N
atio
nal C
ity –
new
th
roug
hput
traf
fic a
nd n
ew p
roce
ssin
g ac
tivity
.
oIn
vent
ory
for
new
thr
ough
put
traf
fic f
rom
Cus
tom
er #
2 an
d se
para
tely
for
Cust
omer
#8
is es
timat
ed in
th
e sa
me
way
as
inve
ntor
y fo
r cu
rren
t tr
affic
–i.e
., th
e in
crem
enta
l vol
ume
is di
vide
d by
the
exp
ecte
d av
erag
e tu
rns p
er y
ear f
or e
ach
new
flow
oTa
king
on
the
proc
essin
g w
ork
for C
usto
mer
#2
wou
ld a
dd a
n es
timat
ed 6
day
s dw
ell t
ime
to th
e ex
istin
g tr
affic
of t
hat c
ompa
ny (w
hich
is c
urre
ntly
mov
ing
by ra
il to
an
inla
nd lo
catio
n fo
r pr
oces
sing)
, req
uirin
g an
adj
ustm
ent t
o th
e av
erag
e tu
rns p
er y
ear f
or th
at cu
stom
er
Th
ese
calc
ulat
ions
are
sum
mar
ized
in th
e fo
llow
ing
tabl
e:
W
ith a
dditi
onal
thr
ough
put
traf
fic a
nd a
dditi
onal
pro
cess
ing
activ
ity,
aver
age
NCM
T in
vent
orie
s w
ould
in
crea
se fr
om a
bout
8,4
00 u
nits
in 2
012
to a
bout
18,
300
by 2
020
Ho
wev
er,
as i
s sh
own
on t
he f
ollo
win
g pa
ge,
the
amou
nt o
f in
vent
ory
on t
he t
erm
inal
can
flu
ctua
te
signi
fican
tly o
n a
wee
k-to
-wee
k ba
sis, f
rom
wel
l abo
ve to
wel
l bel
ow th
e an
nual
ave
rage
figu
re
Aver
age
Vehi
cle
Inve
ntor
y on
Ter
min
al a
t NCM
T20
0920
1020
1120
1220
13 F
2014
F20
15 F
2020
FN
ew A
ctiv
ityC
ust 2
- N
ew V
olum
e (A
dd'l.
traffi
c at
tach
ed to
pro
cess
ing
wor
k)42
7
438
44
9
508
C
ust 2
- E
xten
ded
Dw
ell (
Add
'l. tim
e to
do
Pro
cess
ing
wor
k)1,
499
1,53
6
1,
575
1,78
1
C
ust 8
- P
roce
ssin
g an
d R
ail L
oadi
ng2,
671
2,73
8
2,
806
3,17
5
To
tal A
vg A
uto
Inve
ntor
y - N
ew B
usin
ess
/ Act
iviti
es4,
597
4,71
2
4,
830
5,46
5
Gra
nd T
otal
Ave
rage
Dai
ly In
vent
ory
8,67
8
7,
128
6,74
0
8,
422
15,3
95
15,7
80
16,1
74
18,3
00
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
1.10
1.20
1.30
1.40
1.50
1.60
1.70
1.80
1.90
2.00
2.10
2.20
2.30
2.40
Ratio of Weekly Max Inventory to the Annual Average inventory
Year
. W
eek
Num
ber
Inve
ntor
y Va
riab
ility
Rati
o of
Wee
kly
Peak
Inve
ntor
ies
to A
nnua
l Ave
rage
Inve
ntor
ies
M
erca
tor
exam
ined
a d
ata
base
pro
vide
d by
PAS
that
trac
ks c
ount
s of
veh
icle
s dw
ellin
g in
NCM
T on
a d
aily
bas
is, f
rom
the
begi
nnin
g of
201
0 to
ear
ly N
ovem
ber o
f 201
2…w
e th
en id
entif
ied
high
est
inve
ntor
y w
ithin
eac
h w
eek,
and
plo
tted
the
ratio
of
eac
h w
eekl
y pe
ak to
the
aver
age
inve
ntor
y fo
r tha
t wee
k’s
resp
ectiv
e ye
ar --
- the
resu
lts a
re sh
own
in th
e fo
llow
ing
grap
h:
As
the
plo
t he
re
indi
cate
s,
out
of
the
149
wee
ks o
f da
ta
exam
ined
, th
ere
wer
e 31
w
eeks
(21%
of t
he
tota
l), in
whi
ch th
e pe
ak in
vent
ory
for
that
w
eek
was
hi
gher
th
an
the
annu
al
aver
age
inve
ntor
y by
50%
or
mor
e
As
sho
wn
abov
e, t
he te
rmin
al n
eeds
eno
ugh
acre
age
to b
e ab
le to
stor
e 1.
5 tim
es it
s av
erag
e qu
arte
rly in
vent
ory,
in o
rder
to b
e ab
le to
acc
omm
odat
e 90
% o
f its
pea
k vo
lum
e w
eeks
Fo
r an
add
ition
al in
sight
, Mer
cato
r th
en c
onst
ruct
ed t
he f
ollo
win
g gr
aph
in o
rder
to
show
how
the
pat
tern
of
inve
ntor
y pe
akin
g fo
r PAS
has
bee
n fa
irly
cons
isten
t ove
r the
pas
t fou
r yea
rs
0%10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
>2.0
Wee
kly
Peak
Inve
ntor
y Fa
ctor
"X"
vs.
Qua
rter
ly A
vera
ge In
vent
ory
% o
f Wee
ks w
ith
Wee
kly
Peak
< "
X"-t
imes
Q
uart
erly
Ave
rage
Inve
ntor
y
2009
2010
2011
2012
Th
is ch
art
was
con
stru
cted
by
cal
cula
ting
for
each
wee
k ov
er t
he la
st f
our
year
s th
e ra
tio b
etw
een
the
wee
kly
max
in
vent
ory
and
the
aver
age
inve
ntor
y fo
r th
e qu
arte
r.
W
hat
we
can
see
is th
at t
o ac
coun
t fo
r th
e pe
ak
inve
ntor
ies
in
90%
of
th
e w
eeks
, PA
S ne
eds
stor
age
capa
city
tha
t is
at le
ast
50%
gr
eate
r th
an
the
aver
age
inve
ntor
y.
Ba
sed
on t
he s
tatis
tical
ana
lysis
sum
mar
ized
in t
he p
rece
ding
tw
o pa
ges,
Mer
cato
r co
nclu
ded
that
it
wou
ld b
e re
ason
able
to in
crea
se th
e av
erag
e an
nual
inve
ntor
y by
1.5
0 to
det
erm
ine
the
“des
ign”
inve
ntor
y (w
hich
wou
ld c
over
bo
ut 9
0% o
f all
expe
rienc
ed w
eekl
y pe
aks s
ince
the
begi
nnin
g of
201
0)
Th
is de
sign
inve
ntor
y is
then
incr
ease
d by
the
inve
rse
of 9
0% t
o re
flect
the
max
imum
pra
ctic
al u
tiliza
tion
of v
ehic
le
stor
age
spac
e th
at c
an b
e ac
hiev
ed d
urin
g pe
ak p
erio
ds a
nd t
o th
ereb
y ar
rive
at t
he a
mou
nt o
f st
orag
e ca
paci
ty
requ
ired
to h
andl
e ov
er 9
0% o
f the
term
inal
’s pe
aks
Th
e r e
sulti
ng ca
lcul
atio
ns a
re p
rovi
ded
in th
e fo
llow
ing
tabl
e:
Th
e fo
rego
ing
anal
ysis
indi
cate
s a n
eed
for a
bout
117
acr
es o
f ope
n ve
hicl
e st
orag
e to
supp
ort t
he c
urre
nt tr
affic
bas
e in
201
3.
Ev
en w
ithou
t any
new
cus
tom
ers
or fl
ows f
or P
AS, t
he b
ase
busi
ness
sho
uld
requ
ire n
early
140
acr
es b
y 20
20
Estim
ated
Sto
rage
Are
a Re
quire
men
t - C
urre
nt T
raff
ic20
0920
1020
1120
12 F
2013
F20
14 F
2015
F20
20 F
Aver
age
Inve
ntor
y - B
ase
Activ
ity (0
00s)
8,67
8
7,
128
6,74
0
8,
422
10,7
98
11,0
68
11,3
44
12,8
35
Peak
Fac
tor (
to co
ver a
bt 9
0% o
f wee
ks -0
9-'1
2)1.
501.
501.
501.
501.
501.
501.
501.
50De
sign
(Pea
k) In
vent
ory
to B
e Ac
com
mod
ated
13,0
18
10,6
92
10,1
10
12,6
33
16,1
96
16,6
01
17,0
16
19,2
52
Max
imum
Spo
t Util
izat
ion
at P
eak
Perio
ds90
%90
%90
%90
%90
%90
%90
%90
%Re
quire
d (P
eak)
Sto
rage
Cap
acity
- Cu
rren
t Tra
ffic
14,4
60
11,8
80
11,2
30
14,0
40
18,0
00
18,4
50
18,9
10
21,3
90
Cars
(VIN
s) p
er A
cre
154
154
154
154
154
154
154
154
Ope
n Ve
hicl
e St
orag
e Ac
res R
eq'd
. - C
urre
nt T
raff
ic93
.977
.172
.991
.211
6.9
119.
812
2.8
138.
9
Ex
pand
ed s
tora
ge w
ill b
e re
quire
d to
acc
omm
odat
e th
e ex
pect
ed n
ew t
raffi
c fr
om C
usto
mer
s #2
and
#8,
alo
ng w
ith
the
new
pro
cess
ing
activ
ity fo
r Cus
tom
er #
2
In
est
imat
ing
the
spac
e re
quire
d fo
r the
se n
ew fl
ows
and
activ
ities
, we
assu
me
a lo
wer
leve
l of i
nven
tory
vol
atili
ty (1
.2
vers
us 1
.5) a
nd a
slig
htly
hig
her s
pace
util
izatio
n, b
ecau
se:
oTh
e v e
hicl
es fr
om C
usto
mer
#8
will
arr
ive
by tr
uck
dire
ctly
from
the
asse
mbl
y pl
ant,
and
ther
efor
e sh
ould
not
ha
ve th
e sa
me
varia
bilit
y as
car
s arr
ivin
g on
inbo
und
ship
s
oTh
e pl
anne
d in
vent
ory
for C
usto
mer
#2’
s pro
cess
ing
wor
k al
read
y in
clud
es a
subs
tant
ial b
uffe
r allo
wan
ce.
O
ur c
alcu
latio
ns o
f the
add
ition
al a
crea
ge r
equi
red
to a
ccom
mod
ate
the
incr
emen
tal b
usin
ess
bein
g ta
rget
ed b
y PA
S ar
e pr
esen
ted
in th
e fo
llow
ing
tabl
e:
As
indi
cate
d ab
ove,
the
“cu
rren
t pl
us n
ew”
stor
age
area
req
uire
men
t w
ill b
e ab
out
155
acre
s in
201
3, a
nd w
ith
2.5%
ave
rage
ann
ual g
row
th th
erea
fter
, wou
ld e
xcee
d 18
0 ac
res
by 2
020
, whi
ch is
a s
ubst
antia
l inc
reas
e fr
om th
e 11
5 ac
res
of v
ehic
le st
orag
e ar
ea p
rovi
ded
unde
r the
TO
A a
nd T
UO
P as
out
lined
on
page
39.
Estim
ated
Sto
rage
Are
a Re
quire
men
t - N
ew /
Pros
pec
2009
2010
2011
2012
F20
13 F
2014
F20
15 F
2020
FAv
erag
e In
vent
ory
- Rel
ated
to N
ew T
hrou
ghpu
t / A
ctiv
ity4,
597
4,71
2
4,
830
5,46
5
Pe
ak F
acto
r (re
duce
to a
ccou
nt fo
r ste
adie
r dom
estic
flow
s)1.
201.
201.
201.
20De
sign
(Pea
k) In
vent
ory
to B
e Ac
com
mod
ated
5,51
7
5,
655
5,79
6
6,
558
Max
imum
Spo
t Util
izat
ion
at P
eak
Perio
ds95
%95
%95
%95
%Ca
rs (V
INs)
per
Acr
e15
415
415
415
4In
crem
enta
l Ope
n Ve
hicl
e St
orag
e Ac
res R
equi
red
(New
Bus
ines
s Rel
ated
)37
.738
.739
.644
.8
Com
bine
d O
pen
Vehi
cle
Stor
age
- Acr
es R
equi
red
93.9
77.1
72.9
91.2
154.
615
8.5
162.
418
3.7
BA
CKG
ROU
ND
AND
OVE
RVIE
W O
F ST
UDY
N
CM
T’s
Com
petit
ive
Envi
ronm
ent
N
CMT’
s Tra
ffic
Gro
wth
Pro
spec
ts
N
CMT’
s Ope
ratio
nal F
ram
ewor
k
O
PTIO
NS
FOR
INCR
EASI
NG
RAI
LCAR
STO
RAG
E CA
PACI
TY
RE
QU
IREM
ENTS
/OPT
ION
S FO
R VE
HICL
E ST
ORA
GE
CAPA
CITY
C
ON
CLU
SIO
NS
ON
NCM
T O
PTIO
NS
Th
e pl
an p
ropo
sed
by P
AS, i
n co
ncur
renc
e w
ith B
NSF
, wou
ld
crea
te s
tora
ge p
ositi
ons
for a
bout
39
mul
ti-le
vel r
ailc
ars
on
5 tr
acks
, with
the
reha
bilit
atio
n of
the
railr
oad’
s yar
d ea
st o
f th
e N
DC
Im
plem
enta
tion
of th
is pl
an w
ould
also
pro
vide
trac
k sp
ots
for
railc
ars
of o
ther
indu
strie
s in
the
Nat
iona
l City
are
a, t
o be
switc
hed
by P
AS
Th
e pl
an a
lso c
alls
for t
he c
onst
ruct
ion
of a
con
nect
or tr
ack
linki
ng t
he s
outh
end
of
the
BNSF
yar
d w
ith t
he e
xist
ing
ballo
on t
rack
, ne
ar t
he in
ters
ectio
n of
Tid
elan
ds
Aven
ue
and
32nd
Str
eet
Th
e pr
opos
ed c
onfig
urat
ion
of t
his
conn
ecto
r tr
ack
wou
ld
resu
lt in
the
maj
ority
of
Lot
K’s
acre
age
bein
g us
able
for
Po
rt
purp
oses
(i.
e.
vehi
cle
stor
age)
, le
avin
g a
smal
ler
port
ion
for c
omm
erci
al u
se (a
s in
the
artis
t’s d
raw
ing
abov
e rig
ht, a
nd th
e gr
een
line
belo
w ri
ght)
An
alte
rnat
ive
conf
igur
atio
n of
the
conn
ecto
r tra
ck (O
ptio
n E)
sh
ould
be
fea
sible
fr
om
an
oper
atio
nal/e
ngin
eerin
g pe
rspe
ctiv
e.
This
alte
rnat
ive
wou
ld a
llow
for
a l
arge
r po
rtio
n of
Lot
K to
be
avai
labl
e fo
r co
mm
erci
al u
se (y
ello
w
line)
Ho
wev
er, O
ptio
n E
wou
ld li
kely
cre
ate
few
er ra
ilcar
sto
rage
po
sitio
ns
in t
he B
NSF
yar
d, a
nd w
ould
stil
l en
tail
early
m
orni
ng tr
ain
mov
emen
ts a
nd ra
ilcar
sw
itchi
ng c
lose
to th
e Ga
tew
ay H
otel
and
the
Mar
ina
– as
wou
ld th
e PA
S pl
an
E
An
al
tern
ativ
e pl
an
coul
d be
co
nsid
ered
by
SD
UPD
, PA
S, a
nd B
NSF
, th
at w
ould
ent
ail
less
ov
eral
l sw
itchi
ng, l
ess
early
-mor
ning
sw
itchi
ng a
t th
e BN
SF r
ail
yard
, an
d no
tra
in m
ovem
ents
or
trac
k ac
ross
Lot
K
Th
is al
t ern
ativ
e w
ould
inv
olve
the
con
curr
ent
impl
emen
tatio
n of
O
ptio
ns
A an
d B1
/B2
(as
desc
ribed
on
page
s 30
-31
and
as s
how
n in
the
ph
oto
to t
he r
ight
), w
ith t
he c
onst
ruct
ion
of t
wo
trac
ks p
aral
lel
to a
nd i
mm
edia
tely
eas
t of
the
ex
istin
g ba
lloon
trac
k’s e
aste
rn si
de
Al
thou
gh t
h is
plan
wou
ld r
equi
re a
n ad
ditio
nal
grad
e cr
ossin
g of
Bay
Mar
ine
Driv
e, it
wou
ld b
e ad
jace
nt
to
the
exist
ing
cros
sing,
an
d w
ould
cr
eate
abo
ut 4
3-44
railc
ar sp
ots,
afte
r allo
win
g fo
r FR
A-re
quire
d se
tbac
ks fr
om B
ay M
arin
a Dr
ive
W
ith f
ewer
tra
cks
and
turn
outs
, th
is al
tern
ativ
e sh
ould
hav
e a
capi
tal c
ost
com
para
ble
to, i
f no
t le
ss th
an, t
he co
st o
f the
PAS
pla
n
Ho
wev
er, t
his
alte
rnat
ive
may
ent
ail a
red
uctio
n in
the
num
ber o
f tra
iler p
arki
ng sp
ots
on th
e w
est
side
of th
e N
DC, a
nd th
ese
lost
spo
ts m
ight
nee
d to
be
relo
cate
d on
the
nort
hern
sid
e of
Lot
K, j
ust
sout
h of
the
Wey
erha
user
spur
trac
k
It sh
ould
also
be
note
d th
at th
e al
tern
ativ
e pl
an p
ut fo
rwar
d on
this
page
w
ould
not
pre
clud
e BN
SF f
rom
reh
abili
tatin
g a
port
ion
of i
ts y
ard
at
Nat
iona
l City
, as
this
latt
er lo
catio
n w
ould
stil
l be
a us
eful
site
for s
tagi
ng
the
railc
ars o
f the
indu
stria
l com
pani
es n
orth
of B
ay M
arin
a Dr
ive
Li
ke t
he g
loba
l au
tom
otiv
e m
arke
t, th
e U
S ve
hicl
e im
port
/exp
ort
busin
ess
is hi
ghly
dyn
amic
and
vol
atile
--
auto
m
anuf
actu
rers
hav
e gr
eat
diffi
culty
in
accu
rate
ly p
roje
ctin
g th
e vo
lum
es o
f th
eir
diffe
rent
pro
duct
s fro
m p
artic
ular
as
sem
bly
plan
ts th
at th
ey e
xpec
t to
sell
in d
iffer
ent r
egio
ns o
f the
Uni
ted
Stat
es b
eyon
d 12
-18
mon
ths i
n ad
vanc
e
Co
nseq
uent
ly, it
is
chal
leng
ing
for
oper
ator
s of
veh
icle
-focu
sed
RO-R
O t
erm
inal
s to
for
ecas
t vo
lum
es o
f ca
rs m
ovin
g th
roug
h a
give
n m
arin
e te
rmin
al (e
spec
ially
as f
ew m
anuf
actu
rers
pro
vide
min
imum
vol
ume
com
mitm
ents
of l
onge
r tha
n 12
-24
mon
ths d
urat
ion)
N
onet
hele
ss, b
ecau
se o
f the
ext
ent o
f PAS
’ cus
tom
er b
ase,
alo
ng w
ith P
AS’ c
ompe
titiv
enes
s an
d se
rvic
e po
sitio
n w
ith it
s cu
stom
ers,
it s
eem
s re
ason
able
for M
erca
tor t
o co
nclu
de th
at P
AS w
ill n
eed
117-
120
acre
s of
ope
n ar
ea in
the
near
-ter
m
(201
3-20
14) f
or v
ehic
le s
tora
ge –
just
to h
andl
e th
e an
ticip
ated
gro
wth
of i
ts e
xist
ing
busin
ess
(as
sum
mar
ized
on p
age
47)
As
hig
hlig
hted
on
page
39,
PAS
now
use
s ab
out
115
acre
s of
ope
n ve
hicl
e st
orag
e on
SDU
PD la
nd, u
nder
bot
h TO
A an
d TU
OP
perm
its, b
ut a
bout
11.
4 of
thos
e ac
res
are
on th
e Lo
t K p
arce
l, w
hile
ano
ther
3.3
5 ac
res
cons
titut
e th
e pa
rcel
land
so
uth
of 3
2nd S
tree
t and
just
wes
t of t
he M
arin
a (w
hich
is d
esig
nate
d fo
r eve
ntua
l com
mer
cial
use
)
oEv
en if
PAS
is a
ble
to u
se a
ll of
Lot
K in
201
3-20
14, i
t cou
ld st
ill la
ck e
noug
h ac
reag
e fo
r its
bas
e bu
sines
s b
y 20
15
if th
e BN
SF p
arce
ls ar
e no
t av
aila
ble
and
assu
min
g th
e 3.
35-a
cre
parc
el i
s de
velo
ped.
E
xpec
ted
acre
age
requ
irem
ents
of n
early
123
acr
es fo
r the
bas
e bu
sines
s onl
y w
ould
then
exc
eed
a su
pply
of o
nly
just
111
.65
acre
s
oIt
is th
eref
ore
appa
rent
that
PAS
nee
ds to
pro
ceed
with
rede
velo
ping
the
5.7-
acre
Tan
k Fa
rm p
arce
l as q
uick
ly a
s po
ssib
le in
ord
er to
par
tially
miti
gate
this
pote
ntia
l mid
-ter
m a
crea
ge g
ap
Co
nsid
erin
g th
e es
timat
ed a
crea
ge r
equi
rem
ents
for
the
incr
emen
tal b
usin
ess
bein
g ta
rget
ed b
y PA
S of
37+
acr
es (
as
show
n on
pag
e 48
), it
is al
so a
ppar
ent
that
in
orde
r fo
r PA
S to
be
able
to
capi
taliz
e on
the
se o
r ot
her
grow
th
oppo
rtun
ities
, add
ition
al m
easu
res
will
be
need
ed to
incr
ease
the
amou
nt o
f ope
n st
orag
e ar
ea a
t NCM
T an
d th
ereb
y su
ppor
t inc
reas
ed v
ehic
le in
vent
ory
leve
ls –
thes
e ot
her m
easu
res a
re o
utlin
ed o
n th
e fo
llow
ing
page
A
few
add
ition
al c
once
pts
wer
e id
entif
ied
for
incr
easin
g th
e am
ount
of a
crea
ge a
vaila
ble
to P
AS fo
r veh
icle
stor
age:
oCl
ose
off 2
8th S
tree
t wes
t of Q
uay
Aven
ue to
cre
ate
an a
dditi
onal
0.7
acr
es
oCl
ose
o ff
Qua
y Av
enue
bet
wee
n Ba
y M
arin
a Dr
ive
and
28th
Str
eet t
o cr
eate
an
addi
tiona
l 1.3
acr
es
oCl
ose
off T
idel
ands
Ave
nue
betw
een
28th
and
32nd
St
reet
s to
crea
te a
n ad
ditio
nal 2
.8 a
cres
oBe
yond
th
ese
prec
edin
g co
ncep
ts,
whi
ch
colle
ctiv
ely
wou
ld a
dd o
nly
4.8
acre
s, S
DUPD
wou
ld n
eed
to c
onsid
er
alte
rnat
ives
fo
r its
lu
mbe
r bu
sines
s at
N
CMT,
w
hich
co
nsum
es
abou
t 19
ac
res
colle
ctiv
ely
betw
een
the
Wey
erha
user
and
Dix
ie-L
ine
prop
ertie
s
oW
ith re
gard
to L
ot K
, if P
AS is
abl
e to
secu
re o
ne o
r bot
h of
its
tar
gete
d ne
w b
usin
ess
oppo
rtun
ities
in
2013
, it
will
ne
ed a
s muc
h th
at p
arce
l’s a
crea
ge a
s pos
sible
.
oIn
the
long
-term
, it
seem
s cl
ear
that
PAS
will
be
able
to
utili
ze w
hate
ver
port
ion
of L
ot K
is
mad
e av
aila
ble
for
port
pur
pose
s
oO
ne o
ptio
n fo
r sub
-div
idin
g Lo
t K b
etw
een
acre
age
for P
AS
and
for c
omm
erci
al d
evel
opm
ent (
per t
he N
C Vi
sion
Plan
), th
at is
con
siste
nt w
ith th
e ra
ilcar
stor
age
plan
disc
usse
d on
pa
ge 5
1, is
show
n to
the
right
PAS C
OM
MER
CIA
L
This
optio
n w
ould
pr
ovid
e ab
out
4.5
acre
s of
Lo
t K
for
com
mer
cial
use
, and
reta
in a
bout
6.9
acr
es fo
r veh
icle
stor
age
