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1. ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING AN OFFICE, RESTROG'S, EMJLOYEE WORKSPAC`= AND LUrJCHROOM. 2. MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT, STORAGE AND WORKSPACE. 3. PROPAGATION, INCLUDING GREENHOUSE, HEADHOUSE, LATHHOUSE, OUTDOOR CONTAINER PLANT AREA AND AN OUTDOOR PLANT PROPAGATION AREA. 4. SPECIAL WORKSPACE FOR SAFE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL OF PESTICIDES. ACCESS TO SPECIAL POPULATION GROUPS WITH EXISTING BUS SERVICE TO THE SITE FROM DOVff)TOWN MINNEAPOLIS, THIS SITE WILL BE READILY AVAILABLE TO ALL POPULATION GROUPS. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL POPULATION GROUPS (ESPECIALLY HANDICAPPED). ALL PATHWAYS WILL BE SURFACED TO ACCOMMODATE WHEELCHAIRS. GRADES OF THE PATHWAYS WILL BE SUCH THAT WHEELCHAIRS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO ABOUT 90% OF THE GARDEN. IN GENERAL, ANY FACILITIES NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE HANDICAPPED OR OTHER SPECIAL POPULATION GROUPS WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO THE OVERALL DESIGN, RATHER THA,J PROVIDIH'G SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR SPECIAL GROUPS. AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WHERE RAMPS ARE REQUIRED TO ALLOW t-MEELCHAIR ACCESS. THESE WILL BE TIED INTO THE OVER!'+-L CIRCULATION SYSTEM AND MADE ATTRACTIVE FOR ALL USERS. MULTI -SEASON USE PUBLIl. USE OF A DISPLAY GARDEN IN THE MINNESOTA CLIMATE IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED TO THE WARM MOUTHS OF THE YEAR. BECAUSE OF THIS, A STRONG EFFORT WILL XAS= TO EXTEND THE USEAGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR. THIS WILL BE DONE THROUGH THE FOLLOWINIG EFFORTS: 1. USE OF PLANT MATERIALS WHICH HAVE ATTRACTIVE WINTER CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS COLORED BARK AIJD FRUITS. 2. USE OF THE GARDEN IN THE WINTER AS A BIRD 1•lATCHJNG AREA. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE USE OF PLANT MATERIALS ATTRACTIVE TO BIRDS AS WELL AS SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING. 3. INTERPRETIVE -EDUCATIONAL USE THR(7UGh f)fi THE YEAR. BY OFFERING CLASSES AND INTERPRETIVE PROGRAMS, THE VISITOR FACILITY WILL EXTEND THE USER SEASON TO THE ENTIRE YEAR. CLASSES AND PROGRAMS IN GARDENING, BIRD IDENTIFICATION AND FEEDING ARE EXAtIPLES OF WINTERTIME USE. THE SANCTUARY GROUNDS WILL BE USED AS AN INTERPRETIVE AREA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. USER CAPACITY ACCURATE ESTIMATION OF USE OF A PROPOSED FACILITY OF THIS TYPE WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. A THEORETICAL DESIGN CAPACITY CAN BE ESTIMATED BASED UPON THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY AND AN ASSUMED DENSITY OF USE: