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positioned on lower level to facilitate loading operations. • Allowance for interior vehicle maneuvering. • The Transfer Building will have the capability to be secured to prevent unauthorized entry via doors. • Bollards, and embedded steel protection plates will be provided to protect doors and building elements. • Fire extinguisher cabinets will be provided throughout the building as required by the Codes and Manteca Lathrop Fire District. The cabinets will be locked with a glass cover which must be broken with an attached object for use. • The "Z" wall and transfer pit opening will be provided with a special I design of depressed metal plates, high strength concrete topping, or steel rails to reduce concrete wear from loading equipment. • Natural lighting for all areas will be provided via skylights and/or translucent wall or roof panels to supplement artificial lighting. Disposal vehicles using the station enter the appropriate disposal area, back into the stalls shown and then deposit waste over the raised edge of the disposal areas to the Tipping/Sorting Floor below. In general, Non-Automated Disposal vehicles are unloaded by hand by the site users and Automated Disposal vehicles mechanically unload waste to the Tipping/Sorting Floor. The waste which is deposited down to the Tipping/Sorting Floor is sorted by Station laborers for selected recyclable materials. Although. recyclin>? equipment may be included in the transfer building in the future, at this time the floor will remain open and will nnL— e recyc mg eq en . Recyclable materials which are hand sorted from the waste will be pushed by a loader to recycling bins located beneath a "Z wall" at the south end of the station. Remaining residual waste will be pushed by a loader to transfer trucks under an opening in the floor above the transfer tunnel. Office and Maintenance Building Floor Plans The floor plan for the Office and maintenance Building is shown on Drawing RSI-5. The building will be of steel frame construction with metal siding and reinforced concrete foundations and will be approximately 10,000 square feet. The office area will include offices, a lunch room, locker rooms and rest rooms, as shown on Drawing RSI-5. Equipment/work areas proposed for the maintenance areas include: • Two vehicle maintenance bays (with lubrication equipment) r • An automatic truck wash (with recirculating water system) • A parts storage bay ' • Heating units • Air conditioning for office space 07549001.012 21 September 23,1993