• Develop innovative and creative design solutions that demonstrate a "greenstop" -- a highway rest area that is truly sustainable in terms of wastewater uses, recycling, and other operations to ensure a "zero footprint" on the environment.
  
  
• Create designs that are "off the grid" and meet the higher LEED levels of Silver, Gold, or Platinum.
  
  
• Reflect the context of the region.
  
  
• Establish a theme that reflects the Route #99 corridor - a 250-mile segment that stretches from Stockton to Bakersfield, traversing California's San Joaquin Valley.
  
  
• Serve as a site-specific pilot project that can be replicated in other areas.
  
  
• Develop plans that provide "escapes" from the freeway environment.
  
  
• Provide safe and secure environments for all users.
  
  
• Include opportunities that highlight regional features.
  
  
• Appropriately accommodate the needs of multiple users (e.g. tourists, truckers, commuters, families, and others) ,
  
  
• Address 24/7 uses.
  
  
• Are ADA and Cal OSHA compliant.
  
  
• Follow CALTRANS and FHWA guidelines.
  
  
• Address the cost effectiveness and benefits of the design.
  
  
• Provide traditional reststop facilities (e.g. rest rooms, picnic areas, etc.).

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