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An affected employer is required to make a good faith effort, as defined in RCW 70.94.534(2) and CMC 12.90.010(20), to develop and implement a CTR program that will encourage its employees to reduce VMT per employee and SOV commute trips. The employer’s CTR program description shall be prepared according to a format provided by the City.

(1) The employer’s CTR program is to contain the following required elements:

(a) At a minimum, the employer’s CTR program description must include:

(i) A general description of the employment site location, transportation characteristics, and surrounding services, including unique conditions experienced by the employer or its employees that affect commute mode choice;

(ii) Total number of employees at the work site and the number of employees affected by the CTR program;

(iii) Documentation of compliance with the mandatory CTR program elements, as described in subsection (1)(b) of this section;

(iv) Description of the additional elements included in the CTR program, as described in subsection (1)(c) of this section;

(v) Schedule of implementation, assignment of responsibilities and commitment to provide appropriate resources.

(b) The employer’s CTR program shall include the following mandatory elements:

(i) The employer shall designate a transportation coordinator to administer the CTR program. An affected employer with multiple sites may have one transportation coordinator for all sites. The coordinator’s name, location and telephone number must be displayed prominently at each affected work site. The coordinator shall oversee all elements of the employer’s CTR program.

(ii) The employer shall provide information about alternatives to SOV commuting to employees at least once a year. This information shall consist of, at a minimum, a summary of the employer’s program, including the name and telephone number of the employee transportation coordinator. Employers must also provide a summary of their program to all new employees at the time of hire. Each employer’s program description and annual report must report the information to be distributed and the method of distribution.

(iii) The CTR program must include an annual review of affected employee commuting and of progress and good faith efforts toward meeting the SOV and VMT reduction goals as established in CMC 12.90.020.

(iv) The CTR program shall list all records to be maintained to document the employer’s program and progress toward meeting SOV and VMT goals. Records shall be retained for a minimum of 24 months.

(c) The employer’s CTR program shall include at least one additional element needed to meet CTR goals. Such additional elements may include, but are not limited to, the following options:

(i) Provision of preferential parking or reduced parking charges, or both, for high occupancy vehicles;

(ii) Instituting or increasing parking charges for single-occupant vehicles;

(iii) Provision of commuter ride matching services to facilitate employee ridesharing for commute trips;

(iv) Provision of subsidies for transit fares;

(v) Provision of vans for vanpools;

(vi) Provision of subsidies for carpools or vanpools;

(vii) Permitting the use of the employer’s vehicles for carpooling or vanpooling;

(viii) Permitting flexible work schedules to facilitate employees’ use of transit, carpools or vanpools;

(ix) Cooperation with transportation providers to provide additional regular or express service to the work site;

(x) Construction of special loading and unloading facilities for transit, carpool and vanpool users;

(xi) Provision of bicycle parking facilities, lockers, changing areas and showers for employees who bicycle or walk to work;

(xii) Provision of a program of parking incentives such as a rebate for employees who do not use the parking facilities;

(xiii) Establishment of a program to permit employees to work part- or full-time at home or at an alternative work site closer to their homes;

(xiv) Establishment of a program of alternative work schedules, such as a compressed work week, which reduce commuting; and

(xv) Implementation of other measures designed to facilitate the use of high occupancy vehicles, such as on-site day care facilities and emergency taxi services.

(2) Transportation management organizations or other business partnerships may submit a single program description that describes common program elements among two or more affected employers. The program should also describe specific program elements at each individual employer’s work site. The transportation management organization, as an agent for its members, should provide individual performance data for each company as well as combined measurements to the County. Program modifications shall be specific to an employer. Each employer shall remain responsible for meeting the requirements of this chapter. (Ord. 38-02 § 2 (12.60.040))