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BACKGROUND The Pleasanton Traffic Model is comprised of two computer traffic forecasting programs which contain specific information regarding Pleasanton's land use and the City's street network and signal operations to provide a projection of future traffic conditions. Pleasanton has relied on model projections since the 1980s. The traffic model has been refined and updated on a regular basis to account for changes in land uses, roadways and traffic volumes. In addition to these standard updates, the model has incorporated school zone specific trip assignment, peak hour spreading,.ramp metering and cut-through traffic data. With this model update, the land use changes, roadway network changes and new traffic volumes will again be updated. In addition to these standard updates, the traffic model will include an update to the cut through traffic assumptions. With the increased congestion along 580 and 680, cut through patterns and volumes have changed and an update is necessary to capture these changes. The update will also create a "vehicle miles traveled" component that may be necessary in future CEQA documentation. DISCUSSION The cost of the standard update to the traffic model is $99,500. The optional task of creating a vehicle miles traveled element to the model and updated cut through data will be added to the base cost for a total model update cost of$126,800. In addition to the model update, a new baseline report will analyze all 114 traffic signals under existing conditions, existing + approved and General Plan Buildout. In addition to analyzing the Level of Service (LOS) at all 114 existing traffic signals, the report will identify future improvements to be included in the development fee update. The report will summarize the last three years of collision data as well as include a new metric that quantifies existing and projected queue lengths, which will be used to develop circulation element improvements that are not captured when looking at LOS. All of these elements will be used to identify future transportation improvement needs. The cost of this report is $128,400. The total contract amount for these two elements is $255,200. The recommended contract amount is a not to exceed amount of$275,000. The $19,800 difference will be used to facilitate future traffic model runs needed to evaluate development proposals, which are estimated to cost $3,900 per project. City staff advertised a Request for Proposal for the Traffic Model Update in July of 2015. Staff received three proposals from qualified consultants: TJKM, Fehr and Peers and Kittelson Associates. Fehr and Peers has worked with the City of Pleasanton as an on call transportation consultant since 2006. Although Fehr and Peers has not maintained the Model for the City in the past, their modeling references have been contacted and all provided favorable opinions and recommendations. Their past performance on transportation projects has been excellent. Page 2 of 3