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Two firms have provided staff with proposals to collect traffic volume, turning movement and pedestrian activity counts at these 131 intersections. Staff recommends awarding contracts to ATD and Wiltec to each perform about half of the work. In this way, the length of time necessary to collect the count data can be cut in half to help expedite the preparation of the Baseline Report. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The City of Pleasanton has adopted a standard methodology for preparing all traffic studies that accompany development proposals submitted to the City for approval. The methodology includes use of City adopted traffic data and assumptions. The City began preparing annual Traffic Count Reports around 1983. All traffic studies for new developments in Pleasanton were required to be based on the traffic count data adopted by the City in these reports. As the City developed new traffic forecasting tools, future projections of traffic volumes were added to the report. As the scope of the data gathering and analysis has increased, this program has evolved into the preparation of the bi-annual Baseline Traffic Report. The primary purpose of the Baseline Traffic Report is to monitor existing congestion levels based on traffic count data, and to forecast future congestion levels based on the amount of development that has been approved for construction, but has not yet been fully occupied. This forms the basis from which new forecasts can be prepared as additional development is proposed. This allows the City to assess the potential impact of a new project and require the developer to construct improvements to mitigate the impacts of the proposed development. Staff has been using the 2003 Baseline Traffic Report for recent development projects like the Ponderosa development off of Busch Road, the Bernal Phase II Specific Plan, Oak Grove, Lund Ranch II, and other smaller projects. The 2003 Baseline Report included developments that had been constructed and occupied through the end of 2003. It also included developments that had been approved, but not yet built and occupied, by the end of 2003. In addition to using the 2003 Traffic Baseline Report for development related traffic impact studies, this study was initially used to evaluate traffic conditions and alternatives during the General Plan Update process. The selection of preferred General Plan land use and roadway network elements is expected to be completed in SR 06:057 Page 2 of 4