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Pleasanton and on routes into it, it is remarkable to see the significant results achieved to date through the TSM efforts of north Pleasanton business. Two sites -- the Farmers Insurance and 1st Select Visa -- have very high rates and disproportionately affect the composite trip rates. Staff believes these sites are not representative of future, "generic" office-type developments. Farmers was an owner-occupant building designed for the employee-intensive nature of its business; it has considerably more on-site parking than needed for an "ordinary" building of its size. 1st Select Visa is another employee-intensive use which does not fit its site; parking has utilized "no parking" streets, a practice which cannot be sustained, and because of which the company is in the process of relocating to another city. With these sites removed from the sample, the composite rate would be 2.0 trips per P.M. peak hour. Staff feels that removing these from the sample is warranted; should another employee-intensive company propose to locate in north Pleasanton, the traffic study can be based on employees, rather than square footage, as has been done for AT&T's new building. Staff did not study A.M. peak hour rates this year. Citywide, TSM measures have not been quite as successful in the A.M. peak hour (53% of employee trips occur in the A.M. peak hour compared to 46% in the P.M. peak hour), and A.M. peak hour trip rates would be expected to be higher. Because there are few intersections currently operating near LOS D/E levels in the A.M., staff does not feel that a separate rate needs to be used this year. This rate can be studied for modification, if warranted, at a later date. Recommended Trip Generation Rates Based on the TSM survey data, as buttressed by the field data, staff believes the office-type trip rates should be adjusted to reflect the actual Pleasanton experience. Staff suggests that the three Office/R&D/Lt. Manufacturing categories be lumped into an "office" category for north Pleasanton business parks, and that the rate should be the weighted average for all such sites studied, minus the Farmers and 1st SElect Visa sites -- 2.0 trips per 1000 sq. ft. Staff recommends retaining a lower "light manufacturing/warehouse" category, at the 1.0 trips/1000 sq. ft. for areas such as Valley Business Park or for clearly warehouse-type buildings. All other rates are recommended to be retained. L~V~L OF SZRVICZ CALCULATION M~THODOLOGY Staff did no further analysis of this methodology this year. Staff suggests that the newly hired City traffic engineer review the methodology and the operation of traffic on north Pleasanton streets to determine if adjustments should be made. - 4 -