§ 8-29.13. Employee Transportation Surveys.

Employers and centers must conduct employee transportation surveys as specified in this subsection to establish whether the performance objectives listed in subsection 8-29.8 have been achieved.

a.

Employers and centers shall conduct an employee transportation survey consistent with the procedure contained in subsection 8-29.18 and submit the survey responses to the City in accordance with the schedule contained in subsection 8-29.13(d).

b.

Employers and centers have the option of processing the employee transportation surveys on-site or having the surveys processed by an outside entity. Survey processing must be consistent with the procedures contained in subsection 8-29.18, and verifiable records must be maintained.

c.

Employers and centers may use a Random Sample Employee Survey Method consistent with subsection 8-29.19 for work sites where four-hundred (400) or more employees start work during the peak period.

d.

The due date of the employee transportation survey is May 31st of each year. This date may be changed at the discretion of the TSM Committee. Notification will be provided to employers and centers as needed.

e.

Employee transportation surveys are to be conducted annually unless a work site demonstrates that a future year performance objective is achieved. These work sites are required to survey every other year as long as future year performance objectives continue to be achieved and every third year if the 1999 objectives are met.

f.

An employer or center shall not offer any special incentives or disincentives in addition to its regular ETR program during the survey week. This limitation does not apply to activities undertaken by an employer or center in response to a forecast exceedance day, e.g., the "Spare the Air" Campaign.

g.

Employee transportation surveys are to be conducted as follows:

1.

Employers or centers subject to this section must conduct an employee transportation survey of those work sites between January 1st and April 30th of each year.

2.

Subject to TSM Committee approval, an employee transportation survey conducted prior to the effective dates of this section may be submitted to fulfill the requirements of this subsection provided that: (1) the survey was conducted within six (6) months of its submittal date, and (2) it provided sufficient data to calculate the performance objective pursuant to subsection 8-29.8.

h.

Employers or centers which become subject to this section after May 1st of any year due to an increase in employees or the establishment of a new or expanded work site shall conduct an employee transportation survey during the next January 1st to April 30th survey period.

(Ord. No. 2670 N.S. § 2)