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Adopted. The City's CTR plan set forth in Attachment A to this Ordinance and codified in this chapter is wholly incorporated herein by reference. Attachment A may be revised by resolution of the Everett City Council. Section 4. Ordinance No. 2277-98 (Chapter 46.68 EMC) is hereby amended by the addition of the following section which will be codified as EMC 46.68.065: CTR goals. The City's goals for reductions in the proportions of drive-alone commute trips and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per employee in the City's urban growth area are established by the City's CTR Plan. The drive-alone and VMT goals for affected worksites in the City are established by the City's CTR plan. If the goals for an affected employer or new affected employer are not listed in the CTR plan, they will be established by the City at a level designed to achieve the goals for the urban growth area. The City will provide written notification of the goals for each affected worksite by either incorporating the information into the results of the baseline measurement or subsequent survey measurements or providing the information when the City reviews the employer's proposed CTR program. Each affected employer is required to develop and implement a CTR program that is designed to meet the affected worksite's assigned CTR goals. Section 5. Chapter 3, Section B of Ordinance No. 2277-98 (EMC 46.68.080), which reads as follows: Requirements for employers. An affected employer is required to make a good faith effort, as defined in RCW 70.94.534(2) and this chapter to develop and implement a CTR program that will encourage its employees to reduce VMT per employee and SOV commute trips. The CTR program must include the mandatory elements described below. The employer shall submit a description of its program to the city and provide an annual progress report to the city on employee commuting and progress toward meeting the SOV goals. A. CTR Program Description Requirements. The CTR program description presents the strategies to be undertaken by an employer to achieve the commute trip reduction goals for each goal year. These goals are currently fifteen percent reduction in base year values by 1995, twenty percent reduction by 1997, twenty- five percent reduction by 1999, and thirty-five percent reduction by 2005. Employers are encouraged to consider innovative strategies and combine program elements in a manner that will best suit their location, site 11