Ordinance 1925-93 - Laserfiche WebLink

• The Employer Survey The Legislature, local governments, program managers, and affected employers desire consistent, accurate, timely, and valid information about the CTR Law for use in decision-making, resource allocation, program development, evaluation, and other purposes. The basic success indicators of the CTR Law are reduced VMT per employee and SOV rates. Because employee surveys of commuting patterns will be a primary source of data about program performance, the Task Force has established guidelines for the use of surveys in the CTR Law. In all phases of survey administration, the state technical assistance team shall provide assistance to local jurisdictions and affected employers, when it is appropriate and feasible. Uses of the Survey The City and Community Transit will provide employers with technical assistance and support in conducting the surveys. Surveys, using the official state-provided survey forms, are required during the measurement years of 1995, 1997, and 1999. Surveys are not required during the base year (1992), but the City is strongly encouraging all affected employers to conduct surveys in the base year and will help to facilitate this process by processing the base year surveys. Employers may also supplement the state survey with additional questions of their own to aid in program planning. Employers will be responsible for processing their own supplemental surveys. Employers may use an existing alternative source of equivalent information as described in the CTR Task Force Guidelines (page 2-8). An example of acceptable equivalent information would be detailed travel diaries. In general, other forms of information cannot be used to stand alone as an alternative to surveys but can be used in addition to survey data if an employer's response rate is below 70%. Several possible uses of surveys are identified below. When surveys are required, affected employers shall provide the City either 1) survey data using the official state-provided survey form (Exhibit 1 presents the current official form.), and reporting format established by the Task Force, or 2) an alternative report that provides information equivalent to the official survey. When surveys are voluntary, the Task Force strongly urges employers to use the official state- provided survey forms. There are several benefits to using the official forms: 1) the employer does not pay for the design or printing of the survey forms; 2) the State will provide centralized processing (data entry and analysis) of the forms; and 3) the surveys provide consistent data, ensuring that the employers information is acceptable over the entire duration of the CTR Law for any reason listed below. • To establish a baseline measure of employee commuting habits for use by employers in designing their CTR programs (voluntary). 10