2019/02/27 Council Agenda Packet

Draft 7/27/2018 3 Executive Summary The City of Everett and The Boeing Company have preliminarily agreed on a permanent traffic counting system to continuously measure the inbound and outbound vehicle trips at all of the Boeing driveways at their Paine Field facilities in Everett.This would accurately determine the Boeing PM peak hour and measure Boeing peak hour volumes. These data could then be compared with the"baseline"peak hour and peak hour trips as identified and mitigated for in the 1991 Boeing Expansion FEIS. This new"empirical" calculation of Boeing traffic volumes would be used by the City of Everett to ensure Boeing is not charged for trips during redevelopment that may have already been mitigated for and assure compliance with the City of Everett's 1996 SW Everett/Paine Field Subarea Planned Action. The research and analysis resulted in the following findings and recommendations. • The adverse transportation impacts identified in the 1991 EIS (DEIS and FEIS) were based on traffic analysis for two distinct PM peak hours,the Boeing PM peak hour from 2:30 to 3:30 PM and the"System Peak"from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. • The highest total forecast inbound plus outbound Boeing PM peak hour volume, occurring during the 2:30 to 3:30 PM Boeing peak hour,was 12,315 trips. This peak hour time and volume was the"baseline"for the Boeing Expansion approval,and upon which Boeing's traffic mitigation payments were set. • Preliminary data from the Boeing Company suggests that the current Boeing PM peak hour occurs earlier than 2:30 to 3:30 and is less than 12,315 peak hour trips identified in the approvals. • This would be consistent with the review of existing volumes and capacities in the SW Everett/Paine Field subarea in 2012. • A direct count program observing all site access driveways to the Boeing facility would be required to confirm the draft determination that Boeing is generating no more than the PM peak hour traffic than was originally mitigated for in the 1991 FEIS documentation. This potentially allows site employment growth above the existing employment cap without triggering additional traffic mitigation. • Confirmation of the Boeing PM peak hour time and peak hour volumes will require the successful implementation of the permanent direct count program,and ongoing review of the capacities and volumes on the streets,roads and highways serving the SW Everett/Paine Field Subarea. Recommendations for the Boeing Direct Count Program that will be used to calculate the current Boeing PM Peak Hour and the Observed Annual Average Boeing Driveway Volume: • Calculating an average for all weekdays,including holidays, • Using a measurement period of one year, • Focusing on the PM period,from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM, c:\users\campk\documents\openedfronm outlook\attachment c(methodology).doc 99