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Draft 7/27/2018 5 <br /> Proposed Methodology to Evaluate Boeing Driveway <br /> Counts for Determination of Mitigation Payments <br /> Goal <br /> The goal is to assess Boeing PM peak hour traffic volumes based on direct traffic vehicle <br /> counts for compliance with approved volumes.This document outlines the methodology <br /> for converting the output from electronic traffic counters into valid estimates of average <br /> PM peak hour traffic generated by Boeing on weekdays. This will help the City of <br /> Everett to establish and implement a valid program of traffic monitoring for future <br /> Boeing expansions. Should future Boeing PM peak hour traffic volumes exceed existing <br /> approvals this would also provide a framework for mitigating those potential impacts. <br /> Objectives <br /> Both principal parties,the City of Everett and Boeing,need to have confidence in the <br /> methodology and the reported volumes. The City needs to have confidence that if Boeing <br /> increases traffic,that the methodology will capture that increase.If Boeing is going to <br /> pay the City for future increases,then it should be confident that the increases are real <br /> and not temporary aberrations. <br /> Permanent Boeing Direct Count System <br /> The planned permanent counting equipment will be installed in a joint operation between <br /> Boeing and the City of Everett. Generally,Boeing will provide power to either a new or <br /> an existing pole where traffic counting equipment will be mounted.The City will install <br /> permanent,non-invasive radar-based counting equipment such as Wavetronix units on <br /> the poles.These will be installed at all locations where employee and vendor traffic can <br /> enter or exit from Boeing property on a driveway in City of Everett jurisdiction,forming <br /> a cordon around the Boeing campus. <br /> Definition of Terms <br /> The Boeing PM Peak Hour is the contiguous one-hour weekday PM period between 1:00 <br /> to 6:00 PM in which the highest Boeing traffic volumes occur(See Attachment 2). <br /> The Observed Annual Average Boeing Driveway Volume is the average number of <br /> vehicles entering and leaving Boeing facilities in the Paine Field area in the Boeing PM <br /> peak hour,Monday through Friday, including holidays,for each one-year measurement <br /> period. <br /> Count Equipment consists of the actual traffic counting devices as well as the related data <br /> monitoring and analsis software suite installed at Boeing driveways in the City of Everett. <br /> Driveway Count Data are the outputs from the count equipment showing the number of <br /> vehicles entering and leaving all Boeing driveways in 15 minute intervals. <br /> c:\users\campk\documents\opened_fromoutlook\attachment c(niethodology).doc <br /> 101 <br />