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CC - Approval of a Professional Services Agreement with Fehr & Peers to Prepare a Travel Demand Forecast Model (TDFM) and Provide Implementation Services Consistent with Senate Bill (SB) 743 in Response to Request for Proposals (RFP) #1830 in an Aggregate Amount Not-To-Exceed $479,700.
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Meeting Date: July 9, 2018
Contact Person/Dept: Ashley Hefner/CDD
Phone Number: (310) 253-5744
Fiscal Impact: Yes General Fund: Yes
Public Hearing: No Action Item: Yes Attachments: Yes
Commission Action Required: No
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (06/28/18 and 07/03/18); Notify Me - Culver City News and Events, General Plan Update, and Public Notifications (06/28/18); and City's Social Media Accounts (various dates).
Department Approval: Sol Blumenfeld, Community Development Director (06/25/18)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve a professional services agreement with Fehr & Peers for the preparation of a Travel Demand Forecast Model (TDFM) and to provide implementation services consistent with Senate Bill (SB) 743 in response to Request for Proposals (RFP) #1830 in an aggregate amount not-to-exceed $479,700.
BACKGROUND
The City of Culver City does not have a Travel Demand Forecast Model (TDFM). The City's current practice for analyzing traffic impacts is to utilize traffic consultants to prepare trip generation models based on the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) model. Levels of Service (LOS) and roadway capacity have been the primary measures for evaluating project traffic impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). In general LOS considers how a project impacts roadway or intersection capacity based upon the number of new vehicles that are expected to be added at each identified intersection.
Under SB 743, adopted in 2013, the new metrics for determining traffic related impacts is ...
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