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REV: 07-15-2021 VR 5.Consultant assumes that no subsurface testing/excavation will be performed, and no archaeological survey will be required. Deliverables Draft Historical Resource Technical Report (electronic) Final Historical Resource Technical Report (electronic) Task 2A.2: Transportation Consultant will prepare a comprehensive transportation analysis for the Project in accordance with the procedures outlined in the City’s Transportation Analysis Manual (TAM). Redwood City’s Citywide Transportation Plan, RWCmoves, seeks to “promote the best travel experience possible for everyone in Redwood City by creating and maintaining a safe, multimodal, and accessible transportation network.” The TAM supports this goal by evaluating new projects against the policies of the General Plan and RWCmoves, and by determining conformance with the County’s Congestion Management Program (CMP) and CEQA. The purpose of the analysis is threefold— to evaluate the Project’s consistency with the City’s General Plan, to evaluate the Project’s consistency with the San Mateo County CMP, and to evaluate significant impacts and mitigation measures per CEQA. Trip Generation Analysis & Scoping Agreement. At the onset of the analysis, estimates of Project generated traffic will be prepared using localized trip generation rates developed as part of RWCmoves if applicable, or standard Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) trip generation rates for the proposed uses. Factors such as internal capture due to a varied mix of uses and mode shifts resulting from transit proximity will be accounted for. Since the Project is expected to generate more than 100 net new peak hour trips, the trip generation and the Project’s preliminary trip distribution patterns will be utilized to derive a recommended study area for a local transportation analysis (LTA). This information will be documented in a scoping memorandum and provided to the City for review and approval prior to undertaking further study. A preliminary trip generation analysis prepared for the purpose of developing the following draft scope of work indicates that the Project could generate approximately 3,000 average daily trips (ADT) and potentially 350 or more peak hour trips. However, a detailed analysis may show a lower trip generation when taking into account potential mode shifts and the mixed-use features of the site. The scoping agreement will also address the use of existing conditions traffic counts during this time of atypical travel patterns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of reduced level of travel resulting from the pandemic, the City may determine that traffic counts should not be collected until traffic patterns return to a reasonably “typical” condition. Alternative approaches to developing existing conditions, such as utilizing using older counts and/or “big data” cell phone analytics, will be addressed in the scoping memorandum. Existing Conditions Setting. Using a generalized criteria of 30 or more Project-added trips during the peak hour, a preliminary study area for the LTA is anticipated to consist of up to 15 intersections, including the proposed new driveway access on Arguello Street. AM and PM peak hour intersection turning movement counts representative of existing conditions will be determined based on the agreed upon methodology outlined in the scoping document. The traffic counts will include vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists. The scope of work presented herein includes a budget generally sufficient to acquire new peak hour intersection turning movement counts for 15 existing study area intersections and 24-hour mid-block average daily traffic (ADT) counts for the site-adjacent roadways at two (2) locations. ATTY/AGR.2021/Amend No. 1/Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. (Page 8 of 21)