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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP04-0094 Preliminary TDM Program 08-10-10-2004 ~o-L-OG1, Preliminary Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, California 94080 Submitted by: Mark Crane CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP 545 Burnett Avenue Suite 101 San Francisco, California 94131 On behalf of: Bayside Area Development LLC SLOUGH ESTATES USA INC. 400 Oyster Point Boulevard Suite 409 South San Francisco, California 94080 August 10, 2004 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, California 94080 This report has been prepared at the request of Slough Estates ("Slough") to detail a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program for their property at 333-351 Allerton Avenue in South San Francisco to satisfy criteria of both the City of South San Francisco as well as the San Mateo City/County Association of Governments (C/CAG). Project Summary Building: Project Area: Project F.A.R. Est. Project Population: 333-351 Allerton Avenue 64,400 square feet. 41% 200 employees South San Francisco Required Alternative Mode Use: South San Francisco Required Employee Participation: 28% 56 employees (28% x 200 employees) TDM Program Overview Projected individual element goals are based on the level of employee participation utilizing commute alternatives. It is anticipated that the level of employee participation will increase over time, due to the expanded TDM program efforts and incentives offered to employees. The following goals form the framework of the Slough TDM program. a. Slough shall require all tenants to designate at least one employee as a TDM "point of contact" representative within their respective company. Slough shall coordinate the training of such personnel. Slough will also designate a Slough representative to serve as a resource to each tenant-appointed TDM personnel. Such representative will be available via telephone or email to assist with commute questions, concerns, or transit service problems. This employee will prepare historical surveyed commute records for annual submission of a TDM Report to the City of South San Francisco Planning Department. All new tenants and their employees shall be required to participate in a "new employee orientation program". Most importantly, this program will explain the importance of trip reduction methods and their benefits to the community. The program orientation will also address the TDM mission statement, alternative commute options, provide transit schedules, maps, and offer free ride matching services. All new employees shall complete a commuter survey indicating the modes of commuting available, and what their expected mode would be. 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 1 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 b. Slough shall promote the use of the existing Peninsula Congestion Relief Alliance's ("Alliance"), Utah! East Grand Shuttle Bus System, and the use of public transit modes of travel. These commuter shuttles operate during peak commute hours to the South San Francisco CalTrain Station, and to the South San Francisco Bart Station. c. Slough shall advocate to its tenants the use of the Alliance "Emergency Ride Home" program. This allows employees who utilize alternative forms of commuting a free ride home for emergencies up to four times per year via taxicabs or rental cars. Slough will assist tenants in procuring grant monies available for such programs. d. Slough shall encourage its tenants to sponsor taxi vouchers for the transportation of employees for medical appointments, during regular business hours. A typical program would apply to round trip transportation, (20 miles each way), up to two times per year. This is an incentive to not bring a vehicle to work (or to use one). e. Slough shall encourage its tenants to subsidize and match each additional dollar for the Commuter Check Program up to $50.00 per month, per participant. In addition, pre tax payroll deductions will allow up to $100.00 per month for public transit passes, and the expense for participating in vanpools. f. Slough shall provide vanpools as an attractive method of commuting. The level of vanpools will be subject to economic feasibility and employee participation. Slough shall reimburse the primary and secondary drivers for required medical exams. Advertising methods such as "wrapping" the vanpools may subsidize some of the operating expenses. Dedicated "preferential parking" areas will be provided in highly visible and signed areas. Passenger loading areas shall be designated. g. Slough shall include shower facilities within the tenant spaces to help promote cycling as an alternate commute option. Slough shall designate specific common area locations within the project for bicycle lockers or racks. Common bicycle and transit commute routes will be shared and published. h. Slough shall designate signed areas for motorcycle parking. 1. Slough shall supply tenants with information to assist them in developing a formal telecommuting program to be available for selected employees; dependent upon position and specific work requirements. This information shall include "how to" instructions, including sample contracts between management and employees, feedback mechanisms, with ergonomics, insurance and worker's compensation issues. J. Slough shall encourage tenants to subsidize one-way taxi rides as incentives. Taxi loading zones will be designated. Taxicab vouchers shall be available for local business transportation, including travel to and from the S.F.O. International Airport. Visitor 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 2 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 promotional materials will be available to promote the use of public transit to / from SFO Airport. k. Slough shall promote the S.S.F. Downtown Dasher program for midday travel to the downtown area. I. Slough shall require tenants to provide visitors and job applicants with the local public transportation options, shuttle schedules, and transit maps for the area, to encourage the use of public transit. m. Slough shall expedite through the tenant TDM "point of contact" personnel, employee surveys to determine current modes of commuting. The surveys will be conducted via e- mail, or other acceptable methods of communication. Non-responses to commute surveys are to be counted as "drive alone". n. Slough shall develop an Internet web site that will contain a section for commuter information, the results of the current employee commute method survey, as well as the efforts and effectiveness of the TDM Program. New commute options will be advertised and promoted, as well as area transit schedules. o. Slough shall encourage tenants to participate in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District's "Spare the Air" program during unhealthy weather conditions. Participants will be requested to not drive to work alone, and seek other methods of commuting. Enrollment will be via the BAAQMD Web page, and a "Spare the Air Day' notification will be sent via e-mail, as soon as it is forecasted. Participation in other local ride share promotions though out the year, will also be encouraged. p. Slough shall reward as special incentives, in recognition of successful carpool efforts, incentive awards such as tune-ups, smog checks and oil changes. q. Slough shall make an annual financial contribution to RIDES For Bay Area Commuters, "Ride Your Bike to Work Week", promotion, to help promote bicycle commuting. r. Slough shall encourage chartering of buses for group activities and off-site meetings. Services shall include booking, group discounts, invoicing, and special services, as needed. s. Slough shall investigate including commuter transportation links to the proposed Oyster Point Ferry Terminal at the time that commuter Bay Ferry Services are available. 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 3 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 A. TDM PROGRAM ELEMENTS AND EXPECTED TRIP REDUCTIONS 1. Carpools: New employees shall be required to participate in a new employee orientation program. This program will explain the TDM Mission Statement, explain alternative commute options, and provide transit schedules, maps, and offer free ride matching services to encourage the formation of carpools. All new employees will complete an "Initial Commuter Survey". The survey will ask new employees to select their expected mode(s) of transportation from a list of commuting options available to the project. This method has been proven to be a very effective means to promote alternative commute patterns, before new employees commuting habits are established. Passenger drop off and loading areas shall be designated. Program goal: 25 participants Employee trips saved daily: 50 2. Shuttle: The program shall effectively promote the use of the existing Alliance Shuttle Bus System, and the use of mixed public transit modes. Commuter shuttles operate during peak commute hours to the South San Francisco CalTrain Station, and to the South San Francisco Bart Station. Shuttles connecting to public transit have been identified as the most effective marketing method of attracting passengers to public transit systems. (Source: SamTrans and CalTrain 20 year marketing plans). Program goal: 20 participants Employee trips saved daily: 40 (Additional daytime trips will also be saved utilizing available alternative transportation modes, for lunches, errands, and medical appointments, although not part of these figures). 3. Vanpools: Vanpools shall be provided as an attractive method of commuting. Vanpools will be established, and subsidized, subject to economic feasibility and employee participation. Slough will reimburse the primary and secondary drivers for required medical exams. Advertising methods such as "wrapping" the vanpools may subsidize some of the operating expenses. Dedicated "preferential parking" areas shall be provided in highly visible areas. Subsidies for vanpools by employers, is the most desired factor in deciding to vanpool (Source: RIDES 2000 Commute Profile). The program goal assumes two vanpools are in operation. Program goal: 10 participants Employee trips saved daily: 20 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 4 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 4. Bicycling: Bicycling shall be promoted as a viable commute option. Bicycle lockers, storage areas, racks, showers, and reasonable accommodation on transit shuttles will be available. The local Bayside Trail provides important trail links to other areas. Common bicycle and transit commute routes of the employees in the area will be shared and published. Program goal: 2 participants Employee trips saved daily: 4 5. Motorcycles: Motorcycles shall be accommodated in signed designated areas. Motorcycles pollute less, may use carpool lanes, and cross toll bridges during commute hours for free. Program goal: 1 participant Employee trips saved daily: 2 6. Emergency Ride Home: The program shall advocate to tenants the use of the Peninsula Congestion Relief Alliance's "Emergency Ride Home" program. This allows employees who utilize alternative forms of commuting a free ride home for emergencies up to four times per year via taxicabs or rental cars. (50% grant matching funds are available to the employers that participate in this program). These types of programs have been identified as the number one incentive for employees to rideshare. Employers have seen increases of 15-20% in ride sharing when this type of program is offered to employees (Source: RIDES 1999 Commute Survey). This program shall promote an increased use of alternative transit, however some employees will already be using these modes. It is a deciding factor in not driving alone, and a valuable method to deal with the unknown urgent need for an employee to quickly get home for emergencies. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect program benefit. 7. Employee Incentives: Slough shall encourage tenants to provide transportation for employee medical appointments, during regular business hours, via taxi vouchers, for a round trip, up to two times per year. This is an incentive to not bring a vehicle to work. 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 5 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 Per the Commuter Check Program, pre tax payroll deductions will allow the employee up to $100.00 per month for public transit passes, and the expense for participating in vanpools. In addition, Slough will encourage its tenants to subsidize and match this program up to $50.00 per month, per participant. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect program benefit 8. Telecommuting: Slough shall supply tenants with information to assist them in developing a formal telecommuting program with "how- to" instructions, including contracts between management and the employees, feedback mechanisms, ergonomics, insurance and worker's compensation issues. The information will also include suggestions for possible methods to track telecommuting days. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect commute impact. 9. Taxicabs: Slough shall encourage use of taxicab vouchers for local business transportation, including travel to and from the S.F.O. International Airport. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect commute impact. 10. SSF Downtown Dasher: Slough shall promote the S.S.F. Downtown Dasher program for midday travel to the downtown area. Slough will encourage its tenants to pay for round trip program vouchers. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect commute impact. 11. Transit Information: Slough shall require tenants to provide visitors and job applicants with public transportation options, shuttle schedules, and transit maps for the area, to promote the use of public transit. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect benefit to program. 12. Surveys: Slough shall conduct employee surveys to determine current modes of commuting. The surveys will be conducted via e-mail. Non-responses to commute surveys are to be counted as "drive alone". Employee trips saved daily: Indirect benefit to program. 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 6 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 13. Transit Website: Slough shall develop a corporate web site that will contain a section for commuter information, schedules, the results of the current employee commute method survey, as well as the efforts and effectiveness of the TDM Program. Also, new commute options will be advertised and promoted. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect benefit to program. 14. TDM Coordinator: Slough shall provide an employee contact person to answer commute questions, concerns, or transit problems. This employee will be available via telephone or e-mail. This employee will prepare historical surveyed commute records, for annual submission of a TDM Report to the City of South San Francisco Planning Department. This person will work in conjunction with the Peninsula Congestion Relief Alliance to assist in the promotion of ridesharing programs, and events. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect benefit to program. 15. Spare the Air: Slough shall encourage employees to participate in the Bay Area Air Quality District's "Spare the Air" program during unhealthy weather conditions. Participants will be requested to not drive to work alone, and seek other methods of commuting. Enrollment will be via the BAAQMD Web page, and "Spare the Air Day' notification will be sent via e-mail, as soon as it is forecasted. Employee trips saved daily: Indirect benefit to program. 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 7 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 B. CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO TDM PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS 333-351 Allerton Avenue TDM Program Gains (trips eliminated): Carpools: Shuttles: Vanpools: Bicycles: Motorcycles: 25 round trips per day 20 round trips per day 10 round trips per day 2 round trips per day 1 round trip per day TOTAL: 58 round trips/day eliminated Program Requirement: 56 round trips/day eliminated (28% of 200 employee round trips) TDM Program impact: 58 round trips per day eliminated Employee daily trips saved: 116 Required Employee Participation Goal: 28.0% Projected Employee Participation: 29.1 % PROGRAM ELIMINATES MORE TRIPS THAN REQUIRED BY SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 8 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 C. C/CAG TDM PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS The designed TDM program is required to have the capacity to fully mitigate the 200 new peak a.m.l p.m. commute period trips generated by the project: TDM Measure 1. Bicycle lockers and racks. 2. Showers and changing rooms 3. Shuttle to transit w/ ERR 4. Transit ticket subsidy 5. Preferential parking carpools 6. Preferential parking vanpools 7. Vanpool program w/ERR 8. Coordinate TDM programs with Existing Developments 9. Guaranteed Ride Home 10. Participate/Sponsor Transportation Management Association 11. Combine 10 Measures TOTAL: TDM PROGRAM IMPACT: Total C/CAG TDM Program Trip Credit Total New AM/PM Peak Trips C/CAG Trip Credit Rate Total Trip Credit One per every 3 (4 provided) Two per ea. (7 provided) Two per round trip seat (20 seats provided) One per ea. $20.lmonth min. (20 provided) Two per space (14 spaces provided) Seven per space (4 spaces provided) Ten per space (4 spaces provided) Five for this program (35 slots purchased) Five for this program Five for this program 203 200 PROGRAM ELIMINATES MORE TRIPS THAN REQUIRED BY C/CAG 1 14 40 20 28 28 40 5 17 5 5 203 8/10/04 CRANE TRANSPORTATION GROUP Page 9 Transportation Demand Management Program 333-351 Allerton Avenue South San Francisco, CA 94080 333-351 Allerton Avenue, South San Francisco Project Description ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS This project is the refurbishment and reuse of an existing office and warehouse building as an incubator life sciences building. Our vision for this project, in creating a new life sciences building for small start-up companies, includes the demolition of the rear portion of the existing building, creating new suite entry doors along the sides of the building, and adding generous landscape open spaces along the entire south side of the building as well as a major landscaped open space area at the west edge of the building. DES The portion of the building that will be demolished was originally designed and constructed as an addition to the original concrete tilt-up building. Therefore, it can be easily removed without affecting the structural integrity of the original building. By removing 13,572 square feet of building area, we are able to add increased parking to the site as well as adding significant landscaped open space. This space will have an area for volleyball as well as picnic table areas. Incorporation of new trees and windbreak planting will create usable employee areas. The current building has a dock high condition along the south side, while maintaining an at-grade condition along its north side. We will be adding an entry and circulation porch along the entire south side of the building at the same level as the finish floor. This allows for direct access to new tenant entries. This new porch element will have a canopy covering for weather protection and will be accessed via stairs and an accessible ramp. We will add ADA compliant handicap parking, accessible building entries, a new elevator to serve the existing second floor, and plan to incorporate showers in each of the tenant spaces. We are replacing existing steel man doors and truck doors with new full height aluminum storefront windows to provide significant natural daylight to the new spaces within. The rainwater leaders along the south side of the building will be redirected through rock- lined streambeds to allow for primary settlement of solids before day lighting over parking areas. The existing site paving will be slurry sealed and re-striped for the new parking layout. New landscape areas will be incorporated along the south property line. Existing mature landscaping along Allerton Avenue and at the northwest property corner will be maintained. The reuse of this dated, industrial-oriented building and conversion into a modern life sciences building will be a good model for the adaptive reuse of buildings in this area. 399 Bradford Street Redwood Citl}, Califomi11 94063 Tel 650-364-6453 Fax 650-364-2618 www.des-ae.com \NILSEV.. HAIVI.. ENGINEERING. PLANNING. SURVEYING This project proposes the conversion of an existing warehouse building to bio-tech research and development suites. Approximately 115 feet of the western end of the building will be demolished to create space for a landscape area and additional parking. Some minor grading will be required in this area to develop the landscape area and parking spaces. The existing grades on the remainder of the site will not be changed. The northwestern portion of the site is traversed by a 20' Public Utility Easement that contains overhead electric lines. No changes are proposed to these lines. A retaining wall is located along the entire length of the northern property line. This wall will remain without any proposed changes. Some mature trees are located in the northwest corner of the site which will remain. The building frontage on Allerton also has some mature trees as well as shrubbery and a lawn area. No changes are proposed to this landscaping or irrigation system. The utility services for the existing building are currendy provided from the utility mains in Allerton Avenue. It is anticipated that these services will need to be upgraded in size for the new building use. The following is a list of utility service providers for the site: California Water Service Company 150 Delaware Street San Mateo, CA (650) 343-7698 Water Service City of South San Francisco Public Works Department Sewer Service Pacific Gas & Electric 1970 Industrial Way Belmont, CA 94002 (650) 598-7400 Gas & Electric SBC Pacific Bell 840 W. San Bruno Ave. San Bruno, CA 94066-3001 (650) 872-6066 Telephone The proposed grading on the site is limited to conform grading in the landscape and parking area where the western portion of the building will be demolished. Also included is the construction of walkways and some landscaping along the length of the north and south sides of the building. It is anticipated that removal of the building floor and foundation on the western end will require import of some select backfill material and landscaping soils. This quantity is not known at this time but is estimated to be in the range of 50 - 100 cubic yards of import material. No changes are proposed to 383A Vintage Park Drive - Foster City, CA 94404 - 650/349-2151- Fax 650/345-4921 the existing storm drain pipe system since the total impervious area of the site will be reduced. The existing storm drain inlets will be replaced with a gravel-filter style of inlet. The total acreage of the site is 3.49 acres. In the existing condition, 3.27 acres are covered by impervious area and 0.22 acres are covered by pervious area. After the site improvements are made, the impervious area will be reduced to 2.97 acres with the pervious area increasing to 0.52 acres. The total area disturbed on the site will be approximately 0.8 acres. c: \DOCUME-l \DHamess \LOCALS-l \ Temp \ 7-2-04 Util dispos on letterhead. doc 383A Vintage Park Drive - Foster City, CA 94404 _ 650/349-2151_ Fax 650/345-4921