§ 18-54. Employer responsibilities.

Any employer is welcome as a voluntary participant. At a minimum, it is mandatory that all large both public and private employers (those having one hundred (100) or more employees at an individual jobsite who report to site during the six (6) a.m. to ten (10) a.m. peak period excluding disabled employees, field personnel, field construction workers, volunteers, seasonal workers and independent contractors) participate. Where in employer has multiple jobsites, only those sites with one hundred (100) or more employees are considered as large employment sites. Educational institutions are encouraged to participate.

(a)

Employer Network and Information Dissemination.

(1)

The county transportation administrator shall establish a network of employee transportation coordinators. This network shall serve as the program committee responsible for dissemination of information; development of employee surveys, incentive programs and an annual report; and prepare any proposed revisions to this article.

(2)

Each employer shall designate an employee transportation coordinator and provide trip reduction information to all employees annually and to new employees as they are hired. The name, phone number and address of an employee transportation coordinator shall be provided to the county transportation administrator. Information provided on specific transportation alternatives shall include: Carpooling, vanpooling, transit and bicycling, telecommuting, parking controls, compressed work week, and flexible work hours. The county will work with the congestion management agency (i.e., Sonoma County transportation authority) to prepare information on these alternatives which can be used by employers.

(3)

The employer's employee transportation coordinator shall be responsible for administering the employer requirements of the article. Employee transportation coordinators will be trained via a training program approved by the Sonoma County transportation authority. Employee transportation coordinator duties shall include:

(i)

Represent employer within the network and participate in training program;

(ii)

Dissemination of information to employees;

(iii)

Conducting employee surveys;

(iv)

Assisting with development of incentive programs and implementation of projects impacting employees.

(b)

Employee Survey and Goal Evaluation. The network will formulate an employee survey based on a county-wide, uniform survey developed by the Sonoma County transportation authority that will cover the employee population within the network. A uniform survey will be formulated in 1992, tested in 1992 and conducted annually beginning in 1993. Employees who do not respond to the survey will be counted as a single-occupancy vehicle. The results will be documented in the annual report.

(c)

Incentive Program. The network shall formulate an employer/employee incentive program for innovative participation in trip reduction. The concepts developed will be circulated to employers for consideration. The annual report will document the use of these incentives. The network would formulate a program in 1992 and begin test usage in 1993.

(d)

Annual Report. The county program administrator shall prepare each January (beginning in 1993) an annual report describing the program, progress being made toward achieving the trip reduction goal and plans for the upcoming year. The network shall review this report before it is forwarded to the board of supervisors and the county congestion management agency.

(Ord. No. 4535 § 5, 1993.)