CC Resolution No. 9234
RESOLUTION NO. 9234
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CUPERTINO APPROVING EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION
PROGRAM POLICY
WHEREAS, in 1988 the Bay Area Air Quality Management District promulgated
Regulation 13, Rule I, which requires all employers with one hundred or more employees
at one work site to develop a transportation demand management component as part of a
comprehensive transportation systems management program; and
WHEREAS, although the City of Cupertino does not meet the minimum
requirement of one hundred employees at one work site, the city desires as a public
agency, to set the proper example for the community, with a program for employee
participation to preserve air quality and reduce traffic congestion.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cupertino hereby approves the Employee Transportation Program Policy presented to
the City Council this day and made a part hereof.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 7th day of November, 1994, by the following vote:
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Members of the Ci1;y Council
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Burnett, Dean, Sorensen, Koppel
None
Bautista
None
ATTEST:
APPROVED:
/s/ Kim Marie Smith
City Clerk
/s/ Barb Koppel
Mayor, City of Cupertino
RESOLUTION 9234
Employee Transportation Program Policy
Quality of life continues to be an issue at the foreftont for Bay area residents. Specifically,
traffic congestion and air quality are two major concerns. In response to the 1988
California Clean Air Act the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has promulgated
Regulation 13, Rule I, requiring all employers with more than one hundred employees at
one work site to develop a transportation demand management component as part of a
comprehensive transponation systems management program.
While the city of Cupertino does not meet the minimum requirement of one hundred
employees at one work site, the importance of a public agency setting an example for the
many businesses in their community that are obligated to develop employee transportation
policies holds true. It is important for the city to act and be perceived as environmentally
aware, an important characteristic in the 1990' s. Therefore, it is proposed that the city
adopt an employee transportation policy stated as foUows:
Policy · It is tJae policy of tJae city of o.pÐ1i1lO to etu:OfI""e tuUl JII't1I'ÌM iIIfonllOtioll
tuUl itu:elltiVG to employus to prolllOU tJae .. of COllllrUlk IÚIÐ'IUItivG.
The purpose of this policy is to advocate the use of commute alternatives instead of
driving alone to reduce peak hour congestion, improve air quality, and lower energy
consumption. Bee·Jlse of the small number of employees and the proximity of the city to
mass transit, suggested commute alternatives are wa11ri'l& bikiDg, car-pooling and riding a
bus. In order to achieve a reduction in the number of single occupant cars, a number of
incentives are proposed to the employees. The program elements and incentives are listed
and summarized as foUows:
1. SIunHrs tuUllocken: Facilities are availabk oJ specific city facilities.
2. &clUe biú røcå tuUllocken: Facilities are available oJ specific city facilities.
3. Check cashillg privileges: Services are cu"ently avai/abk in the city's finance
department.
4. Payroll dirtt:t deposit: Employees can arrange to œpos;t directly payroll checks to
their personal accounts through the finance œpartment.
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5. Rüú-slull'e IMlcltillg: The city furnishes a system to provide employees with
information about potential carpool partners within city work sites.
6. Comp~ work wed ,,¡lot progrøm /It SÐ'VÌce celllø: An employee work
schedule that eliminates at least one round-trip commute every two weeks,
specifically, a 9-hour workday with one Friday off every two weeks, staggered among
the workforce.
7. FIaibk work IunIrs: A minor alteration to an employee's daily work schedule to
provide an incentive for the employee to use commute al"rnatives (at the discretion
of the employee's supervisor).
8. Ho_1H1ud tå«o""""DlIg: For a special project and at the discretion of the
employee's supervisor, an employee can work at home and IItIw telephone cal/s
forwarded to the employee's own home phone for answering job-reJated calls.
9. Gull1'fUllud elMl'fellCy riM 110_ progrøm: Provides employees using commute
alternatives a pre~anged, city-paid. ride home in a pool car or tœ:i. The marimum
tœ:i ride allowed is $36 (20 mile range). Employees wha live farther may elect to
pay the additional costs.
10. Electrú: CfIr for CIII'-pookn: A pilot program avaiiDble to car-poo/ers for one month
periods for those that can meet established criteria (expected Feb. 1995).
11. &u JHIØ JIlb8úly: The city pays 50% of the cost of a monthly bus pass (total cost
$36 for un/imi"d ridu) or 50% of a book of day passes (total cost $22 for ten round-
trip ptUXs) for use in commuting to and from work The passes are sold at city hall
in the fi1ltlllU department.
12. Qutu1erly nwanIs: EAch quarter an employee receives one point for each day using
a commute alternative. A quarterly drawing is held for all commute alternative users
and the winner receives $5 for each point accumulated in that quarter.
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