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Roseville Public Works, Environment and Transportation Commission Agenda Item Date: April 25, 2006 Item No: 6 Item Description: Discussion of City-wide Traffic Model As a part ofthe 2006 budget process, staff requested funding for a city-wide traffic model. This would be a useful tool in identifying the impacts of redevelopment and normal growth in our transportation system. As funding for transportation improvements becomes more difficult to secure and is competitive in nature due to shortfalls at other jurisdictional levels, it becomes more apparent that having well defined and identified project needs is imperative. The modeling we are proposing would be consistent with regional traffic models utilizing this infonnation in a macro sense and would analyze local data to create micro model information for the higher volume areas of our local transportation network. We would propose to fund this work through traffic analysis fees assessed to new development and redevelopment. Currently, the City requires developers to provide traffic analysis on a project-by-project basis to identify any necessary mitigation needs. In this piecemeal approach, little is understood about impacts outside of the immediate development project. These impacts aggregate over time until project areas develop. Due to difficulty mentioned earlier in securing funding for improvements, it can be years before solutions are implemented. We will discuss this concept further with the Commission and will present additional details about this type of engineering software. We will also discuss staff recommendations to ask the Council for authorization to request proposals from qualified consultants. Recommended Action: Recommendation to proceed to develop the city-wide traffic model concept through request for proposals.