14.92.050 Additional responsibilities of employers who employ fifty or more employees at a single worksite within the City and who are not regulated by BAAQMD Regulation 13, Rule 1.
A. Applicability--Fifty employees. The additional responsibilities imposed by this section shall apply to all employers who employ fifty or more employees at a single worksite within the City on July 1, 1994 or thereafter and who are not regulated by BAAQMD Regulation 13, Rule 1; provided however that such responsibilities shall cease upon the employer’s reduction of the workforce to below fifty employees, or upon the employer’s becoming subject to BAAQMD regulations regarding trip reduction.
B. Deadlines. Deadlines for complying with the requirements of this chapter shall be as specified in regulations promulgated by the City Manager.
C. Appointment of person with specified responsibilities. All employers subject to this section shall appoint an employee transportation coordinator (ETC), who shall be charged by the employer with the day-to-day responsibility of carrying out the employer’s duties under this chapter. The employee transportation coordinator shall be trained through a coordinator training course provided by or approved by the City, unless the appointed coordinator has served in such capacity for at least one year. The deadline by which the ETC shall be trained shall be specified in regulations promulgated by the City Manager. The City shall send a written notice of this deadline to the employer. The employer may contract out the ETC position to an individual or firm specifically for the purpose of fulfilling the employer’s responsibilities under this ordinance.
D. Dissemination of informational materials and annual report.
1. The City shall provide the employer with marketing and informational materials about transportation alternatives and the impact of single-occupant vehicles on air quality and congestion. Materials shall be provided by the City at least once per year. All materials provided to the employer are to be posted or distributed to all employees by the employer at those worksites of fifty or more employees. The City shall notify the employer of the deadline for distribution and posting in a written notice. The deadline will be calculated from the date that the employer receives such materials.
2. The City shall provide the employer with packets of basic transportation alternatives information that the employer shall distribute once to all employees at worksites of fifty or more employees. Thereafter, the employer shall distribute this packet to all new hires at worksites of fifty or more employees. The City shall notify the employer of the deadline for packet distribution in a written notice.
3. On an annual basis the employer shall report on the status of the previous year’s materials distribution on a form provided by the City. The City shall notify the employer of the deadline for submitting the form in a written notice.
E. Employee survey. Employers subject to this section shall administer surveys in the manner required by the City not more often than once per year. The survey form, instructions for administering the survey and survey processing and report generation shall be provided by the City. The City shall provide the employer written notice of the deadline for returning completed surveys.
F. Meetings. An employer’s employee transportation coordinator shall attend all trip reduction meetings held by the City. Such meetings shall be held not more often than three times per year for the purpose of updating employers on transportation alternatives and to distribute informational materials. (Ord. 6255-NS § 1 (part), 1994: Ord. 6174-NS §§ 1, 2, 1993: Ord. 6152-NS § 5, 1992)