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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSchneider Engineering, PLLC - Traffic Study Town of Southold - Letter jt\-- Board Meeting of June 20, 2006 RESOLUTION 2006-571 ADOPTED Item # 41 DOC ID: 1975 THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION NO. 2006-571 WAS ADOPTED AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE SOUTHOLD TOWN BOARD ON JUNE 20, 2006: RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of Southold hereby authorizes Supervisor Scott A. Russell to execute the aereement to proceed with a traffic corridor studv as outlined in the June 13.2006 Proposal of Schneider Eneineerine. PLLC, as may be modified and directed by the Town Board, subject to the approval of the Town Attorney. aj"~I.fCi.~~~' Elizabeth A. Neville Southold Town Clerk RESULT: ADOPTED [5 TO I) MOVER: Louisa P. Evans, Justice SECONDER: Thomas H. Wickham, Councilman AYES: Evans, Wickham, Ross, Edwards, Krupski Jr. NAYS: Scott Russell Generated June 23, 2006 Page 69 SCHNEIDER ENGINEERING, PLLC Civil Engineering: Traffic · Municipal · Accident Investigations June 13, 2006 ..."... '"..,. .f \'.", -" . \ ~f Steven Schneider, P.E. SC()tt A Russell Supervisor Members of the Town Board Town of Southold Southold Town Hall 53095 Route 25 P.O. Box 1179 Southold, New York 11971-1959 ;', ;i 11 ! ., :; 172006 I i ~ L , I I[ 'I, , Re: Town of Southold Conido!" Study i} Dear Supervisor Russell: At the request of the Town of Southold, and in response to last weeks wo!"k session, Sclmeider Engineering, PLLC is pleased to submit this Planning and Engineering Services Proposal to analyze and determine the impact of traffic growth along the Town's central corridor from its Town line to Orient Point. Schneider Engineering, PLLC, a C()nsulting firm located in Suffolk County, provides traffic, transportation, highway design and planning services throughout Nassau and Suffolk: Counties.. Since its inception in 1988, the firm bas been involved in the planning and design of multifaceted projects for numerous clients in Nasssu and Suffolk Counties including the Towns of Brookhaven, Oyster Bay and North Hempstead. We are currently under C()ntract in the Town of North Hempstead on a similar project for a major C()rridor study with the Port Washington LlRR train station as the major transportation hub. The Town is C()nsidering increasing the parking from 300 spaces to 1200. Steven Schneider, P .E., Schneider Engineering's principal, has been working on all types of transportation engineering and planning projects in Nassau and Suffolk: Counties since 1970. It has become evident that the major issue affecting the Town of Southold is the traffic being generated into the Town, through its entire central C()rridor, ending at the Cross Sound Ferry facility, The traffic has grown in many locations throughout the Town by as much as 3% pet" year over the last eight years. Our proDOsal addresses not 'ust the's im act ut the im act of other fa om ecti e wit in this corridor. This is a Inuch la.rl!er scope of work than the Town initiallv expressed interest in.. The ferry is not the only major generator of traffic in the Town. Residential developments, new C()mmercial developments, etC. should all be C()nsidered. All major trip generators must be reviewed in order to do a proper evaluation. We will also gear our study towards possible future Town legislation and help support its direction, as required. In order to support the Town's possible future legislation, a sound planning and engineering study will be needed. The traffic safety of the residents is of utmost importance to the Town. 356 Middle Country Rood, Suite 306, Coram, New York 11727 Office: 631.698.6200 www.schneiderengineering.com NEW YORK. NEW JERSEY. FLORIDA L~V/.~N~ H~aI~NH~S Fax; 631.698.6299 ZOO~ 66Z98691C9 XV& LZ:ll fiHL 900ZILI/QO The following highlights our understanding and approach to the project, using the skills of our staff; and our past experience on similar projects. L Traffic SafetY Issues a. Data Collection i. Review previol,lsly prepared studies, including, but not limited to the Long Island Sound Waterborne Transportation Study, the Traffic Impact Study of Existing Cross Sound Ferry, the Traffic Impact Study for proposed Cross Sound Ferry Expansion, the SEEDS Study, any other traffic safety and/or planning study prepared for corridor impact, other outside east end municipalities reports, etc. This could include data from all major traffic generators like new residential or commercial developments (to be supplied by the Town). ii. Obtain all existing traffic counts, volume counts, intersectional analysis data, and accident analysis data for the previous three years at key locations (to be determined later). The traffic accident history will be a major factor in determining future mitigating measures. iii. Set up at least six machine counters, during this summer period (July or August), at various locations along the corridor including the following initial locations (locations may be adjusted after further analysis of corridor area). These locations will all be 7-day counts. ~l. NYS Route 25, just east of the Orient Park entrance 2. NYS Route 25 just west of the Orient Park entrance 3. NYS Route 25 east of Lame I Lane 4. County Road 48 West of Hallock Lane but east of Town line 5. Peconic Bay Boulevard east of Laurel Lane 6. Greenport Exit Via Shelter Island iv. Set up special machine counters during a seven day period incorporating both July 4th weekend and Labor Day weekend just east of Orient Park. v. Maoual turning movement traffic counts and gap analyses, if necessary, will be performed at locations to be determined during the study development. Vi. Current travel patterns are critical in determining future travel patterns. A major goal of the study is to determine which routes the future traffic will take. This will give us ao idea as to which roadway(s) will be impacted the most. There are many ways to evaluate future travel patterns. One method uses an origin and destination study. This can take various forms: license plate surveys, hand surveys, 2 COO iii L3V/'~N~ H~aI~NH3S 66Z9S691C9 YVd LZ:ll nHL 900Z/Ll/RO vehicle lights-on survey, etc. The actual method to take will be evaluated during the initial phase of the stUdy. vii. A meeting with Town representatives will then be held to update them on the status of our data collection activities when this phase is completed. b. Data Analvsis i. All of the above data will organized into an appropriate format for review. ii. The data will then be reviewed and analyzed. All future growth will then be distributed along the corridor. 2. Traffic Safety ImDact a. Based on the information reviewed to-date, it is felt that three scenarios should be considered. Each scenario should include detemrlning corridor Levels-of-Service (not necessarily intersectional), peak periods of traffic, how major trip generators will affect the corridor capacities, etc. A corridor analysis will give a better indication as to the actual traffic impact on the roadways, system-wide. It takes into account average speed, percent time delay and capacity. i. . Evaluate the conditions prior to the start of the Sea let Ferry Service. iL Evaluate the current conditions (after the Sea let Service was operational). iii. Evaluate the future conditions in five years (2011), based on yet to be determined parameters., i.e. various levels of ferry service. It should be noted that, because the ferry service is one of the larger generators of traffic in the corridor, it was determined to use the ferry service changes (i.e. prior to Sea Jet Service, current time and some future time) as the basis for the three analysis periods. b. A very important aspect of the stUdy would be to determine if mitigation measures may be warranted and feasible due to. the projected increase in overall traffic. c. A Draft Traffic Safety Impact Report will be submitted to the Town for review. d. A presentation will be made to the Town Board and, upon their acceptance; a Final Traffic Safety Impact Report will be submitted. Anticipated initial product due date: August. 2006 Updated report after Labor Day data is collected: three weeks after Labor Day The Cee for Phases 1 and 2 is: 570,000.00. 3. Planninl! Services a. Document Review Process i. Prepare a summary report of all of the documents reviewed in the Item l.ai, discussed above. 3 ~oo~ ~~V/'~N3 ij3aI3NH~S 66Z99691C9 XVd 9Z:11 nH~ 900Z/Ll/80 b. Future Residential, Commercial (i.e., wineries, retail centers, the ferry) Analysis, based on Traffic Safety Study results i. An analysis of the past and future residential and commercial developments and its effect on the roadway system u. An analysis of the ferry's past and current schedules, and trip generations, their fleet sizes and a determination of the effect of possible future expansion of its service, including its affect on the ferry facility to handle that expansion. We will also analyze its impact on the surrounding roadway system. This will include a parking analysis during current and future conditions. iii. Included will be a review of the existing enviromnental issues (documents to be supplied by the Town of Southold). These concerns may include effect on air quality due to traffic' delays that may occur, effect of run-off due to new parking structures adjacent to the watershed area, if applicable. Any roadway run-off in the future roust be handled by the municipality responsible for the individual roadways. The run-off can not be allowed to drain on private property. lV. Review the Town of East Hampton's recently established ferry service legislation and the engineering considerations in adopting the legislation. We will also review other similar legislation from other municipalities, if available. c. Prepare an overall summary of the Town of Southold corridor, combining the results of the traffic safety data collection and analysis. d. Make a presentation to the Town Board. Anticipated initial product due date: August, 2006 Updated report after Labor Day data is collected: three weeks after Labor Day The fee for Phase 3 is: $10,000.00. The fues include up to six meetings. some of which are noted above. Any additional time required after the two reports are submitted will be billed hourly and based upon the attached Classified Hourly Rate Schedule. All nonna! out of pocket expenses are included. Ifanyextraordinary expenses occur, with Town approval, they will be billed at cost. Any future work requested by the Town of Southold will also be billed based on the attached Classified Hourly Rate Schedule. Provision is made below for tbis proposal to become the instrument of contract. Please sign representing the Town of Southold and Teturn one copy to this office. Payments are due within 30 days of billing. . It should be undemood that this project is a major comprehensive study, much . larger in scope than was previously considered. Depending on the level of detail analysis 4 gOO~ L)V/'~N3 ~3aI3NH)S 66Z9G69TC9 XVd GZ:TT fiHL 900ZILT/GO that may be needed and future Town requirements that may lead to possible scope of work changes, if any, the fee may need to be increased, subject to the approval of the Town of Southolcl I am most appreciative of the consideration given to the firm and look forward to our wo . ng together- L Trtle Date 5 civil Engineering: Traffic · Municipal · Accident Investigations ~;:f <-. '""':. ,. SCHNEIDER ENGINEERING, PLLC Steven Schneider, P.E. CLASSIFIED HOURLY RATE SCHEDULE 2006 - Principal Senior Project Manager Project Manager Construction Inspector Project Engineer Engineering Technician Technician Technical Secretary Traffic Counts HOURLY RATES $ 185.00 $ 160.00 $ 130.00 $ 130.00 $ 110.00 $ 85.00 $ 75.00 $ 65.00 $ 75.00 WORK CLASSIFICATION 356 Middle Country Road, Suite 306, Coram, New York 117"21 Office: 631.698.6200 Fax: 631.696.6299 www.$chneiderengineerin9.com NEW YORK. NEW JERSEY. FLORIDA LOO~ ~)V/'~N3 H3013NH)S 66~98691C9 XVd 8~:11 nH~ 900~/L1/80