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1995-10782-Resolution No. 95-049 Recorded 4/6/1995a REVIEWED 95-10'782 LO C UNSEL BEFORE THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHU E N 0138-0964 A Resolution Indicating Support of the 1995 Transportation Finance Package as recommended by the Oregon Transportation Finance Committee. RESOLUTION NO. 95-049 WHEREAS, A continued investment in Oregon's transportation system is required to preserve the investment we have already made in our roads and bridges; WHEREAS, Improvements to the transportation system are critical to the state's ability to create new commercial markets and jobs; WHEREAS, Road and public transportation improvements are primary solutions to reducing traffic congestion and air pollution; and WHEREAS, The Oregon Transportation Finance Committee representing the Oregon Department of Transportation, the League of Oregon Cities, the Association of Oregon Counties, the Oregon public Ports Association and the Oregon /Transit Association have come together to develop a finance package that: 1). Preserves existing highways and bridges and makes critical earthquake safety improvements; and 2) Improves critical links between Oregon ports, airports, road and rail facilities; and 3) Makes road and public transportation improvements that decrease traffic congestion and air pollution and improve mobility; and, WHEREAS, The Committee desires to continue to work with organizations across the state in the development of this package throughout the 1995 Legislative Session; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, supports the finance recommendations that the 1995 Oregon Transportation Finance Committee and recommends that the 1995 Oregon State Legislature approve: Section 1. Up to a two -cent increase in state gasoline taxes in each of the next two years for roads and equivalent weight/mile fee on trucks. 1 - RESOLUTION NO. 95-049 �4vty gCD p 1995 a 0138-0955 Section 2. Up to a two -cent increase in state gasoline taxes for two years for seismic retrofit of bridges and equivalent weight/mile fee on trucks. Section 3. Up to a $20 annual increase in the passenger vehicle registration fee and constitutional amendment allowing the fee to be used for roads and public transportation; Section 4. A lottery appropriation of approximately $100 million for statewide airport, port, heavy rail and light rail projects. DATED this L7 day of , 1995 AT ST: Recording Secretary 2 - RESOLUTION NO. 95-049 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DESCHUT OUNTY, OREGON S 'M R�J BARAY H. SLAUC?IJTE , CHAI,VMAN NANC,0QPENVGHL/ANGFV, COMMISSIONE`F ROBP` T L. NIPPER, CONf'IVf1SSIONER Transportation Finance Package - Deschutes County U138 -M Roads & Bridges: (2 cents increase 1/96 & 1/97) Additional Annual Revenue at Full Implementation Deschutes County $735,511 Bend $204,526 Redmond $67,075 Sisters $5,317 Total $1,012,430 Bridge Seismic Program: (2 cents in 1/96 & 1/97) State, County, City Bridges Selected by Oregon Transportation Commission for State Transportation Improvement Program Public Transportation: ($20 annual registration fee) Additional Annual Revenue at Full Implementation (for public transportation, including transportation for the elderly and disabled) Deschutes County 3 cities $721,091 Unincorporated $1,081,637 Incentive $200,303 Total $2,003,031 Transportation Lottery Proposal: 95-97 Biennium Aeronautics (Bend, Redmond) Freight Mobility Public Transportation - TDM plus Vehicle Replacement Oregon Transportation Finance Committee February 6, 1995 $459,100 competitve grant program $235,000 competitve grant program Transportation Finance Package - Statewide Summary Roads & Bridges: (2 cents increase 1/96 & 1/97) Additional Annual Revenue at Full Implementation �1 X8=096"' Statewide Summary Counties $20,359,078 Cities $13.604.133 Total $33,963,211 Bridge Seismic Program: (2 cents in 1/96 & 1/97) State, County, City Bridges Selected by Oregon Transportation Commission for State Transportation Improvement Program Public Transportation: ($20 annual registration fee) Additional Annual Revenue at Full Implementation (for public transportation, including transportation f'or the elderly and disabled) Statewide Summary Districts & Fixed Route Transit $30,784,530 Cities • $8,184,959 Counties (Unincorporated Area) $13,185,511 Incentive $5,795,000 Oregon DOT for Statewide Programs $3,050,000 Total $61,000,000 Transportation Lottery Proposal: 95-97 Biennium Aeronautics - Match for FAA grants $6,657,590 plus Non-federal projects $342,410 Rail Freight $12,220,000 Marine Navigation Improvement Fund $2,272,569 Freight Mobility - selected projects $8,450,000 plus grant program $7,500,000 Ports Capital Development Fund $7,500,000 Intermodal Passenger Terminals $3,550,000 South/North Light Rail $3,000,000 Public Transportation - TDM $4,823,000 plus Vehicle Replacement $11,020,000 High Speed Rail $28,900,000 Highway Program $500,00 Total $96,735,569 Oregon Transportation Finance Committee February 6, 1995 0138-0968 Transportation: The Need Unmet needs for Oregon's transportation system have been identified through the Oregon Roads Finance Study and the OreeQn Transportation Plan process. Unmet transportation needs are identified below. Unmet need is defined as identified needs for which no funding is budgeted. Roads and Bridges Pertinent Facts: • Total Mileage: 30,375 miles of paved roads, nearly one-third need repair. • Total Bridges: 6,928; 785 bridges are in need of basic structural repair and 3,500 - 4,000 bridges need strengthening to withstand earthquakes. • Currently, 27 percent, or about 8,200 miles, of Oregon's roads are rated in poor condition. Without increased funding, 37%, another 3,OOO.miles, will be rated in poor condition by 2012. • Every dollar spent maintaining the road surface today, means we avoid the need to spend $4-5 dollars on failed road beds in the future. • Oregon has a much greater risk of earthquakes than previously known. Geologists estimate that Oregon has a one in five to one in ten probability of a major quake within the next 50 years. Unmet Need: $4.7 billion over six years; includes $1.2 billion for seismic retrofitting of bridges. Public Transportation Pertinent Facts: • Every county in Oregon is served by some form of public transportation or special transportation. The state has 232 organizations providing community transportation service in Oregon. In 1993, Oregonians made approximately 72.3 million trips on public and special transportation. 15 million of the trips are made on public and special transportation outside the Portland metropolitan area. Unmet Need: $916.5 million over six years; includes transit, special public transit and light rail need. Aviation Pertinent Facts: • Due to a lack of matching funds, Oregon is currently unable to attract available federal funding for the improvement of airports within this state. A $7 million investment by the state over the next biennium could attract as much as $60 million in federal funds for the improvement of airports. Without critically necessary improvements such as runway rehabilitation, numerous small and rural airports in Oregon are at risk of closure or limited service, taking away tourism and business opportunities and jeopardizing emergency air ambulance service, fire suppression and agricultural applications. Unmet Need: $156.3 million over four years; includes needs at all public airports. February 6, 1995 Ports 0138-x0969 Pertinent Facts: • Port barge, marine cargo and air operations handle the bulk of Oregon's $12 billion in annual international trade. Oregon's twenty-two coastal and river ports are directly responsible for generating over 5,000 jobs in Oregon. The Port of Portland activities generate 17,000 direct jobs. Port investments will allow ports to take advantage of market-driven opportunities and sustain today's level of commerce. Regional economic development impacts from coastal and river port activities approach $470 million annually; Port of Portland activities, felt throughout the state generate nearly $3 billion in business revenues each year. Unmet Need: $200 million over four years; includes landside facilities as well as dredging and rail needs. High Speed Rail Pertinent Facts: • The Northwest High Speed Corridor runs 464 miles from Vancouver, BC to Eugene, Oregon. Rail Over the next twenty years, demand for intercity travel within the corridor is expected to increase by 75 percent. Improved rail services have a lower cost per passenger mile ( 2 cents per mile) than any other transportation mode. Over the entire corridor, the rail corridor improvements will cost $3-5 million per mile versus highway improvements costing more than $20 million per mile. Unmet Need: $228.2 million over four years. Pertinent Facts: • In 1994, fifty-four million tons of freight was moved on rail lines in Oregon. Freight shipped by rail in Oregon is equivalent to 1.4 million loaded trucks. • Oregon has approximately 2,600 miles of line rail almost half of which are shortline railroads. Fifty-three percent of Oregon's rail shippers are located on shortline railroads. • Most of Oregon's shortline rail lines are in poor condition and 67 percent of the low-density railroad mileage in Oregon is only capable of being operated at speeds of 10 mph or less. • Loss or deterioration of Oregon's shortline capacity will have the greatest impact in Oregon's less populated communities and natural resource economies where industry is heavily reliant on the lines for product shipment to distant markets such as the midwest and east coast. • Oregon's rail traffic increased 28 percent between 1986 and 1992 with 13 percent in intermodal 1993-94. Growth by the year 2000 is expected to be 27 percent. Unmet Need: -$26 million over four years. February 6, 1995 Alr)n n Proposed V -i Vo'w910 Oregon Transportation Finance Package The Oregon Transportation Finance Committee is a group of Oregonians made up of representatives from the Association of Oregon Counties, the League of Oregon Cities, the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Oregon Public Ports Association and the Oregon Transit Association. The Committee has worked since the end of the last legislative session to put together a comprehensive transportation finance package for the 1995 Legislature that has a broad base of support. It would only fund the state's highest priority needs. Input from consumers, providers and interest groups across the state has been incorporated into the funding package that follows. Highlights • Increases the state gas tax to fund critical road and bridge maintenance, safety and capital improvement projects. • Fifty -percent of the new gas tax fees will go directly to cities and counties for local road and bridge projects. • Provides a stable source of funding for public and special transportation in every county in the state. • Amends the Oregon Constitution to allow flexibilily in the way fees on the use or ownership of the automobile can be used. • Funds critical aviation, freight, rail, and passenger improvements linked to economic development through a balanced statewide lottery request. Benefits • 55% of the package funds maintenance, preservation and improvement of roads & bridges, including strengthening of bridges to withstand earthquakes. • 25% of the package funds public and special transportation. • 20% of the package funds aviation, freight and rail projects. Costs • 2 -cent increase in the state gas tax in each of two years for roads and bridges. • 2 -cent gas tax increase in each of two years to strengthen Oregon bridges against earthquakes. • $20 increase in the passenger vehicle registration for public transportation. • The package would cost the average Oregon driver less than $6 per month. February 6, 1995 (Revised) Package Elements - 0138-0971 REVENUE PACKAGE: Roads and Bridges: • A 2 -cent gas tax increase (January 1996 and 1997) raises $71 million per year when fully implemented. The priority road and bridge needs that are unfunded in the next twenty years total $19.2 billion. • Will fund high-priority road and bridge maintenance and construction projects. • Will fund high-priority "freight mobility projects" linked to expanded commerce. • Fifty -percent of the new dollars collected are passed through directly to cities and counties for local road and bridge maintenance and improvements. Earthquake Retrofit for Bridges: • A 2 -cent gas tax increase (January 1996 and 1997) for'seismic retrofit raises $67 million per year. The estimate for retrofitting Oregon's bridges is $1.2 billion. • Will finance strengthening Oregon__bridges against earthquakes. • Will retrofit bridges connecting lifeline routes and routes critical to commerce. Public and Special Transportation: • $20 annual increase in passenger vehicle registration fee raises $61 million annually. • Constitutional amendment to allow fees on the use of the automobile to be used for public transportation. • Funding distributed to counties and transit and transportation districts for public transportation and special transportation for citizens who are elderly and disabled. Dollars may also be used for roads if public transportation. needs are met. LOTTERY PACKAGE: Airport Improvements: • $7 million lottery request leverages up to $62 million in federal funds. • Funds expansion and improvement of rural and urban airports. • Projects selected for regional balance. Freight Mobility Improvements: • $38 million lottery request leverages up to $10 million in federal funds. • Funds rail, road and port projects that improve commercial links. • Projects selected for regional balance. High Speed Rail,'Light Rail and Other Passenger Improvements: • $52 million lottery request leverages up to $80 million in federal funds. • Funds track, terminal and service improvements for rail and intercity bus service; planning for South/North light rail; capital replacement for public transportation. February 6, 1995 (Revised) Proposed Oregon Transportation C-138-0972 Finance Package The Oregon Transportation Finance Committee is a group of Oregonians made up of representatives from the Association of Oregon Counties, lite League of Oregon Cities, the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Oregon Public Ports Association and the Oregon Transit Association. The Committee has worked since the end of the last legislative session to put together a comprehensive transportation fcnar, ce package for the 1995 Legislature that has a broad base of support. It would only fund the state's highest priority needs. Input from consumers, providers and interest groups across the state has been incorporated into the funding package that follows. Highlights • Increases the state gas tax to fund critical road and bridge maintenance, safety and capital improvement projects. • Fifty -percent of the new gas tax fees will go directly to cities and counties for local road and bridge projects. • Provides a stable source of funding for public and special transportation in every county in the state. • Amends the Oregon Constitution to allow flexibility in the way fees on the use or ownership of the automobile can be used. • Funds critical aviation, freight, rail, and passenger improvements linked to economic development through a balanced statewide lottery request. Benefits • 55%.of the package funds maintenance, preservation and improvement of roads & bridges, including strengthening of bridges to withstand earthquakes. • 25% of the package funds public and special transportation. • 20% of the package funds aviation, freight and rail projects. Costs • 2 -cent increase in the state gas tax in each of two years for roads and bridges. • 2 -cent gas tax increase in each of two years to strengthen Oregon bridges against earthquakes. • $20 increase in the passenger vehicle registration for public transportation. • The package would cost the average Oregon driver less than $6 per month. February 6, 1995 (Revised) Package Elements 0138-0973 REVENUE PACKAGE: Roads and Bridges: • A 2 -cent gas tax increase (January 1996 and 1997) raises $71 million per year when fully implemented. The priority road and bridge needs that are unfunded in the next twenty years total $19.2 billion. • Will fund high-priority road and bridge maintenance and construction projects. • Will fund high-priority "freight mobility proiects" linked to expanded commerce. • Fifty -percent of the new dollars collected are passed through directly to cities and counties for local road and bridge maintenance and improvements. Earthquake Retrofit for Bridges: • A 2 -cent gas tax increase (January 1996 and 1997) for'seismic retrofit raises $67 million per year. The estimate for retrofitting Oregon's bridges is $1.2 billion. • Will finance strengthening Oregon bridges against earthquakes. • Will retrofit bridges connecting lifeline routes and routes critical to commerce. Public and Special Transportation: $20 annual increase in passenger vehicle registration fee raises $61 million annually. • Constitutional amendment to allow fees on the use of the automobile to be used for public transportation. • Funding distributed to counties and transit and transportation districts for public transportation and special transportation for citizens who are elderly and disabled. Dollars may also be used for roads if public transportation needs are met. LOTTERY PACKAGE: Airport Improvements: • $7 million lottery request leverages up to $62 million in federal funds. • Funds expansion and improvement of rural and urban airports. • Projects selected for regional balance. Freight Mobility Improvements: • $38 million lottery request leverages up to $10 million in federal funds. • Funds rail, road and port projects that improve commercial links. • Projects selected for regional balance. Isiah Speed Rail, Light Rail grid Other Passenger Improvements: • $52 million lottery request leverages up to $80 million in federal funds. • Funds track, terminal and service improvements for rail and intercity bus service; planning for South/North light rail; capital replacement for public transportation. February 6, 1995 (Revised) l Oregon Transportation Finance Committee 0138. no74 Lottery Proposal qj// Governor's OTFC 1995-97 OTFC 1995-97 Recommended 1995-97 Proposal Budget Recommendation Aeronautics $ 7,000,000 $ 7,000,000 Rail Freight 12,220,000 12,220,000 Marine Navigation Improvement 2,272,569 2,272,569 0 (Economic Development Dept.) Freight Mobility Program 15,950,000 15,950,000 Ports Capital Development Fund 7,500,000 7,500,000 (Economic Development Dept.) Intermodal Passenger Terminals 3,550,000 3,550,000 South/North LRT 3,000,000 3,000,000 0 Public Transportation 15,843,000 15,843,000 High Speed Rail 28,900,000 5,284,550 23,615,450 Highway Program 500,000 500,000 Total - Dept. of Transportation 86,963,000 8,284,550 78,678,450 Total - Economic Dev. Dept. 9,772,569 2,272,569 7,500,000 Total $ 96,735,569 $ 10,557,119 $ 86,178,450 February 9, 1995 0 G 0 CD tro 0 tZI CD CD 7 O nq) N 0 O 0 P D C 0 c �' 0 o� n iv n C w CD a C _N UQ V1 00 < (D CD On R O m 0138�=09►-I5