Washington County Coordinating Committee 2017 MEETING SCHEDULE 12:00 – 1:30 PM Monday, September 18 – Beaverton Library, Cathy Stanton Conference Room Monday, October 16 – Beaverton City Hall, Council Chambers Monday, November 13 – Beaverton Library, Cathy Stanton Conference Room Monday, December 18 – Beaverton Library, Cathy Stanton Conference Room Material included in packet * Material will be distributed at the meeting ^ Material available electronically and/or distributed in advance of the meeting Department of Land Use & Transportation Office of the Director 155 N First Avenue, Suite 350, MS 16, Hillsboro, OR 97124-3072 phone: 503-846-4530 • fax: 503-846-3588 www.co.washington.or.us/lut • [email protected] WASHINGTON COUNTY COORDINATING COMMITTEE POLICY GROUP SUMMARY JUNE 12, 2017 Voting Members Roy Rogers, Chair, Washington County Denny Doyle, City of Beaverton Gery Schirado, City of Durham Jef Dalin, City of Cornelius John Cook, City of Tigard Ken Gibson, City of King City Krisanna Clark, City of Sherwood Lou Ogden, City of Tualatin Pete Truax, City of Forest Grove Steve Callaway, City of Hillsboro Teri Lenahan, City of North Plains Tim Knapp, City of Wilsonville Non-Voting Members Ana Jovanovic, ODOT Emerald Bogue, Port of Portland Kathryn Harrington, Metro Attendees Andrew Singelakis, Washington County Chris Deffebach, Washington County Andy Smith, City of Hillsboro Brad Choi, City of Hillsboro Buff Brown, City of Tigard Don Odermott, City of Hillsboro Dyami Valentine, Washington County Eric Hesse, TriMet James Reitz, City of Forest Grove Jeff Gudman, City of Lake Oswego Jeff Pazdalski, Westside Transportation Alliance Jim McCauley, Washington County Joel Cvetko, Washington County Julia Hajduk, City of Sherwood Kelli Horvath, Congresswoman Bonamici’s Marc San Soucie, City of Beaverton Office Mark Ottenad, City of Wilsonville/SMART Rob Dixon, City of Hillsboro Rob Foster, City of Forest Grove Stephen Roberts, Washington County Steve Kelley, Washington County Tom Mills, TriMet Zoe Monahan, City of Tualatin Chair Rogers called the Washington County Coordinating Committee (WCCC) meeting to order at 12:02 p.m. Chair Rogers congratulated those around the table who marched in the Grand Floral Parade, and congratulated City of Sherwood on winning the Best Small Float award. Department of Land Use & Transportation Administrative Services • Office of the Director 155 N First Avenue, Suite 350, MS 16, Hillsboro, OR 97124-3072 phone: 503-846-4530 • fax: 503-846-3588 www.co.washington.or.us/lut • [email protected] WCCC Meeting Summary June 12, 2017 Page 2 of 6 Visitor Comments None Consideration of WCCC Minutes for May 15, 2017 Motion: Mayor Truax moved to approve the minutes for the May 15, 2017 WCCC meeting. Mayor Cook seconded. Vote: With all present members voting in favor, the motion passed unanimously. Statewide Transportation Package Jim McCauley of Washington County provided an update on efforts to develop a statewide transportation funding package in the Oregon Legislature. Metro is circulating a resolution describing the region’s role in administration of the regional revenue match. Each MPO will use this regional match structure, forming districts with relevant taxing authority. The Metro region’s district will be a subcommittee of JPACT known as the Metro Congestion Relief District. Member comments: • Metro has taken a significant leadership role in this process. The suballocation of statewide package revenues will be based on the number of vehicles licensed in the region. The MCRD will consist of a representative from each county and group of cities. The project list will percolate up from the subcommittee, to be reviewed by Metro and JPACT. The coordinating committees will have a role in developing the project list. • Inquiry as to how this structure will function in other MPOs across the state. • Metro is the MPO for federal purposes, as the MPO structure exists to meet federal requirements. Nothing about the MPO process indicates it exists to allocate state money. It seems redundant to take the MCRD project list to Metro Council when only state money is being allocated. • The Portland region’s MCRD will consist of Oregon elected members of JPACT. It will offer recommendations fed through the Metro Council. The final decision will be made by the MCRD, not JPACT. • Inquiry as to why the list of recommended projects to be funded by package revenues needs to be approved by the Metro Council, when the MCRD is the decisionmaking body. • Metro Council approval will ensure conformity with air quality standards, as well as compliance with Title 6, among other things. • Inquiry as to why state package revenues must go through the federal MPO process on their own, as well as when paired with federal monies. • Recounted origins of the MCRD, which stemmed from the question of who would administer bonds and collect revenue. It was developed as a way of garnering buy-in, to gain consensus on how the regional package would work. • Legislation as it is currently written calls for creation of a congestion relief district for each MPO in the state. There is also a Congestion Relief Advisory Committee outlined in the WCCC Meeting Summary June 12, 2017 Page 3 of 6 resolution, which will make recommendations to the MCRD. The advisory committee includes the jurisdictions represented by MCRD, as well as Metro, ODOT, the Port of Portland, TriMet and DEQ. • Establishment of the advisory committee was a prerequisite for consensus, so as to not leave out the voices of relevant agencies. TriMet will likely be the bonding authority, so they especially will need a voice in decisionmaking. • Inquiry clarifying the makeup of MCRD. Pointed out redundancy in overlapping MCRD membership with that of its advisory committee. • The memo makes it seem like non-elected members of JPACT from Oregon would be on the MCRD, but wouldn’t be allowed to vote. This is misleading, as elected members of JPACT from Oregon should be the only members of the MCRD. • Inquiry as to whether MCRD would be the recipient of package revenues for the region. • Mr. McCauley: Money will be physically allocated to a congestion relief fund. Dollars will flow from the fund to the jurisdictions responsible for building the projects identified by the MCRD. • MCRD has control over the region’s package revenues, so subverting its authority to Metro Council makes no sense. Metro should provide guidance to ensure the region meets any necessary federal requirements (just as guidance should come from other non-voting committee members), but since none of these other agencies have to adopt the MCRD project list, why should Metro? • Any new taxes incurred will be paid by residents within the Metro UGB, and any issues or concerns about these taxes will be addressed by Metro. Establishment of the MCRD doesn’t automatically spur issuance of the aforementioned bonds. • Mr. McCauley: MCRD will only oversee administration of the regional gas tax and vehicle registration fee to pay for the three principal bottlenecks, and allocate any surplus revenue. • MCRD is a product of the legislature, created because of the taxing component. Without it, funds would be distributed based on ODOT formulas. The three bottleneck projects are intended to circumvent local siloing of package dollars, allowing the region to coalesce on large projects that will provide significant congestion relief. Mr. McCauley recapped package details: The package enables a 12-cent gas tax hike over 15 years. Fee increases will be phased-in over 12 to 15 years. Bike fee will be $15/bike for those with tires larger than 26 inches. Safe Routes to School will be allocated $10 million/year for 6 years, and $15 million/year after that until the infrastructure is built out. The transit payroll tax works out to $0.39/week for those making minimum wage. • Inquiry as to how many Washington County legislators would vote yes, and how many Republicans are still committed to no new taxes. • Mr. McCauley: Not as much about the no new taxes sentiment for Republicans as it is about a “fix” for Clean Fuels legislation. • Inquiry as to whether any additional contact by Washington County local leaders would be worthwhile. WCCC Meeting Summary June 12, 2017 Page 4 of 6 Region 1 Area Committee on Transportation Chair Rogers introduced the topic, and asked Mayor Cook to go into further detail. Mayor Cook spoke about the appointment process for the R1ACT. When the ACT was formed in 2015, terms were staggered to preserve institutional memory and prevent the committee from turning over all at once. About half the members served 2-year terms, and the other half will serve for 4 years. The 2-year terms are expiring, to be replaced by nominees Mayor Callaway and Mayor Doyle (who will serve for 4 years). Mayor Dalin, whose position expires in 2019, will resign, with Mayor Cook filling the remainder of his term. Mayor Cook had previously served one of the expiring 2-year terms. ODOT made clear that these nominations can be handled at WCCC. The R1ACT has approved the appointments. Member comments: • Inquiry regarding whether the county is satisfied with having almost all of its R1ACT representatives be elected officials, as opposed to business leaders. Mr. Singelakis pointed out that Pam Treece, Executive Director of WEA is the County’s business representative on the R1ACT; the WCCC nominated her for a second term at last month’s meeting. Motion: Mayor Ogden moved to confirm the appointments to the R1ACT. Mayor Callaway seconded. Vote: With all present members voting in favor, the motion passed unanimously. ODOT Construction Update This agenda item was postponed to a later meeting. Ana Jovanovic distributed ODOT’s 2017 Construction Map for the region. TriMet Priorities for 2018 RTP Eric Hesse presented TriMet’s preliminary project list for the Regional Transportation Plan.