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11 1 1 1 <br /> ~ ~ 11 1 ~ I ~ 1 <br /> transportation and other eligible 3. Establish a state and local govern- <br /> non-highway purposes (page 20}, ment task force to identify op- <br /> 20. Enact statutory changes to facilitate portunities for greater program <br /> the formation of transit districts, efficiencies through the use of <br /> and authorize an increase in payroll intergovernmental agreements; <br /> tax from ,7 percent to .8 percent determine needed or desirable <br /> (pages 19 - 23). legislation; and consider the value <br /> 21. Authorize mass transit and trans- of using pilot programs or incentive <br /> portation districts to levy an excise grants (page 6}, <br /> tax based on the number of com- 4. Initiate a study of national "best <br /> mercial parking spaces, subject to practices" for improving the deliv- ~I <br /> a maximum level of ten cents per ery of metropolitan transportation <br /> space per day (pages 19 - 23). services through enhanced regional <br /> 22. Authorize mass transit and trans- decision-making (page 6). <br /> portation districts to levy a systems 5. Develop a legislative concept that <br /> development charge for public modifies statutory requirements <br /> transportation infrastructure (pages for intergovernmental agreements <br /> 19 - 23). to facilitate co-locating county, city <br /> 23. Establish a state and local govern- and state transportation facilities <br /> ment task force to develop ajuris- (page 7), <br /> dictionally blind allocation formula 6. Engage the STIP stakeholder com- <br /> (page 24). mittee to develop criteria for project <br /> selection that will be used until the <br /> Legislative actions for 2011 least cost transportation planning <br /> 1. Act on the recommendations of the model is in place (page 7). <br /> Transportation Utility Commission, 7. Continue to support and expand <br /> 2. Act on the recommendations of the the Transportation Options program <br /> task force created to study better (page 8). <br /> alignment of state and local juris- 8. Implement acongestion-pricing <br /> dictions' responsibilities. pilot to demonstrate the potential of <br /> 3. Act on the recommendations of the pricing to reduce demand (page 9). i <br /> task force created to review "best 9. Expand the biannual study of car <br /> practices" for streamlining the pub- and truck road usage and traffic <br /> lic involvement process. analysis to include social and <br /> 4. Consider recommendations for ad- economic costs (page 9}, <br /> ditional multimodal investment. 10. Increase Oregon Department of <br /> Energy efforts to help Oregon's <br /> <br /> Administrative actions trucking industry save fuel with new <br /> for 2009 to 2013 technology (page 10}, <br /> 1. Initiate a public private partnership 11. Initiate a project to identify <br /> to develop and refine the vehicle potential logistical hubs for <br /> miles of travel (VMT} fee system so multimodal freight connections <br /> that VMT charges can replace the (page 11). <br /> fuels tax, making the technology 12. Broaden the use of environmental <br /> commercially viable and assuring performance standards to all <br /> the privacy protection expected by transportation projects funded with <br /> the motoring public (page 2}, state money (page 13). <br /> 2. Develop a least cost transportation 13. Expand the use of programmatic- <br /> planning model for use by the state, based environmental permitting <br /> Metropolitan Planning Organizations beyond the OTIA III program (page <br /> and local governments (page 2). 13}, <br /> 27 <br /> <br />