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F1NAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OREGON TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT ACTS The Oregon Transportation Investment Acts (OTIA I, II, III) are not programs but legis- latively approved measures that augment ex- isting program budgets, enabling a series of projects to be constructed. The funds gener- ated flow through existing state- administered programs including moderni- zation, pavement preservation, and bridge replacement and rehabilitation. Three separate funding packages have been approved under the OTIA program. OTIA I and OTIA II, the two transportation bills ap- proved by the 2001 Oregon State Legisla- ture, provided a total of $500 million in state bonding proceeds to modernize and preserve Oregon's transportation system. With local matching funds of $146 million, the total program amounts to a $646 million invest- ment in the state's infrastructure. Of the $500 million, the Modernization Program received approximately $250 million, bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects re- ceived approximately $175 million, and pavement preservation projects received ap- proximately $75 million. The 2003 Legislature passed OTIA III, which provided an additional $1.3 billion to replace and repair state bridges, $300 mil- lion to replace and repair local bridges, and $300 million for modernization statewide. The OTIA I and II projects went to contract prior to 2008, so they do not appear in the project listings of this document. For more information about OTIA, go online: http://e~ov.ore~on• Gov/ODOT/HWY/OTIA/ FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY FUNDING Federal discretionary funding is a process for securing federal funding for specific state and local projects. The term earmark means that money is written into the federal budget for one and only one purpose. Ear- marks often involve large modernization projects, but Oregon and other states have secured earmarks for bridge and public tran- sit projects as well. Earmarks usually do not cover all of a pro- ject's cost, and will require matching funds along with additional funds to fully fund the project. ODOT coordinates with the Oregon Congressional Delegation on a set of ear- mark priorities for which the state will pledge its resources as matching funds, to be submitted for consideration during the fed- eral budget process. PUBLIC INVOL VEMENT AND GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT There are federal regulations and state poli- cies regarding STIP public involvement. The federal regulations state that public in- volvement must be proactive, must provide opportunities for early and ongoing in- volvement, and must continue throughout the transportation planning and program- ming process. The state must comply with the requirements set out in Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act, and the Executive Order pertaining to Environmental Justice. They further stipulate that the state provide: • A process for demonstrating explicit consideration and response to public in- put during the planning and program de- velopment process; and • A process for seeking out and consider- ing the needs of those traditionally un- derserved by existing transportation sys- tems, such as low-income and minority households, which may face challenges accessing employment and other ameni- ties. Page 25