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FINAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IlVIPROVEMENT PROGRAM Project Eligibility Criteria and Prioritization Factors Process Description and Guidance For the 2008-2011 Development STIP and Construction STIP I. Introduction The Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) approved the Project Eligibility Criteria and Prioritization Factors to assist Area Commissions on Transportation (ACTS), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), or regional or statewide advisory groups advising the OTC on the selection of Statewide Trans- portation Improvement Program (STIP) projects. The document gives basic definitions and funding in- formation and provides guidance pertaining to roles and responsibilities, project selection and documenta- tion. More information about the ACT process, advisory committees, Oregon transportation management systems, other STIP programs and funding is available on the Internet (see Appendix A). The OTC establishes program goals, funding levels and regional funding distribution at the start of each two-year STIP update. These policy decisions are made separate from these eligibility criteria and priori- tization factors and are not part of this document. (See Appendix B for the decision-making process.) A. Roles and Responsibilities The OTC will make the final selections for all projects included in the STIP. The Commission will con- sider the advice and recommendations that it receives from ACTS, MPOs and regional or statewide advi- sory groups. ODOT will provide tools necessary to enable an ACT to carry out its responsibilities under these criteria. Geographic areas that do not have an ACT must adhere to the same standards of account- ability as ACTS (Policy on Formation and Operation of the Area Commissions on Transportation, Sec- tion VI, Basis for Decision Making) and demonstrate to the OTC that recommendations were developed in accordance with these criteria and factors. In making final project selections, the OTC will ensure that ACTS, MPOs and regional or statewide advisory groups have based their considerations on the criteria and will ensure projects are distributed according to the funding allocations approved by the OTC for the 2008-2011 STIP. In making decisions, the OTC applies both regional and statewide perspective, optimizes system effec- tiveness in decisions for the state system and strives to develop and operate an integrated intermodal transportation system that facilitates the safe, efficient and economic movement of people and goods. (Policy on Formation and Operation of the Area Commissions on Transportation, Section III. Authority) B. Definitions STIP includes both the Development and Construction sections of the Statewide Transportation Im- provement Program. The D-STIP houses projects that require more than 4 years to develop or for which construction funding needs to be obtained. Projects that can complete the development process and be ready for bid within 4 years or less may be placed directly into the C-STIP. Development STIP (D-STIP) The Oregon Transportation Commission approved the following definition for the D-STIP: Projects approved and funded for development through specific milestones and within specific time- frames, which include the following characteristics: Page 338 _. _