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Green Valley Road Repair Forum Carmine DeBonis Jr. Deputy County Administrator – Public Works September 25, 2017

Today’s Topics

• How Transportation Services are Funded
• Classification of Roadways
• Summary of Road Conditions
• Overview of Regional Local Road Repair Program
• Future Funding Considerations
• Questions

Transportation Funding Sources

• Highway User Revenue Funds (gas tax)
• Vehicle License Tax

 Portion dedicated to Transportation  General Fund for general government purposes

• Other (Impact Fees, License & Permit Fees, etc.)

Primary Funding Sources - HURF

Highway User Revenue Funds

• 18-cents per gallon since 1990
• Allocated by location of fuel sales & population

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Maricopa receives 3x per person than Pima County

• Impacts to funds received by County

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State diversion of HURF funds for other purposes

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Lower sales due to Recession and fuel efficient vehicles

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Reduced buying-power due to inflation

• If indexed to CPI since 1990, it would be 30 cents per gallon
• County FY 2016/17 share would have been $10.1 million more

• Arizona gas tax

is 6th lowest in U.S.

• Twenty-three

states increased gas tax between 2013 and 2017

• Thirty states

increased gas related taxes 50 times between 1997 and 2017

Primary Funding Sources - VLT

Vehicle License Tax

• Enacted in 1940 for general government purposes and

local school districts

• 1970’s: change distribution of schools funds to the State

General Fund

• 1980’s: dedicate portion for transportation purposes

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History of VLT funds for general government purposes

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Currently 31.5 percent of VLT for transportation

Road Maintenance

 Grading dirt roads  Pothole repair  Street sweeping  Clearing weeds and trees in

right-of-way and medians

 Shoulder and sidewalk repair

Debt Service on 1997 Road Bonds Pavement Preservation

 Arterial and collector roads  Local roads

Installation and maintenance of traffic control devices

 Signing  Pavement Markings  Electrical Services  Streetlights and traffic signals

Administering construction of road improvements

 Planning  Engineering  Permitting  Inspection

Use of HURF & VLT for Transportation

HURF for 1997 Bond Program

• County-wide vote for $350 million

 Included roadways in County, cities & towns

• To date, $276.6 million of HURF bonds issued

 250 lane miles of capacity improvements  90 safety improvement projects

• FY 2017/18: 38 percent ($18.6 million) of HURF

revenues to pay this debt

• Sizeable decrease in 2022/23 - $6 million less than current
• 10 years from now $12 million less; $15 million less in 15 years

Arterial / Collector Roadways

• Arterial: major road
• Collector: moves traffic from local streets to arterial roads
• Pavement Preservation funded with HURF

 Current year: $6 million and 59 miles to be treated

Roadway Classifications

Local Roadways

• Neighborhood or subdivision streets
• Regional Local Road Pavement Preservation Program enables

repair of local roads

Roadway Classifications

• $313.1 million for all 1,866 miles of paved roads
• $296.1 million for 794 miles of Poor or Failed local roads
• 60% of unincorporated roads are in Poor or Failed condition

Cost to Treat Unincorporated Pima County Roads to at Least Fair Condition

Condition Arterial Collector Local Total Treatment Type Cost per Mile Cost Unrated 2 2 62 66 Failed 8 109 212 329 Rehabilitation $246,400 $81,065,600 Poor 90 201 582 873 Rehabilitation $246,400 $215,107,200 Fair 16 28 119 163 Major Seal Coat $70,400 $11,475,200 Good 47 60 102 208 Minor Seal Coat $26,400 $5,491,200 Very Good 37 32 158 227 Nothing $0 $0 200 432 1,235 1,866 $313,139,200

# Miles # Miles # Miles # Miles # Miles # Miles Very Good Good Fair Poor Failed Unrated BOS1 25 24 50 264 77 10 BOS2 13 12 3 25 11 3 BOS3 52 18 23 138 45 32 BOS4 62 34 29 103 59 17 BOS5 7 14 13 52 20 1 50 100 150 200 250 300

Road Condition Miles by Supervisor District

BOS1 BOS2 BOS3 BOS4 BOS5

Regional Local Road Repair Program

• Property tax enacted for FY 2017/18

 25-cents per $100 assessed value  Applies to County, cities & town residents  Proposed for 5 years, but requires annual approval

• Generates roughly $19.5 million annually
• Distributed to jurisdictions by assessed valuation
• Road repair recommendations by 13-member

Transportation Advisory Committee

Total Miles Treatable in Unincorporated Pima County Condition1 Local Road Miles Improvement Cost Total2 Year 1 Disbursement3 Total Miles Treatable Good 102 $5,491,200 $8,190,296 102 (G) + 38 (FR) = 140 Fair 119 $8,307,200 116 (FR) Poor 582 $215,107,200 33 (PR) Failed 212 $52,236,800 33 (FL)

1 Good (G), Fair (FR), Poor (PR), Failed (FL) 2 Cost for each Treatment (per mile): G‐$26,400; FR‐$70,400; PR‐$246,400; FL‐$246,400 3 Year 1 disbursement for unincorporated area prior to financing and insurance fees

Examples of Local Road Repair Options

• TAC to decide method and prioritization for repairing roads
• It would take 35 years to repair unincorporated local roads using

property tax

Transportation Advisory Committee Input

Consideration of Future Funding Options

• County Sales Tax - $70 million shared with cities & towns
• Reallocate unscheduled 1997 bonds to road repair - $16

million

• County General Fund

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Past allocations of $5 to $10 million

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Would require cuts to core services

• Ten-Cent Statewide Gas Tax Increase

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Additional $18.7 million for Pima County and cities & towns; $8.4 million unincorporated share

Consideration of Future Funding Options (cont.)

• Ten-Cent Local Gas Tax on fuel sales in Pima County

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$39 million; unincorporated share $13.9 million

• Sales Tax on Gas at Pump or Variable Tax on Wholesale

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5 percent local gas sales tax in Pima County would generate $42.4 million; unincorporated share $15.1 million

• General Obligation Bonds – rejected in 2015
• Additional Regional Transportation Authority Tax Half-

Cent Sales Tax

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$73.5 million first year; $26.3 million unincorporated share

Upcoming Committee Meetings

Pima County Transportation Advisory Committee Pima County Sales Tax Advisory Committee Tuesday, September 26, 2017 12:00 PM Abrams Public Health Center 3950 S. Country Club Road Tucson, Arizona Friday, September 29, 2017 9:30 AM Casas Church, Palo Verde Room 10801 N. La Cholla Blvd. Tucson, Arizona

Questions

Carmine DeBonis Jr. Deputy County Administrator for Public Works carmine.debonis@pima.gov