Item B: Funding Strategies for Transportation System Operations, Maintenance, and Preservation

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ongoing operations & maintenance activities. Subject to Measure 5 rate cap. Must be passed by a double majority at a non-general election or by a simple majority at a general election. Excise Taxes: - Could be assessed on gasoline and diesel at the pump Local Option Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax or at distributor level. Typically $.01 to $.03 per gallon in addition to state and federal taxes. Could contract with state Dept. of Revenue to administer & collect revenue. Constitution limits use to ?...construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation and use of public highways, roads, streets and roadside rest areas...? - Could tax gasoline, natural gas, fuel heating oil, coal and other fossil Carbon-based Fuel Tax fuels. Assessed in addition to state and federal taxes. Constitution limits use of revenues of the tax from motor vehicle fuel to ?...construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation and use of public highways, roads, streets and roadside rest areas...? Could be levied on providers of retail, commercial and non-profit services which Parking Tax - provide parking to customers or participants, and on industrial or fleet parking. Amount would be based on estimated share of use of transportation system as measured by trips generated. Can be based on actual number of parking spaces provided or by estimated trip generation based on land use classification. - Could be levied on the value of the sale of a vehicle.Constitution Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes limits use to ?...construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation and use of public highways, roads, streets and roadside rest areas...? - May be levied only by a county under ORS 803.445. Fee would be Vehicle Registration Fees collected by Department of Transportation. Under ORS 801.041 at least 40% of the revenue must be shared with cities within the county. Constitution limits use to ?...construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation and use of public highways, roads, streets and roadside rest areas...? Utility/Usage Fees: - Could be placed on all businesses, organizations and Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) households occupying property in the city. Amount of fee would be determined by property use classification, based on typical trip-generation potential. Revenue is typically used for maintenance, preservation and reconstruction of streets. May not be used to increase system capacity. - A broader version of the TUF. Could provide revenue for a broader range of Livability Fee city activities related to the transportation system, including streets, bike paths, street trees, lighting, traffic calming, medians, nodal development. Assessment would be based on estimated share of use of the whole system. H2