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INFORMATIONAL
MEETING |
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TAPE 181,
182, A |
JUNE 5,
2003 8:30 AM STATE CAPITOL BUILDING
Members Present: Representative Lane Shetterly, Chair
Representative
Phil Barnhart
Representative
Vicki Berger
Representative
Pat Farr
Representative
Mark Hass
Representative
Elaine Hopson
Representative
Max Williams
Members Excused: Representative Joanne Verger, Vice
Chair
Representative
Wayne Scott, Vice Chair
Other Legislative Members Present:
Representative
Terry Beyer, Vice Chair
Representative
John Mabrey, Vice Chair
Representative
Jackie Dingfelder
Representative
George Gilman
Representative
Mitch Greenlick
Representative
Cliff Zauner
Witnesses Present: Tom Potiowsky, Office of Economic
Analysis
John
Merriss, Oregon Department of Transportation, (ODOT)
Staff Present: Paul
Warner, Legislative Revenue Officer
Richard
Yates, Legislative Revenue Office
Kathy
Tooley, Committee Assistant
TAPE 181, SIDE A
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Chair Shetterly |
Calls meeting to order at 9:40 a.m. |
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Richard Yates |
Described Highway Cost Allocation Study, (Exhibit 1), as completed by
ODOT, overseen by Tom Potiowsky and the Office of Economic Analysis. |
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Tom Potiowsky |
Provided background on operational management and composition of the
study review team with involvement by the stakeholders. Described the role of Department of
Administrative Service was to keep information flow open and accessible to
allow competing viewpoints to be expressed. |
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John Merriss |
Provided slide presentation of “2003 Oregon Highway Cost Allocation
Study”, (Page 1, Slide 1, Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Brief History of Oregon Road User Taxes, (Page
1, Slide 2, Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Current Oregon Road User Taxes”, (Page 1,
Slide 3, Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “What is Cost Responsibility”, (Page 2, Slide 4,
Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description “Oregon Highway Cost Allocation Studies”, (Page
2, Slide 5, Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Oregon Highway Cost Allocations Studies”,
(Page 1, Slide 6, Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description “Major Data Elements of a Highway Cost
Allocation Study”, (Page 3, Slide 7, Exhibit 2) |
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Merriss |
Provided description “Traffic Data”, (Page 3, Slide 8, Exhibit 2) |
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Merriss |
Provided description “Traffic Data”, (Page 3, Slide 9, Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Expenditure Program Data”, (Page 4, Slide 10, Exhibit
2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Allocation of Expenditures”, (Page 4, Slide 11,
Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Revenue Data”, (Page 4, Slide 12, Exhibit 2). Referred to page in (Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Basic Approach of Study”, (Page 5, Slide 13, Exhibit
2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “2003 Study Process”, (Page 5, Slide 14, Exhibit
2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Major Changes from 2001 Study”, (Page 5, Slide
15, Exhibit 2). |
TAPE 182, SIDE A
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Major Changes from 2001 Study”, (Page 6, Slide
16, Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Major Findings of 2003 Study”, (Page 6, Slide
17, Exhibit 2). |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Major Findings of 2003 Study”, (Page 6, Slide 18,
Exhibit 2). Detailed in Exhibit 6-1, Page 51 of the study, (Exhibit 1). |
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Rep. Greenlick |
Regarding the exhibit on Page 51, the very heavy vehicles seem to
significantly underpay; was that a concern among the trucking industry? |
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Merriss |
Pointed out the results for heavy vehicles above 105,500 pounds are misleading.
Due to construction of computer model it is not possible to attribute
registration fee revenues to those vehicles. |
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Rep. Gilman |
The heaviest vehicles are only paying 76% of what they should be
paying, is that correct, 104,000 pounds? |
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Merriss |
That is correct. |
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Rep. Gilman |
On the bridge study by the City of Eugene, there is a lot of cracking
to bridges built in 60’s, do they allocate cause to overweight vehicles? |
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Merriss |
Answered affirmatively. Consultants
looked at design for three different types of new bridges. Study Review Team (SRT) took results and
allocated a higher percent of cost to replace bridges. Based on heavy trucks have accelerated need
for bridge replacements. Don’t
believe heavy trucks are totally responsible for bridge replacement
situation; there are many factors. |
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Yates |
As member of SRT, I don’t buy that argument (Merriss), But agreed
with argument once you replace a bridge, the life is reduced by heavy vehicle
traffic on the bridge and therefore has a higher responsibility for the cost
of replacing a bridge because the tail-end which is available to automobiles
if only light vehicles were allowed on the bridge. |
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Merriss |
That is perhaps a better way of looking at it. |
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Rep. Mabry |
Trucks in 72-74000 pound range pay 210% of allocated costs; Trucks in
90-92,000 pound paid 61%. Seems like that would create a conflict in the
trucking industry. Is it a matter or
needing to adjust registration fees or is it the system is the way it is and
live with it? |
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Merriss |
Bob Russell, of the Trucking Association, might be better to address
the question. There will always be imbalances within the individual 2000 pound
truck weight classes. Up to the Legislature to implement the detailed results
or on a more aggregated level. There aren’t a lot of miles in either one of
those two weight classes. That may be
part of reason for ratio swings. |
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Chair Shetterly |
Constitutionally, our charge is to maintain the balance between the broad
categories of light and heavy, not constitutionally charged to maintain
equity within the categories. |
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Merriss |
Affirmed. |
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Zauner |
If steel studs are banned the savings is only $10 million a year. |
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Merriss |
Allocated expenditures to repair studded tire damage, not actual cost
of damage. |
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Zauner |
Could you guess what damage is done by steel studs? |
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Merriss |
There have been numerous studies trying to determine that, range is
from $15 million annually to as high a 40 million, difficult to determine. |
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Chair Shetterly |
Don’t measure cost of unrepaired portion of damage caused by studded
tires. |
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Merriss |
Provided description of 3 equally valid possible methods for getting
back in balance to the cost responsibility results, “Major Findings of 2003
Study”, (Page 7, Slide 19, Exhibit 2). |
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Yates |
In terms of bill just passed out of Transportation Committee, the third
approach is conceptually the approach used. |
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Merriss |
Provided description, “Concluding Thoughts on Cost Responsibility”,
(Page 7, Slide 20, Exhibit 2). |
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Chair Shetterly |
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m. |
Tape Log Submitted by,
Kathy Tooley, Committee
Assistant
Exhibit Summary:
1.
Potiowsky,
Yates, Merriss, “Volume 1: Final
Report, 2003 Oregon Highway Cost Allocation Study”, prepared by ODOT and
ECONorthwest, 65 pages
2.
Merriss,
“Presentation on 2003 Oregon Highway Cost Allocation Study”, 7 pages