SENATE COMMITTEE ON

TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

January 30, 2003 Hearing Room C

8:00 AM Tapes 14, 15, 16

MEMBERS PRESENT: Sen. Rick Metsger, Chair

Sen. Bruce Starr, Vice-Chair

Sen. Ryan Deckert

Sen. David Nelson

STAFF PRESENT: Amy Joyce, Committee Administrator

Annastasia Suess, Committee Assistant

MEASURE/ISSUES HEARD: Informational Meeting

Road User Fee Task Force

Innovative Transportation Finance Committee

SB 80 – Public Hearing and Work Session

SB 180 – Public Hearing

These minutes are in compliance with Senate and House Rules. Only text enclosed in quotation marks reports a speaker’s exact words. For complete contents, please refer to the tapes.

TAPE/#	Speaker	Comments
TAPE 14, A
050	Chair Metsger	Calls the committee to order at 8:02 a.m. and opens an informational meeting.
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
020	Jim Whitty	Administrator for the Road User Fee Task Force and Innovative Transportation Finance Committee, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Begins presentation on Oregon Road Revenue Sources (EXHIBITS A, B, C).
070	Whitty	Continues discussion on Revenue Sources: · Highway fuel revenue · Parameters for a new road revenue system · How fee collection would work · Fee issues for resolution · Targeted revenue sources
340	Whitty	Concludes.
350	Chair Metsger	Asks if an overall percent average for out-of-state rental car users would be less in the long run.
375	Whitty	Comments on odometer tampering and the cost burden to the state. States that there are several methods of collections under consideration.
TAPE 15, A
010	Chair Metsger	Comments on the design of the system.
020	Sen. B. Starr	Asks for information on what other states are doing, and how Oregon compares.
030	Whitty	Responds.
035	Chair Metsger	Closes informational hearing and opens a public hearing on SB 80.
SB 80 - PUBLIC HEARING
050	Amy Joyce	Committee Administrator. Provides a summary of SB 80.
080	Jean Work	Manager, Oregon Employment Department, Medford Office. Provides written testimony in favor of SB 80 (EXHIBIT D).
100	Eric Olson	Vice President of Goodwill Work Force Development. Provides testimony in favor of SB 80.
110	Chair Metsger	Closes public hearing on SB 80 and opens a work session on SB 80.
SB 80 - WORK SESSION
112	Sen. B. Starr	MOTION: Moves to ADOPT SB 80-2 amendments dated 1/28/03.
		VOTE: 4-0
115	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
115	Sen. B. Starr	MOTION: Moves SB 80 to the floor with a DO PASS AS AMENDED recommendation.
		VOTE: 4-0
120	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED. SEN. METSGER will lead discussion on the floor.
122	Sen. B. Starr	MOTION: Moves SB 80 be placed on the CONSENT CALENDAR.
		VOTE: 4-0
129	Chair Metsger	Hearing no objection, declares the motion CARRIED.
135	Chair Metsger	Closes work session and opens a public hearing on SB 180.
SB 180 - PUBLIC HEARING
140	Joyce	Provides a summary of SB 180.
180	Sen. Kate Brown	District 21. Provides written testimony in favor of SB 180 (EXHIBIT E).
190	Sen. Nelson	Comments on cities and counties affected by SB 180.
210	Justin Martin	Intergovernmental Affairs Director of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community. Provides written testimony in support of SB 180 (EXHIBIT F).
270	Mark Johnston	Health and Human Services Director of Confederated Tribe of Coos Bay, Lower Umpqua and Suislaw. Provides testimony in support of SB 180.
300	Roger Martin	Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR). Provides testimony in support of SB 180.
380	Chair Metsger	Asks the status of the funds if the tribal entity does not have an elderly group.
400	R. Martin	Responds.
TAPE 14, B
010	Chair Metsger	Clarifies the set up of the system.
015	Sen. B. Starr	Asks for the amounts of grants for the transportation districts.
020	R. Martin	Responds.
030	Martin Loring	ODOT, Public Transit Division. Provides written testimony in support of SB 180 (EXHIBIT G).
090	Chair Metsger	Asks for clarification on formula change estimates.
100	M. Loring	Answers.
105	Chair Metsger	Asks for clarification on the standard qualifications for services.
108	M. Loring	Responds.
110	Jim Beard	Comprehensive Planning Manager of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. Provides written testimony in support of SB 180. (EXHIBIT H).
170	Beard	Continues testimony.
205	Louie Pitt, Jr.	Director of Government Affairs and Planning for the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. Provides written testimony in favor of SB 180 (EXHIBIT I).
315	Bill Penhollow	Association of Oregon Counties. Provides testimony, neither in favor nor against. States several counties have expressed concerns about the bill and asks for more time for counties to reconsider.
370	Andrea Fogue	League of Oregon Counties. States the League is neutral; however the fiscal impact is different than first presented and asks for more time for counties to reconsider.
400	Chair Metsger	Asks that city and county concerns be brought before the committee before SB 180 is moved.
TAPE 15, B
030	Sen. Deckert	Expresses the need for cities and counties to come forward to discuss government to government relations from SB 770 last session.
040	Sen. Nelson	Clarifies his view on the sovereign nations. States the need to develop a partnership.
050	Chair Metsger	Closes public hearing on SB 180 and reopens informational meeting.
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
075	Whitty	Provides written overview of the Innovative Transportation Finance Committee (EXHIBIT J).
120	Whitty	Continues discussion on the Innovative Transportation Finance Committee: · Background on the Committee · Private Sector Tools · ODOT Innovative Partnerships Unit · Project Screening · Selection of Partners · Roles and Responsibilities · New Innovative Finance Mechanisms · Future Activities
220	Whitty	Concludes testimony.
222	John Carter	Representing the Innovative Transportation Finance Committee. Provides testimony on the Innovative Finance committee, summarizing the committees workload.
TAPE 16, A
100	Carter	Concludes testimony.
105	Chair Metsger	Comments on the work done by the committee.
140	Sen. Nelson	Comments on OHSU testimony on previous day, compares the private and public partnerships involved.
160	Chair Metsger	Closes the informational hearing and adjourns the meeting at 10:01 a.m.

EXHIBIT SUMMARY

A – ODOT, slide show, J. Whitty, 40 pp

B – ODOT, written testimony, J. Whitty, 9 pp

C – ODOT, written testimony, J. Whitty, 185 pp

D – Transportation, written testimony, J. Work, 2 pp

E – SB 180, written testimony, Sen. K. Brown, 1 p

F – SB 180, written testimony, J. Martin, 2 pp

G – SB 180, written testimony, M. Loring, 1 p

H – SB 180, written testimony, J. Beard, 5 pp

I – SB 180, written testimony, L. Pitt, 1 p

J – Transportation, written testimony, J. Whitty, 6 pp