system. Currently, SHTF revenues are not increasing with inflation and federal forest <br />receipts are declining. <br />46. According to estimates prepared for the TransPlan Finance Committee, about 130 miles <br />of roads (about 15 percent of the system) are currently in need of either resurfacing or <br />reconstruction with an estimated cost of $61 million in 1995 dollars. <br />47. Funding allocations of state cigarette tax revenues designated for special need transit <br />services are guided by the Special Transportation Fund Advisory Committee as per ORS <br />391.800 to 391.830 and OAR 732-005, 732-010, and 732-020 governing the Special <br />Transportation Fund Program. <br />48. Currently, systems development charge (SDC) methodologies charge new development <br />only for the city's portion of the arterial-collector system; metropolitan area state and <br />county facilities are excluded from the calculation of SDC rates; and assessments only <br />partially fund projects that are improving existing facilities to urban standards. <br />49. Focus groups convened during the TransPlan update process expressed the preference for <br />mixed-use development to be encouraged and facilitated rather than required. Offering <br />financial incentives and other support for nodal development is consistent with focus <br />groups responses. <br />50. Under the TEA 21, 10 percent of Surface Transportation Program funds allocated to the <br />state must be used for transportation enhancement activities, including construction of <br />facilities for bicycles and pedestrians, but a local match is required. State funding for <br />bikeways is primarily limited to Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) highway <br />funds, which are used mainly for adding bicycle lanes to existing and new streets, but <br />maybe used for other bicycle projects in the right-of-way. Local jurisdictions may also <br />fund bikeways through the local road construction and maintenance budget and from <br />general funds, park district Rinds, special bond levies, and SDCs. Regarding transit, <br />Tr'ansPlan anticipates that discretionary federal grant Rinds will pay for up to 80 percent <br />of the capital cost of the BRT system, based on trends in federal funding for LTD capital <br />projects over the last ten years. <br />Policies <br />F.33 Support development of a stable and flexible transportation finance system that provides <br />adequate resources for transportation needs identified in TransPlan. <br />F.34 Operate and maintain transportation facilities in a way that reduces the need for more <br />expensive future repair. <br />F.35 Set priorities for investment of ODOT and federal revenues programmed in the region's <br />Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to address safety and major capacity <br />problems on the region's transportation system. <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) 111-F-13 Page 225 <br />