File #: File ID 1034    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 4/10/2013 In control: County Administrator
On agenda: 5/14/2013 Final action: 5/14/2013
Title: Transportation Funding Report Staff recommends the following: A. Continue to allocate $5 million annually from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for road maintenance. B. Continue to request that the State Legislature partially or fully return to Pima County the $38 million in HURF revenues that have been swept since 2002. C. Request that the Arizona Legislature pass legislation to maintain the one-cent per gallon excise tax previously earmarked for the USTAA and provide the estimated annual revenue of $29 million from this tax to the state, cities, towns and counties for pavement repair and maintenance. D. Request that the Arizona Legislature increase the state gasoline tax by 10 cents to coincide with the 29.7 cents per gallon average gasoline tax of surrounding states. E. Consider in any new funding initiative, such as renewal of the Regional Transportation Authority tax, a significant allocation of new revenues toward pavement preservation and repa...
Attachments: 1. CA_TransportationFundingReport, 2. CA_TransportationFundingReportMemo, 3. CA_Memorandum-CAAdditionalMaterial
Title
Transportation Funding Report
Staff recommends the following:
  1. Continue to allocate $5 million annually from the General Fund to the Department of Transportation for road maintenance.
  1. Continue to request that the State Legislature partially or fully return to Pima County the $38 million in HURF revenues that have been swept since 2002.
  1. Request that the Arizona Legislature pass legislation to maintain the one-cent per gallon excise tax previously earmarked for the USTAA and provide the estimated annual revenue of $29 million from this tax to the state, cities, towns and counties for pavement repair and maintenance.
  1. Request that the Arizona Legislature increase the state gasoline tax by 10 cents to coincide with the 29.7 cents per gallon average gasoline tax of surrounding states.
  1. Consider in any new funding initiative, such as renewal of the Regional Transportation Authority tax, a significant allocation of new revenues toward pavement preservation and repair in an amount not less than $500 million to be distributed in accordance with assessed value, population or a combination thereof among the various local governments maintaining and operating streets and highways in Pima County.
  1. Consider any of the funding options provided to the Board in the April 10, 2012 report titled, “Need for Increased Investment in Transportation and Highway Maintenance.”