PROPOSED RULES
Original Notice.
Preproposal statement of inquiry was filed as WSR 04-12-064.
Title of Rule and Other Identifying Information: Modifying the methodology used when allocating funds in the arterial improvement program, pedestrian safety and mobility program, and the transportation partnership program.
Hearing Location(s): The Senior Center, 401 West 2nd Street, Grandview, WA, (509) 882-9230, on September 16, 2004, at 9:00 a.m.
Date of Intended Adoption: September 16, 2004.
Submit Written Comments to: Stevan Gorcester, Executive Director, P.O. Box 40901, Olympia, WA 98504-0901, e-mail SteveG@tib.wa.gov, fax (360) 586-1165, by September 9, 2004.
Assistance for Persons with Disabilities: Contact Eileen Bushman by September 9, 2004, (360) 586-1146.
Purpose of the Proposal and Its Anticipated Effects, Including Any Changes in Existing Rules: Through surveys and customer comments, the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) has identified several changes to the management of its programs. Streamlining the allocation methodology allows local agency customers to better understand how the TIB funds are allocated. The new methodology was developed in consultation with local agency representatives and does not significantly change the net distribution to the regions. The distribution will be based on population and functionally classified lane miles within the urban area of the region. A third factor, the needs factor, will no longer be included in the calculation that determines the distribution to regions in the arterial improvement program. Removes fixed distribution factors from the pedestrian safety and mobility program and the transportation partnership program for a methodology based on population and functionally classified lane miles.
Makes changes to: WAC 479-12-130 Apportionment of funds to arterial improvement program regions, 479-12-430 Apportionment of funds to pedestrian safety and mobility program regions, and 479-14-130 Apportionment of funds to transportation partnership program regions.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: Simplification and streamlining the existing distribution process makes it easier for customers to understand how funds are distributed.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 47.26 RCW.
Rule is not necessitated by federal law, federal or state court decision.
Name of Proponent: Washington State Transportation Improvement Board, governmental.
Name of Agency Personnel Responsible for Drafting and Implementation: Richard Struna, 505 Union Avenue S.E., Suite 350, Olympia, WA 98501-1428, (360) 586-1155; Enforcement: Stevan Gorcester, 505 Union Avenue S.E., Suite 350, Olympia, WA 98501-1428, (360) 586-1139.
No small business economic impact statement has been prepared under chapter 19.85 RCW. Customers are local government entities.
A cost-benefit analysis is not required under RCW 34.05.328. Not required under RCW 34.05.328(5).
July 16, 2004
Richard Struna
Financial Officer
OTS-7265.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 99-24-038, filed 11/23/99,
effective 12/24/99)
WAC 479-12-130
Apportionment of funds to arterial
improvement program regions.
((Beginning 1995, every four
years, the board shall determine the distribution formula to
apportion unobligated arterial trust account funds to each
urban region. The distribution formula shall be defined in
the following manner:
(1) One-third of the ratio shall be the population the urban areas of each region bears to the total population of all urban areas of the state as last determined by the office of financial management;
(2) One-third of the ratio shall be the vehicle to mile ratio traveled on the classified arterial system within the urban areas of each region, compared to the total vehicle to mile ratio traveled on all classified urban arterial systems;
(3) One-third of the ratio shall be an actual or historical indicator of needs within the region as determined by the board.
The distribution of funds within each region shall be administered so as to permit complete arterial improvement program projects in each arterial classification to be authorized and funded.)) Apportionment of funds to arterial improvement program regions shall be defined in the following manner:
(1) One-half of the ratio shall be the population of the urban areas of each region divided by the total population of all urban areas of the state as last determined by the office of financial management;
(2) One-half of the ratio shall be the amount of functionally classified lane miles of the arterial system within the urban areas of each region, divided by the total lane miles for the entire functionally classified urban arterial system;
(3) A region's allocation can be adjusted by up to five percent. Beginning 2004, regional allocations will be reviewed every five years to compensate for changes in project participation.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters 47.26 and 47.66 RCW. 99-24-038, § 479-12-130, filed 11/23/99, effective 12/24/99.]
(1) One-half of the ratio shall be the population of the urban areas of each region divided by the total population of all urban areas of the state as last determined by the office of financial management;
(2) One-half of the ratio shall be the amount of functionally classified lane miles of the arterial system within the urban areas of each region, divided by the total lane miles for the entire functionally classified urban arterial system;
(3) A region's allocation can be adjusted by up to five percent. Beginning 2004, regional allocations will be reviewed every five years to compensate for changes in project participation.
Of the funds obligated to pedestrian safety and mobility projects within small cities, the amount apportioned to projects in a region will be within plus or minus five percent of the ratio which the population of cities under five thousand in a region bears to the statewide population for cities under five thousand as last determined by the office of financial management.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. 03-16-077, § 479-12-430, filed 8/4/03, effective 9/4/03. Statutory Authority: Chapters 47.26 and 47.66 RCW. 99-24-038, § 479-12-430, filed 11/23/99, effective 12/24/99.]
OTS-7266.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 00-22-001, filed 10/19/00,
effective 11/19/00)
WAC 479-14-130
Apportionment of funds to transportation
partnership program regions.
Of the funds in the program,
((forty percent will be allocated to projects on a statewide
basis and then, at least fifteen percent will be allocated to
projects in the east region, at least fifteen percent to
projects in the west region, and approximately thirty percent
to projects in the Puget Sound region)) the amount apportioned
to projects in a region shall be defined in the following
manner:
(1) One-half of the ratio shall be the population of the urban areas of each region divided by the total population of all urban areas of the state as last determined by the office of financial management;
(2) One-half of the ratio shall be the amount of functionally classified lane miles of the arterial system within the urban areas of each region, divided by the total lane miles for the entire functionally classified urban arterial system;
(3) A region's allocation can be adjusted by up to five percent. Beginning 2004, regional allocations will be reviewed every five years to compensate for changes in project participation.
Regionally significant transportation projects submitted for funding by the TIB and approved by the legislature are exempt from the regional distribution formula.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter 47.26 RCW. 00-22-001, § 479-14-130, filed 10/19/00, effective 11/19/00. Statutory Authority: Chapters 47.26 and 47.66 RCW. 99-24-038, § 479-14-130, filed 11/23/99, effective 12/24/99.]