Or. Admin. Code § 732-044-0030 - Project Selection

(1) The Commission shall determine its investment priorities with input from the Public Transportation Advisory Committee prior to Agency public notice of grant solicitation for discretionary STIF moneys. The Commission's investment priorities are:

(a) Improvement of Public Transportation Service to Low-Income Households;

(b) Improved Coordination between Public Transportation Service Providers and reduced fragmentation of Public Transportation Services;

(c) Consistency with Oregon Public Transportation Plan goals, policies, and implementation plans, including:

(A) Integrated public transportation planning where affected communities planned or partnered to develop proposed Projects.

(B) Technological innovations that improve efficiencies and promote a seamless and easy to use Statewide Transit Network.

(C) Advancement of State greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.

(D) Support or improvement of a useful and well connected Statewide Transit Network;

(d) Operations Projects that do not substantially rely on discretionary state funding beyond a pilot phase;

(e) Geographic equity or an ability to leverage other funds (these factors apply when all other priorities are held equal); and

(f) Other factors as determined by the Commission.

(2) The Agency shall review applications for compliance with the Application Requirements described in OAR 732-044-0015. The Agency may ask the applicants to supply missing information or to provide clarification about the meaning or intent of any portion of an application. Applicants shall respond to Agency inquiries within the time frame described in the solicitation documents.

(3) The Agency shall make Project applications available to ACTs for review and comment to the Public Transportation Advisory Committee.

(4) The Agency shall prepare a recommendation to Public Transportation Advisory Committee with a prioritized list of applications to be accepted and applications to be rejected considering input from the Advisory Committees and ACTs.

(5) The Public Transportation Advisory Committee shall review and recommend a list of prioritized Projects for funding to the Commission, considering input from the Agency, Advisory Committees, and ACTs.

(6) The Commission shall determine the acceptance or rejection of grant applications for discretionary STIF moneys.

(7) The Agency shall email notice of the Commission's determination to applicants within seven days of the Commission's determination.

Notes

Or. Admin. Code § 732-044-0030

PTD 1-2018, adopt filed 06/26/2018, effective 7/1/2018

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 184.619, ORS 184.658 & ORS 184.761

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 184.751-184.766