Douglas County Road Maintenance Funding

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Douglas CountyRoad Maintenance Funding

• June 27, 2011

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Overview

• Roads in Douglas County
• Recap road maintenance challenges
• Funding options and Board direction
• Next Steps
• Questions and comments

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Roads in Douglas County

• Douglas County (231 miles)
• Johnson Lane
• Stephanie Way
• Buckeye Road
• Waterloo Lane
• State of Nevada (102 miles)
• Highway 395
• Highway 88
• Highway 207

• Towns (40 miles)
• Lucerne
• Esmeralda
• Chichester
• GIDs (138 miles)
• South Sunridge (IHGID)
• Blue Rock (GRGID)
• Tramway (KGID)
• Private/HOAs (106 miles)

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Pavement Condition IndexDouglas County PCI 62
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Visual Example of PCI Scale
PCI 98, Jacks Valley Road
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Visual Example of PCI Scale
PCI 60, Hermosa Court
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Visual Example of PCI Scale
PCI 9, Waterloo Lane
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Pavement Condition Results
Network Area-Weighted PCI 62 (Fair)
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Pavement Condition vs. Cost of Repair
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PCI vs. Level of Maintenance
PCI Maintenance Activity Typical Work
86-100 Preventive Maintenance Crack Sealing, Patching, Grade Shoulders
56-85 Preventive/Corrective Maintenance Chip Seals, Slurry Seals, Overlays
0-55 Major Rehabilitation, Reconstruction Thick Overlays, Reconstruction, Stop Gap Maintenance (Safety)
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Priority Matrix
PCI Arterial Collector Local Budget Category
86-100 4 5 6 Localized Preventive Maintenance
86-100 0.0 5.2 11.9 Localized Preventive Maintenance
86-100 Localized Preventive Maintenance
56-85 1 2 3 Global Preventive MR
56-85 0.7 21.2 25.3 Global Preventive MR
56-85 Global Preventive MR
0-55 7 8 9 Major MR
0-55 0.0 12.3 23.4 Major MR
0-55 Major MR
1 Highest Priority, 9 Lowest Priority 1 Highest Priority, 9 Lowest Priority 1 Highest Priority, 9 Lowest Priority 1 Highest Priority, 9 Lowest Priority 1 Highest Priority, 9 Lowest Priority
Network Pavement Area Network Pavement Area Network Pavement Area Network Pavement Area Network Pavement Area

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Budget Analysis
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Funding Comparisons
Agency Miles Maintained Miles Maintained Miles Maintained Miles Maintained Approximate Annual Preventive Maintenance Funding (not including routine maintenance) Total Spent Per Mile
Agency Paved/ Chip Seal Grindings Gravel/Dirt Total Approximate Annual Preventive Maintenance Funding (not including routine maintenance) Total Spent Per Mile
Douglas County 171 43 17 231 300,000 to 350,000 1,515
Lyon County 285 10 248 543 1,400,000 to 1,800,000 3,315
Town of Minden 14.5 0 0 14.5 300,000 to 500,000 34,482
Town of Gardnerville 20 0 0 20 300,000 to 500,000 25,000
Gardnerville Ranchos GID 43 0 0 43 500,000 to 900,000 20,930
Kingsbury GID 22 0 0 22 600,000 to 750,000 34,090
Round Hill GID 4.4 0 0 4.4 200,000 to 250,000 56,818
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Potential Funding Options

• Utility Operator Fee
• NRS 354.59881
• 1 800,000 per year
• Gas Tax
• NRS 373.030
• 0.05 per gallon 900,000 per year
• Infrastructure Tax
• NRS 377B.100
• 0.25 sales tax 1,300,000 per year

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Gas Tax

• History
• State law allows up to 0.09 per gallon on all
  motor vehicle fuel sold within a county
• Douglas County implemented 0.02 in 1970 and
  increased to 0.04 in 1986
• Attempted to increase by 0.05 in 1993 and 2002,
  but was denied by voters
• Current 0.04 per gallon is used for road
  maintenance and repair
• How is it assessed?
• Per gallon of motor vehicle fuel sold within
  Douglas County

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Gas Tax

• How much would it generate?
• 0.05 per gallon approximately 900,000 per
  year
• How could new revenue be used?
• Road maintenance and repair (overlays, chip
  seals, slurry seals)
• Construction of new roads

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Gas Tax

• What would be the impact on consumers?
• Motor vehicle fuel prices are driven largely by
  market, supply and regional competition dynamics
• Fuel prices in surrounding counties are
  comparable to Douglas County most have higher
  local gas taxes
• Comparable data
• 10 of 17 counties in Nevada have implemented the
  full 0.09 per gallon
• Douglas County collects 0.04 per gallon
• Carson City collects 0.09 per gallon
• Lyon County collects 0.09 per gallon
• Washoe County collects 0.1072 per gallon
  (higher due to indexing)

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Gas Tax

• Board direction
• Board of County Commissioners has directed staff
  to develop an ordinance to increase motor vehicle
  fuel tax by 0.05
• Could be implemented in phases over time

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Next Steps

• Introduce ordinance for 0.05 per gallon gas tax
  in July
• Business Notification Letter
• 15-day response period for businesses to submit
  comments
• Business Impact Statement
• 2nd reading to adopt ordinance in August

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Comments and Questions?
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Current Road Funding

• Road Operating Fund
• 0.0635 mandatory gas tax
• 1 of Carson Valley room tax collections
• Regional Transportation Fund
• 0.04 local option gas tax
• 500 per unit Road Residential Construction tax
• 0.50 per square foot Commercial Construction tax

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