MICHELLE GIGUERE

MARCH 22, 2014

OSO LANDSLIDE•Worst single slide in the history of the State of Washington•270 million cubic feet of mountain collapsed and moved through the valley in less than 2 minues

•Mud and Debris moved at over 60 mph and went all the way up the other side of the valley and then ran back down into it

•270 million cubic feet is equivalent to the volume of 270 ModaCenters in Portland

•43 people died•For two weeks it was unclear how many people were missing•The slide cut off a small timber town, Darrington, from direct access to I-5

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

STATE OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION

THE DEMOCRATS

THE DEMOCRATS: DELEGATE COUNT

Source: The New York Times

THE DEMOCRATS: UPCOMING CONTESTS Florida

Source: FiveThirtyEight

THE DEMOCRATS: UPCOMING CONTESTS Illinois

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THE DEMOCRATS: UPCOMING CONTESTS North Carolina

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THE DEMOCRATS: UPCOMING CONTESTS Ohio

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THE REPUBLICANS

THE REPUBLICANS: DELEGATE COUNT

Source: The New York Times

THE REPUBLICANS: UPCOMING CONTESTS Florida

Source: FiveThirtyEight

THE REPUBLICANS: UPCOMING CONTESTS Illinois

Source: FiveThirtyEight

THE REPUBLICANS: UPCOMING CONTESTS North Carolina

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THE REPUBLICANS: UPCOMING CONTESTS Ohio

Source: FiveThirtyEight

INDIVIDUAL SPENDING BILLS, CONTINUING

RESOLUTIONS, OR AN OMNIBUS? OH, AND AN

ELECTION TO BOOT

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says budget talks will be tabled until mid-April

FAST ACT:FIXING AMERICA’S

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

•5 years - $281 Billion•New Freight Formula program - $6.2 Billion over 5 years•New Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects Program --Discretionary/Competitive Grants - $4.5 Billion over 5 years

•First grant round out, called FASTLANE•$800 million•Applications due April 14•Awards made in September due to statutory deadline•Who can apply? Are there limits?•Large projects - $100 million minimum, minimum grant size $25 million•Small projects – overall project is less than $100 million, minimum grant size is $5 million

•New and interesting? Ports can apply•Must be on NHS, or on the National Highway Freight Network list (mostly Interstates)•Freight, intermodal freight, intermodal interchanges, RR grade crossings, and RR at grade crossings are all eligible

•Rigorous criterion including all the normal NEPA/BCA/Readiness, etc.•Readiness is defined as going to construction 18 months after obligation of funds

FAST

ACT

NEW FREIGHT PLANS•Status must update their freight plans by December, 2017, to remain eligible for freight funds

•Must include performance measurements•Must address national freight goals•Requires 5-year inventory plan for freight mobility issues, including a list of all surface transportation facilities with mobility issues

•States are allowed to add additional miles to the national map if they are Critical Rural Freight Corridors

•Can also add mileage for Critical Urban Freight Corridors

TIGER GRANTS—ROUND VIII

TIGER GRANTS--- ROUND VIII•$500 million NOFA out, applications are due April 29•20% of the funds are reserved for rural projects, with no non-federal match requirement, minimum project size is $1 million for rural

•Mirrors criterion/eligibility of last several rounds of TIGER•Like prior rounds, will be completely oversubscribed and extremely competitive

•Rounds I-VII of TIGER provided $4.6 Billion for 381 projects in all 50 States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico

•In those rounds, 6,700 applications sought $134 Billion in funding•Can apply for FASTLANE and TIGER for same project

TIFIA:TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE

FINANCE AND INNOVATION ACT

Why mention TIFIA?

• Provides secured loans, loan guarantees, and Letters of Credit

•Program used to be off limits to many entities due to the minimum project size of $50 million

• Now projects are eligible for a smaller project size than $50 million

•Local projects, rural projects, and Transit Oriented Development (TOD) projects can now all apply for the TIFIA program

•Can be used to infuse funds into the rural part of a State Infrastructure Bank

•$1.45 Billion over 5 years with an ongoing or “rolling” application period

•Highway, passenger rail, transit, intermodal, and private rail facilities with a public benefit to highway users, surface improvements within a Port area, ITS,TOD, intercity bus or rail facilities and vehicles are all eligible.

•In addition, a series or combination of the above modes can be grouped together for an application as long as they are all related to the financing pledge

TIFI

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MINIMUM PROJECT SIZESTOD - $10 millionLocal - $10 millionRural - $10 millionITS - $15 million

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FY2017

BUDGET

USACOE FY2017 BUDGET: STATISTICS$1.369 Billion under the FY’16 omnibus amountAPPA and AAPA disappointed in overall budget numbers for 2017O&M– is at one of highest levels ever but still under last yearLike all years, Sect. D’Arcy and General Bostick have been making their visits to House and Senate authorizers and appropriationsMuch better reviews than last year on the Chief’s report putting forward 30 projects for approval in 2016 with 30 in the appendix as opposed to 2015 with only 19 projects put forward and 95 in the appendixSmaller ports along the coast still underfunded, but 6 are included in the President’s budget requestThat said, Gen. Bostick told the Senate the other day that $19.7 billion is needed to complete only CURRENT projects.

USACOE BUDGET: GENERAL

FRUSTRATION“Irresponsible” “Infrastructure negligence”“Unhelpful at best”

FAA REAUTHORIZATION AND BUDGETCurrent law expires at the end of the monthBoth House and Senate going to be working on extensions this week because due to the upcoming Easter recess – real deadline is this Friday, March 18Looks like House will extend authority to July 15 w/taxing and revenue extended for a year – which could point to further extensionsSen. Commerce will markup a 2-year bill on Wednesday Supposed to have bipartisan support, with no ATC reform, goal to be on floor early April

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