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Planning Department

150 E. Main Street, 4th Floor

Hillsboro, Oregon 97123-3999

Phone: 503/681-6400 FAX: 503/681-6431

CITY OF HILLSBORO

STAFF REPORT

February 28, 2012 TO: Transportation Committee FROM: Don Odermott, PE Transportation Planning Engineer RE: Authorization to Submit a TIGER IV Grant Application US26/Brookwood-Helvetia Interchange (Silicon Forest Interchange Modernization)

Staff is seeking direction from the Transportation Committee with regard to potential submittal of a grant application for the federal TIGER IV program (Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery). The program announcement has been made in recent weeks by Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), and is on an expedited schedule. Pre-Application deadline was February 20th. Staff submitted a pre-application for the Silicon Forest Modernization project (SIM) as a placeholder until formal authorization could be considered by the Transportation Committee at its February 28th Committee meeting. The deadline for submittal of a final grant application is March 19th. Notification of awards is anticipated in late Spring to early Summer 2012. Background: In October of 2011, the City of Hillsboro submitted a $15 Million TIGER III grant application to the US Department of Transportation. The application leverages current state and local funding contributions, comprised of the existing $45 Million Oregon Jobs and Transportation Act (state funding) and City Traffic Impact Fee funds totaling $2.65 Million. Minimum local match requires 20% local funding, or $3 Million. The local funding match offered by this application would equal approximately 76%. Hillsboro’s local match is time constrained, as the state and local funding is being spent as work progresses on the interchange and improvements to NW 253rd Avenue. By mid-2013, significant portions of the local match will have been expended reducing the effectiveness of the current high “over-match”. Also, there remains no certainty that subsequent TIGER grant opportunities will be available, though staff notes that “earmarks” are no longer being considered in Washington DC while competitive grants, such as TIGER, seem to be the interim replacement. Hillsboro’s TIGER III grant, a copy of which is attached to this application, proposes to utilize the requested federal funds to supplant state funding for elements of the phased improvement located at the actual interchange (i.e. the structure widening, loop offramp construction, etc.). The addition of federal funds would free up less restrictive state funding which would then be transferred to either the City or the County to fund supporting road network improvements. Federal funds would be used on the interchange Base Improvements both due to the ability to be used for construction by 2013 (TIGER requirement) and due to the fact that the Base

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Silicon Forest Interchange Modernization February 28, 2012

Improvements will be the only area improvements supported by the full federal array of National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) requirements. The attached “Red and Blue Exhibit of the Interchange Area Map” illustrates interchange “Base Improvements” in Red, with supporting improvements being considered through the Interchange Area Master Plan (IAMP) shown in Blue. The Blue improvements remain to be formally confirmed through the IAMP’s technical and public involvement process, One additional improvement not shown on the exhibit, but seemingly becoming a Red improvement is the potential obligation to reconstruct Groveland Road in the interchange’s northwest quadrant. Deed record research seems to indicate that ODOT has previously granted “direct access” rights to a number of tax lots located along Groveland Road, assuring direct access to Helvetia Road. ODOT and Washington County are considering this information and may determine an obligation to include this new road relocation as a new “Base Improvement” element at the interchange. Estimated costs are currently ranging from around $3 Million to $5 Million. ODOT’s most recent cost estimate, which did not include the Groveland realignment, anticipates that the $45 Million would cover the Red improvements with potentially $6 Million to $7 Million remaining available. While not yet confirmed, the Groveland Road obligation may require first use of any remaining funds. Preliminarily, indications remain favorable that the IAMP advisory group and ODOT are considering any remaining funds to augment Hillsboro’s $1.8 Million for the 253rd Avenue corridor improvements. The estimated funding gap of 253rd is $2 Million to $3 Million. Combined, it is highly likely that the full $45 Million would be expended to support the Red improvements, Groveland Road, and hopefully complete funding for 253rd Avenue. Additional local funding efforts are underway in Salem at the Legislative session. SB1543A contains potential additional funding for the Brookwood Interchange. Specifically, Senator Starr has been working diligently to allow cost savings from the US26 Highway widening project (185th to Cornell) to be reassigned to the Brookwood Interchange. City staff have been assisting the Senator through testimony at committee hearings, and through coordinating local business support. According to Matt Garrett, Director of ODOT, this could potentially add an additional $4 Million to the project’s funding once the Highway widening project finalizes in the fall of 2012. Final action on SB 1543 A may occur before the Transportation Committee’s hearing on February 28th, so staff will provide an update at the hearing. Staff has recommended that this additional funding be used to first complete 253rd Avenue funding needs, which will allow for the closure of the Meek Road connection to Brookwood thereby improving safety for area residents. Secondly, City staff has recommended that any supplemental state funding be used to construct an extension of the third southbound travel lane being accommodated through the overpass structure widening. Presently, the structure will be widened, but ODOT’s scope does not include a “receiving lane” to allow the third lane on the structure to be put into operation. This improvement will expand the employment capacity south of the interchange from approximately 5,000 to 7,000 new jobs (with Base Improvements), to around 12,000 to 14,000 jobs. Federal TIGER funds, if successful, would then be used to purchase rights of way, design, and construct area “Blue Improvements” once they are identified and confirmed through the IAMP

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Silicon Forest Interchange Modernization February 28, 2012

process and subsequent amendments to the City and County Transportation System Plans (TSPs). Order of magnitude cost estimates indicate that $15 Million, managed through either City or County project delivery methodology (not ODOT’s which requires full NEPA processes) may be able to accomplish completion of Schaaf Road (Helvetia to Century), Helvetia Road 5-lane extension (realigned Jacobson to Schaaf Road), new Connector (Jacobson to Schaaf), and Huffman Road (Brookwood to 253rd). Improvements would include minimum of two travel lanes and bike lanes, but would likely require curbs, piped storm drainage, sidewalks, street lights, and street trees/planters to be completed by adjoining private development. This allows the public investment to leverage additional private sector capital, while providing basic transportation infrastructure necessary to support successful development of the adjacent regionally significant industrial lands. Hillsboro staff and its Washington DC representatives, McBee Strategic, met in January with senior staff from Federal Highway for a debrief on Hillsboro’s TIGER III application. Federal Highway viewed the SIM application to be highly competitive and encouraged its re-submittal in the potential TIGER IV program (not yet confirmed back in January). If the Transportation Committee authorizes staff to proceed with submittal of a TIGER IV application, staff intends to award an $8,500 contract extension to McBee Strategic to assist the City in preparing enhancements to the application (TIGER IV allows for 5 additional pages of application materials). City staff, with the assistance of McBee, will engage with Metro staff to hopefully improve the SIM project’s support at the regional level, and will seek to provide a project briefing to Senator Bonamici in the coming weeks. The other potential major improvement to the project’s political support is an anticipated removal of a Washington County TIGER application from competition in Congressional District 1, and a potential inclusion of Washington County as a “co-applicant” with the City of Hillsboro on the SIM project’s TIGER application. REQUESTED ACTION: 1. Authorize the City of Hillsboro to submit a TIGER IV grant application for the US-26 /

Brookwood-Helvetia Interchange in the amount of $15 Million.

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APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT GENERATING ECONOMIC RECOVERY

PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 (TIGER III)

SOLICITATION #: DTOS59-11-RA-TIGER3

SILICON FOREST INTERCHANGE

MODERNIZATION US HIGHWAY 26 / BROOKWOOD-HELVETIA

Unlocking the Economic Potential of North Hillsboro as a Hub for Business & Commerce

http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Administration/TIGERIIIGrant.aspx

CITY CONTACT

Don Odermott150 E. Main St. Hillsboro, Oregon 97123-4028Ph: 503.681.6451

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US HIGHWAY 26 / BROOKWOOD-HELVETIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Project Description ............................................................................................................3

II. Project Parties ....................................................................................................................6

III. Grant Funds and Sources/Uses of Project Funds ...........................................................6

IV. Selection Criteria ...............................................................................................................7

A. Long-Term Outcomes .................................................................................................7

1. State of Good Repair ..............................................................................................7

2. Economic Competitiveness ....................................................................................8

3. Livability ...............................................................................................................12

4. Sustainability ........................................................................................................13

5. Safety .....................................................................................................................14

B. Job Creation & Near-Term Economic Activity ......................................................15

C. Innovation ..................................................................................................................20

D. Partnership ................................................................................................................20

E. Results of Benefit-Cost Analysis ...............................................................................21

V. Project Readiness and NEPA .........................................................................................24

VI. Federal Wage Rate Certification ....................................................................................24

VII. Changes to Pre-Application.............................................................................................25

WEBSITE APPENDICES: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Administration/TIGERIIIGrant.aspx

Benefit/Cost Analysis Support Letters

NEPA Documentation Local/Regional Planning Documents

LIST OF

TABLES

Table 1: SIM Project Key Tasks............................................................................. 6

Table 2: Business Opportunities Lost by Hillsboro............................................. 10

Table 3: SIM Project Schedule.............................................................................. 18

Table 4: Economic Benefit from Phase I Development.......................................... 19

Table 5: Net Economic Benefits of SIM Project Construction........................... 22

Table 6: Benefit Cost Analysis of SIM Project .................................................... 23

Table 7: NEPA and Permit Timeline ................................................................... 24

LIST OF

FIGURES

Figure 1: SIM Project Budget ................................................................................. 4

Figure 2: Aerial View of Current Brookwood/Helvetia Interchange at US-26... 4

Figure 3: The Missing Link in the Hillsboro Competitiveness Equation ........... 5

Figure 4: SIM Project Road Improvements ........................................................... 7

Figure 5: Evening Congestion – East Bound On-Ramp....................................... 8

Figure 6: Morning Congestion – West Bound Off-Ramp .................................... 8

Figure 7: Rendering of Intel’s D1X Fab Plant ...................................................... 9

Figure 8: Hillsboro North Industrial Area-Major Companies .......................... 11

Figure 9: View of Downtown Hillsboro................................................................ 12

Figure 10: AM Interchange Queue 2035.............................................................. 14

Figure 11: Economically Distressed Areas Served by SIM Project .................. 15

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Application to the U.S. Department of TransportationFiscal Year 2011 TIGER Grant ProgramSolicitation # DTOS59-11-RA-TIGER3

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Background: The SiliconForest Interchange Modernization Project (“SIM Project”) will upgrade the City of Hillsboro’s U.S. Highway 26 / Brookwood-Helvetia interchange (“the interchange”).The interchange is currently a chokepoint constraining future economic growth of high-tech, solar, and bio-pharmaceuticals development in the “Silicon Forest,” Hillsboro’s technology cluster. The existing interchange was constructed to rural standards and thus limits expansion by existing employers, as well as prospective companies. Based on direct consultation with U.S. Department of Transportation program officers1 and the U.S. Census Map,2 this project qualifies for the rural set aside of TIGER funds.

The City of Hillsboro requests a$15M TIGER grant to serve asthe final financing element of a $62.65M funding package for the two-phase SIM Project.

Ø Phase I will revamp the interchange and be financed through the proposed $15M TIGER grant, $23.38M from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and $0.55M from the City of Hillsboro (Figure 1).

Ø Phase II will utilize $21.6Min ODOT funds and $2.1Mfrom Hillsboro to improve access roads served by the interchange.

Combined, these improvements will unlock the economic potential of over 1,180 buildable acres of newly designated industrial land and support an estimated 25,000-31,000 additional jobs for the region by 2035. A TIGER grant would provide the final tranche of funding needed to undertake the SIM Project and support the expansion of high-tech industries and jobs critical to Oregon and the Nation’s economic recovery, both near- and long-term.

Transportation Challenges: The interchange (Figure 2) is a critical access point that currently serves the mobility needs of over 25,000 employees of major companies, which include Intel (electronic/computer), Genentech (bio-pharmaceutical), and Solar World (solar panels). These and many other area high-tech and support service companies develop and

1See “DOT E-mail on Hillsboro Qualification for TIGER Rural Set Aside” on project website.

2 http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/urbanarea/uaoutline/UA2000/ua71317/ua71317_04.pdf

Figure 1: SIM Project Budget (in millions)

Figure 2: Aerial View of Current Brookwood/Helvetia Interchange at US-26

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manufacture products in Hillsboro for sale in the U.S. and to export around the world. The interchange serves the following functions associated with these major industries:

Employee commute trips, via both by vehicles and byicycles;

Truck traffic generated by raw materials supply and finished product distribution; Travelers and air cargo to and from the Hillsboro Airport, Oregon’s second busiest airport, a

significant share of which pass through this key interchange; and It is also a freight gateway to Washington County’s agricultural and commercial timber land.

Without interchange improvements, companies in industrial sectors that are key to the economies of Oregon and the U.S. as a whole may be forced to expand elsewhere, possibly overseas.

Economic Opportunity: The SIM Project is the final “missing link” (see Figure 3) in Hillsboro’s drive to fully unlock the Silicon Forest to create a sustainable market for thousands of quality, well-paying jobs in a region that includes many economically distressed communities. The Silicon Forest is uniquely positioned to serve as an engine for economic development because of the area’sexisting highly-skilled workforce, nearby universities, land availability, support businesses, and abundant supply of consistently clean water that is critical to high-tech silica-based manufacturing.

Figure 3: The Missing Link in the Hillsboro Competitiveness Equation

Project Objectives: Expansion of the Silicon Forest area is a key component of local and regional transportation plans � that focus on protection of critical farm land and the reduction of urban sprawl. The interchange currently operates at 98% capacity, while the overpass lacks bike lanes to connect existing bike infrastructure to the popular Helvetia Hills recreational area, located north of the interchange. Without improvements, traffic will fill up the on-ramps, leading to backups on the highway and congestion on surrounding roads as soon as 2015. The SIM Project will:

Increase vehicle traffic capacity

Add bike lanes to connect existing roads to company facilities and recreational areas

Add pedestrian access

Increase access to services

Allow for future expansion of public transport-ation in an area not currently served by TriMet,the Portland metro’s mass transit agency.

Rapid Development: Transportation infrastructure upgrades will pair with $113M in recent capital expenditures to improve in local utilities – water supply, sanitary sewer capacity, and electrical infrastructure – to accommodate development of these key industrial lands (see §IV-D: Partnership). These coordinated improvements have been focused on preparing this land to be “shovel-ready” so that companies can quickly expand and build in the area. The remaining constraint on Hillsboro’s ability to accommodate 25,000-31,000 industrial sector jobs is the current restriction of available capacity at the US 26-Helvetia/Brookwood Parkway interchange.

3 Metro 2035 Regional Transportation Plan: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=25038

ODOT-Region 1 (Portland Metro): http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/US26_brookwoodpkwy/Hillsboro Transportation System Plan: http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/planning/TransportationPlanning.aspxHillsboro Draft Bicycle & Pedestrian Capital Improvement Program:http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/TUF/documents/BPCIP10-19.pdf

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II. Project Parties

City of Hillsboro: With a population of 91,611, Hillsboro anchors Washington County, which generates 16.4% of Oregon’s adjusted gross earnings and contains 14% of the state’s population.Lying in the Tualatin Valley on the west side of the Portland metro area, Hillsboro is Oregon’s fifth largest city and home to many high-tech companies that comprise an area known as the Silicon Forest. In addition to a robust high-tech manufacturing sector, healthcare, retail, and agriculture diversify the city’s economy. With its flat terrain, utility infrastructure, and proximity to major highways, Hillsboro is well-suited for industrial development. The city also ranks second nationally in EPA’s Green Power Community Challenge Rankings4 for its use of renewable energy.

As a transportation corridor, Hillsboro is located adjacent to U.S. Highway 26 and is thirty minutes west of Interstates 5 and 84. Tri-Met, the regional transit provider, services Hillsboro with bus and light rail lines, including a 33-mile light rail line linking Portland’s western and eastern suburbs. The Hillsboro Airport logs more than 200,000 operations annually and the Port of Portland provides businesses with reliable cargo transit capabilities.

Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT): ODOT provides a safe, efficient transportation system that supports economic opportunity and livable communities for Oregonians. ODOT develops programs related to Oregon’s system of highways, roads, and bridges; railways; public transportation services; transportation safety programs; driver and vehicle licensing; and motor carrier regulation.

III. Grant Funds and Sources/Uses of Project Funds

TIGER funds will be used solely for Phase I construction activities – to clear existing facilities and construct ramp and overpass improvements (see Table 1) – and not for planning, engineering, or right of way acquisition.5 Bike lanes will be added on the overpass and the interchange will be powered by a solar array at the interchange. Figure 4 below shows the improvements.

TABLE 1: SIM PROJECT KEY TASKS Cost Source

Phase I: Construction of Interchange Improvements – $38.93M Demolition and removal of existing facilitiesDe Add double-lane exit loop ramp Reconstruct and relocate US 26 westbound entrance ramps Widen northbound to eastbound on-ramp to allow double right turn Construction of re-aligned Jacobson Road Construction of Groveland Road Widen over-crossing to accommodate additional southbound through lane Solar array purchase and installation Provide enhanced bicycle and pedestrian accommodations on Brookwood Parkway overcrossing

$15.00M TIGER

$23.38M ODOT

$0.55MCity of

Hillsboro

Phase II: Improvements to Industrial Area Arterial Roads – $23.72M Additional northbound travel lane on Brookwood Parkway overcrossing;

widen structure to accommodate additional southbound lane in the future Extend northbound right-turn lane from Brookwood Parkway to the

eastbound U.S. 26 entrance ramp

$21.62M ODOT

$2.10MCity of

Hillsboro

SIM PROJECT TOTAL: $62.65M

4 See http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/communities/gpcrankings.htm

5 For a breakdown of fund allocation showing money spent on engineering and right of way acquisition, vs.

construction, see “SIM Phase I Non-Construction vs. Construction Expenditures” on project website.

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Figure 4: SIM Project Road Improvements

IV. Selection Criteria

A. Long-Term Outcomes

1. State of Good Repair

Upgrade Assets that Threaten Efficiency: While the existing interchange is rated as in good condition, crews constructed it to rural specifications 30 years ago, making it ill-suited to serve as a hub for emerging technology companies. Therefore, the City of Hillsboro has carefully expanded the city’s urban growth boundary to allow growth in the area around the interchange in order to build on existing hi-tech, bio-pharmaceutical, and solar energy clusters.

The SIM Project would construct necessary transportation capacity improvements to alleviate current roadway capacity restrictions constraining long term industrial employment opportunities on 1,180+ acres of land planned by the state and regional government as a Regionally Significant Industrial Area. This project is included in city, region and state transportation plans. Congestion on the interchange is a significant problem during peak traffic periods (see Figures 5 and 6).

In 2005, the Economic Development Research Group prepared a study of Portland-area congestion6

for the Portland Business Alliance, Metro, Port of Portland, and ODOT. The study found: Congestion currently threatens economic growth in the Portland region; Congestion problems are already reducing profits for local businesses; and Failure to invest in the region’s transportation system could cost the region $844M/yr.

6“The Cost of Congestion to the Economy of the Portland Region” Available:

http://www.portofportland.com/PDFPOP/Trade_Trans_Studies_CoCReport1128Final.pdf

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Operations & Maintenance (O&M): Once the interchange is built, ODOT, Washington County, and the City of Hillsboro will supervise active pavement O&M programs. All new construction will be built to a 30-year design loading estimate for pavement and 75 years for structure widening. ODOT will manage the project so that long term performance costs are effectively managed through appropriate design and ongoing O&M. ODOT employs a variety of strategies to maximize the life-cycle of roadways and approaches assets from a system-wide perspective. Phase II improvements by the City would include Portland Cement Concrete as bid alternates, since life cycle costs of PCC generally outperform asphaltic concrete paving for maintenance cycle costs.

Sustainable Revenue: The 2009 Oregon Jobs & Transportation Acto provided capital for new projects ($45M to modernize this interchange and improve area access roads). It also expanded funding for pavement preservation. The new state funding came from increasing vehicle registration and licensing fees, and increasing the gas tax by 6¢. The City of Hillsboro also assesses a formula-based Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) on residential dwelling units and businesses based on average daily trip generation. TUF revenues augment Hillsboro’s share of the state gas tax to nearly fully fund Hillsboro’s pavement O&M program, plus generate revenues for use on Hillsboro’s pedestrian and bicycle Capital Improvement Program.8

2. Economic Competitiveness

Uniquely Positioned for Job Growth: The interchange modernization is the missing piece in unlocking Hillsboro’s ability to offer “shovel-ready” industrial land to U.S. and international companies looking to create jobs in Hillsboro and the surrounding region. While many areas seek to foster economic growth, the Silicon Forest is uniquely positioned because of its existing highly-skilled workforce, partnerships with nearby universities, land availability, support businesses, and abundant supply of consistently clean water, which is critical to silica-based high-tech manufacturing. Further, Hillsboro’s geographic location and airport access make the area ideal for tapping Asian markets. A recent study by the Brookings Institution noted that the Portland metro area was the second-fastest growing metro area in terms of inflation-adjusted export value growth between 2003 and 2008, and contributed over 9% of the nations’ exports of electronic components to China.9

7“Jobs and Transportation Act.” Available: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/JTA.shtml

8 City of Hillsboro Draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Capital Improvement Program: see footnote 3.

9“Export Nation: How U.S. Metros Lead National Export Growth and Boost Competitiveness.” The Brookings

Institution. http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2010/0726_exports_istrate_rothwell_katz.aspx. See Tables 6 and 9.

Figure 5: Evening Congestion – East Bound On-Ramp (October 25, 2011)

Figure 6: Morning Congestion – West Bound Off-Ramp (October 26, 2011)

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However, rising congestion impairs companies’ ability to cost-effectively move freight, threatening economic growth. Constricted capacity from the interchange limitsexisting companies from adding capacity and impedes expansion of new industries in the area.

Supporting High-Tech Manufacturing: Multi-national industrial manufacturing firms such as TriQuint Semicondutor, Intel, Genentech, TOK America, Tokai Carbon USA, and SolarWorld develop and manufacture products in the Silicon Forest, bringing economic growth to the region and nation. These firms could locate anywhere in the world, but choose the Hillsboro area for its attractiveness and competitiveness, reflecting the economic efficiencies of “clustering.” The Portland metro area trailed only the New York area in electronic component manufacturing from 2003-2008 according to the Brooking’s Institute study, demonstrating the unique capabilities of the area.11

It is crucial for the U.S. to provide the tools and infrastructure necessary to foster an attractive environment to establish and conduct business. This helps ensure that innovative products and manufacturing processes developed in the U.S. create jobs here at home. Intel is a prime example. Despite robust competition from manufacturers abroad, particularly in Asia, three-quarters of Intel products are made by U.S. workers. In addition, Intel plans to add 4,000 more U.S. jobs in 2011.

Figure 7: Rendering of Intel’s D1X Fab PlantThe new plant, which will be operational in 2013,is <1 mile from the interchange. It expands Intel’s largest of seven campuses in the Silicon Forest.

President Obama’s Feb. 2011 Speech at Intel’s Hillsboro Manufacturing Plant

“Companies like Intel are proving that the U.S. can compete – that instead of just being a nation that buys what’s made overseas, we can make things in America and sell them around the globe. Winning this competition depends on the ingenuity and creativity of our private sector, but also depends on what the U.S. as a nation does to make America the best place on earth to do business. Workers at these plants are not just manufacturing high-tech computer chips- they demonstrate how America will win the future.”

Hillsboro also recently attracted German-owned SolarWorld to develop the nation’s largest solar panel manufacturing plant. The plant, housed in a former Komatsu manufacturing building, had sat vacant for years. SolarWorld has invested $500M to completely retool the facility, and now employs over 1,000 workers there. Discussions are underway with regard to a potential new Phase 3 project which could expand campus employment to ~2,000 full-time employees. Similarly, Genentech, a subsidiary of a large Swiss-owned pharmaceutical company specializing in cancer-fighting drugs, recently began operations at a new manufacturing plant located less than a half mile south of the interchange. Genentech purchased 75 acres of land to allow for future expansion of their campus.

10Id. Available at: http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2010/0726_exports_istrate_rothwell_katz.aspx

11 See Brookings Report, Table 7.

Hillsboro’s Silicon Forest: Driving US Exports

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Ø 2nd fastest export-value growth area after NYC area

Ø Largest exporter of electronic components to China

Ø Metro region doubled value of exports, 2003-2008

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Missed Opportunities: The SIM Project is key to making U.S. manufacturing globally competitive. Data collected by the Hillsboro Economic Development Department (Table 2)indicates that dozens of companies have considered locating facilities in Hillsboro during the past three years, but opted for alternative development opportunities – many overseas. 12

Given the sensitive nature of the site selection process, definitive reasons for why a particular company chose to

locate elsewhere are not available. However, many prospective companies have expressed concern about constricted transportation capacity in the Hillsboro area.

Companies need not only office space but also large tracts of land ready to support manufacturing operations. Hillsboro and surrounding areas field an average of 25 inquiries per year about the availability of large (50+ acre) parcels. Most such inquiries come from technology manufacturers in need of “shovel-ready” land for quick scale-up to bring products to rapidly evolving markets. While 12% of such inquiries turn into built projects, the region loses at least 1-2 projects per year due to lack of site availability.13 The city expanded its Urban Growth Boundary in 2010 and again in October 2011 to carefully create new large parcels for development, but the need for adequate service infrastructure remains.

The SIM Project Solution: For companies to establish and expand facilities in the Silicon Forest, Hillsboro’s transportation system must keep pace with the increasing demand of employee and freight travel demands. While companies would continue to locate in Hillsboro in a no-build scenario where construction of the interchange is delayed, the area would likely lose the large companies that drivenational economic growth. Thus, the No Build economic projections assume economic growth, albeit growth that is diminished because of a loss of large, high revenue companies. (See Table 5: Net Economic Benefit Construction) The interchange is a choke point limiting Hillsboro’s ability to generate employment growth. The SIM Project will pay significantly higher returns on the public’s investment over the next 20 years in the form of 25,000 jobs,and as many as 31,000, based on industry development patterns in the area. The Project will support the generation of an estimated $4.9B over the 20 year study period in real payroll wages. Resulting capital investment associated with economic growth is expected to reach over $215M between 2013 and 2035.14 Much of the economic growth expected from the SIM Project will be in high-tech industries that support family-wage jobs, which average well above national and statewide median incomes.

Broad Economic Impacts: The long term economic impact from future development spurred by the SIM Project is not limited to high-tech jobs. Economists estimate that each direct job created will lead to 3.5 additional indirect jobs throughout Oregon. This includes jobs in manufacturing, education, and the service sector – many of which will be in economically distressed areas.

12“Hillsboro Lost Business Opportunities.” City of Hillsboro, Internal Memorandum.

13 See “Metro Region Large Industrial Site Query Survey” on project website.

14 The Benefit/Cost Analysis in Table 4.

Table 2: Business Opportunities Lost by Hillsboro

YearBusinesses

LostPotential Jobs Lost

2009 42 8,400

2010 11 8152011 20 5,650

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502 jobs temporary jobs to build the project

$4.9B in payroll generated from jobs in area unlocked by SIM development by 2035

$215M in resulting business investment by 2035

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U.S., European, and Asian companies site facilities in area

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3. Livability

Greater Transport Choices: The SIM Project interchange expansion will allow for greater diversification of transport choices for Hillsboro and surrounding communities, including:

Ø Preventing a spike in travel times as economic development continues in the surrounding area by allowing uncongested traffic flow even as traffic volumes grow by an expected 50%;15

Ø New on-street bike lanes connecting existing bike lane infrastructure to businesses, residences, and recreational areas north of the interchange; and

Ø Laying the groundwork for Tri-Met to add public transportation options to the area.

The combined effect of these improvements will be to maintain or reduce the average cost of user mobility even as the area grows economically.

Figure 9: View of Downtown HillsboroHILLSBORO 2020 VISION PLAN

Strategies Aligned with SIM Project

• Form Integrated Bike Network• Transit System Expansion & Promotion • Renewable Energy Pilot Projects (solar) • Support Economic Activity Centers• Business Marketing & Recruitment • Family-Wage Job Creation • Become Regional Transportation Leader

Community Participation: In arriving at the design of the transportation improvements, planners took into account the desires of community stakeholders, including companies, bicycle groups and civic organizations. The SIM Project grew out of the Hillsboro 2020 Vision Statement & Action Plan, which was developed over a three-year period with extensive public input, and updated in 2010 (see Figure 9). Over 1500 citizens participated in this community effort via public opinion polls, focus groups, public meetings, workshops, written surveys, Web page responses, and other venues to involve community ideas, analysis, and proposal reviews.

Hillsboro’s 2020 Vision & Action Plan16 focuses on the following community goals: Strengthen common sense of community Enhance neighborhoods and districts Preserve the environment

Foster economic opportunity Expand support for & access to arts/cultural activities Promote community health and safety

The SIM Project is a concrete step forward to realizing these community livability goals. In constructing this project, ODOT will conduct ongoing community meetings and make information about the project available p q on its project website.

Improving Access for Disadvantaged Populations: In addition to expanded economic opportunities for disadvantaged residents, the SIM Project will help expand transportation options for communities. Payroll taxes collected from employers fund the majority of operating revenue for Tri-Met. For example, Intel alone pays ~$10M in payroll taxes to fund Tri-Met’s yearly operations. This transit service, esteemed as one of the best in the nation, principally serves the transportation needs of economically-challenged individuals within the Portland metropolitan region. Economists estimate that the 25,000-31,000 jobs made possible by the interchange improvement will translate into ~$145M in additional payroll taxes to fund expanded public transit operations over the next 20 years.

15 See “Average Daily Traffic Projections” on project website.

16 http://www.hillsboro2020.org/FileLib/H2020ActionPlan2010_Web.pdf

17http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/US26_brookwoodpkwy/

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4. Sustainability

Improved Energy Efficiency: Clean, renewable energy will supply the required 60 Kilowatt hours per month for the interchange. The SIM project will place $580,000 worth of locally manufactured solar panels near the interchange to power its traffic and street lights. The project may be incorporated into the Oregon Solar Highway initiative, which places solar arrays on state right of way land.

Smart Growth: The interchange improvements will dramatically improve future traffic operations, lower fuel consumption, reduce travel delays, and minimize carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition, interchange construction will need to occur as part of a strategic expansion of Hillsboro’s Urban Growth Boundary, or area within which urbanization can occur. By confining development to these areas, planners protect valuable farm and forest land. For these and other efforts, the city has received significant recognition for its sustainability and livability practices. In 2010, Hillsboro ranked second in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Communities Challenge program.

Lowering Green House Gas Emissions Transportation accounts for 38% of Oregon’s CO2

emissions, with vehicle CO2 emissions predicted to increase 33% by 2025 due to increased driving. Modeling of 2035 forecast year conditions for the SIM Project indicates:

The Build Scenario would reduce travel delays by about 2,000 vehicle hours per average weekday, or 5.66M vehicle hours of delay over the 20-year analysis period (2015-2035). Reducing stops and improving travel speeds will reduce fuel consumption.

A preliminary assessment of No-Build vs. Build environmental impact indicates a 20-year reduction of nearly 16,400 metric tons (MT) of CO2, as well as major reductions in criteria pollutants.

Hillsboro also estimates the SIM Project will yield a 1.96M gallon reduction in local fuel consumption over the 20-year period.18

The Build Scenario for the Region’s Financially Constrained project list, including this project, has been analyzed for air quality conformity and has met federal requirements. Oregon Metro, the regional planning organization, estimated future carbon monoxide, precursors of smog (volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides), and CO2 emissions from cars and trucks operating in the greater Portland air shed to the year 2035 using EMME/2 modeling software and Mobile 6.2, the latest model approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The emissions analysis demonstrated that the region will continue to meet state and federal air quality requirements if the projects and programs assumed in their current project list are implemented.

Supporting Green Manufacturing: A unique sustainability benefit that would result from Project SIM is fostering the expansion of Hillsboro’s renewable energy manufacturing cluster. SolarWorld, which manufactures solar panels in the Silicon Forest, currently produces 350 MW of solar modules annually. Every 3 minutes, SolarWorld produces enough equipment to power a single-family home. Solar cell technologies are closely related to silica-based technologies used in microchip manufacturing: both require similar personnel, workforce training, technologies, tools, industrial processes, gases, electrical demand, and large quantities of high quality water. The microchip industry developed in the area by Intel

18See “Emissions Model” on project website.

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and others – and fostered through infrastructure development by the City of Hillsboro – has put these foundational elements in place. SolarWorld’s expansion in the Silicon Forest has attracted other businesses to the cluster, including fuel cell manufacturer ClearEdge Power and Ulbrich, a metals industry manufacturer with solar panel applications. Additional clean-tech manufacturing will reduce the future carbon footprint of our nation through production of renewable energy.

Apart from these benefits, the Project will not have a significant impact on the environment because it builds on an already established footprint. Therefore, no additional impact is expected from the SIM Project, and the project is on track to receive a NEPA Categorical Exclusion by February of 2013.(See Figure 7: NEPA and Permit Timeline).

5. Safety

Looming Safety Issues: Safety for the traveling public is the primary focus of transportation investments by the State of Oregon and the City of Hillsboro. The city extended the off-ramp in conjunction with Intel’s expansion 10+ years ago, but that ramp now operates at 98% of its capacity.Continued growth of industrial employment surrounding this critical interchange will increase off-ramp demand to 150% of current capacity by 2035. 19

Average Daily Traffic (ADT) modeling based on an analogous interchange, forecast that westbound ramp traffic will increase from 9.500 vehicles daily in 2011 to 14,700 in 2035. Accidents are also expected to increase by 30+% during this time.

Of primary concern is the westbound off-ramp traffic in the morning and the corresponding eastbound onramp in the evening. Interchange congestion spills over onto the highway as well as onto surface arterial roadways. The eastbound ramp meter regularly queues traffic back for over one-half mile. These queues block access for vehicles seeking to cross over U.S. 26 both to commute home to large residential areas located northeast of the interchange, and for trucks seeking to access the Portland port district over Cornelius Pass Road. Currently, fire engines experience delays while attempting to maneuver through congestion in the area. Hazardous materials also travel this increasingly dangerous road to U.S. 26, including industrial gases for the fabrication processes for the high-tech industries.

The Safety Solution- Better Design: The SIM Project will address these needs by building: Westbound U.S. 26-to-southbound loop off-ramp; Southbound receiving lane requiring structure widening; and Additional northbound-to-eastbound turning movement capacity and ramp meter storage.

19See “Safety Analysis” on project website.

Figure 10: AM Interchange Queue: Year 2035

AM simulation is a model of existing conditions plus ~25,000-31,000 new employees utilizing the intersection. Queue spillback is expected to regularly reach the freeway mainline by 2035.

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The Meek Road/Brookwood Parkway and Jacobson Road/Groveland Road/Helvetia Road unsignalized intersections do not meet access spacing standards and are located within a few hundred feet of the existing interchange ramp signals. To both accommodate the new loop off ramp configuration and address existing safety and capacity deficiencies, Phase I of this Project will realign Jacobson Road so that it and Helvetia Road will intersect a safe distance from the interchange. The City plans to construct 253rd Avenue west of Brookwood Parkway in Phase II of the SIM to allow Meek Road to be closed at the Brookwood Parkway approach. This increases vehicle miles traveled for the system, but yields a much safer operation and simultaneously provides a safe and efficient route to open up the new Meek Road Industrial area for development. (See Figure 4: SIM Project Road Improvements).

B. Job Creation & Near-Term Economic Activity

Figure 11: Federally-Designated Economically Distressed Areas Served by SIM Project

Nearly 7,000 workers from Federally-designated EDA’s work in Hillsboro

Job Creation: The SIM Project will quickly expand business opportunities during construction for rapid economic impact, immediately creating jobs in engineering, materials supply, and construction. Economists estimate that the $62.65M project will generate approximately 329 jobsduring the course of the three-year project, according to the breakdown below.

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Together, residents of Columbia, Marion, Yamhill, Lane, Polk, and Deschutes counties have 6,894 jobs in Hillsboro according to the most recent economic data available.20 Currently, Columbia County has an unemployment rate of 10.6%; Yamhill 9.2%; and Marion 10.4%. In addition, Washington County, where Hillsboro is located, is considered distressed under Oregon law, although not under federal law. These areas will benefit both from near-term construction and long term job creation via Silicon Forest employers. See Table 3 (SIM Project Schedule) below for projected employment by quarter.

Job Promotion for Low Income Workers: The SIM Project will provide broad employment opportunities via ODOT’s innovative Workforce Development Program. 21 The program is designed to expand employment diversity, increase apprenticeship participation and training resources, and opportunities for highway construction jobs throughout the state. ODOT and its partners identify and screen a pool of applicants that contractors can access for apprenticeship and occupational training opportunities. Regional Workforce Alliances identify suitable women, minority and low-income candidates from community based organizations and WorkSource Oregon’s iMatchSkills system. After several skill assessments, candidates are placed on various tracks, hinging their job-readiness aptitude. In addition, the SIM Project will also participate in ODOT’s On-the-Job Training (OJT) program� 22 which trains and augments the skills of minorities and women in highway construction trades, assists contractors in Equal Employment Opportunity obligations, and leads workers into possible apprenticeships and careers in highway construction. OJT offers trainees instruction in cement masonry, carpentry, utilities, iron-working and construction management and administration. Thus, hiring for the project focuses on finding, training and employing a diverse, skilled workforce.

Opportunities for Small Businesses & Disadvantaged Business Enterprises: The Project will establish fixed race-conscious and race-neutral goals in contracting after federal funding is approved. The state is allowed to use hard goals for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises based on a 2011 ODOT study� 23 which sought to determine whether disparities had occurred in awarding subcontracts on ODOT projects. The study found that while progress had been made on inclusive hiring practices, ODOT underutilized African American-owned and Asian-owned firms. Thus, courts permitted the state to set race and gender conscious goals on selected projects that receive federal funds, including the SIM Project.

Community Organizations Helping Disadvantaged Workers: The Project will utilize various community organizations to connect disadvantaged workers with economic opportunities. These community-based training centers include:

Worksystems, Inc.: Local nonprofit that provides workforce development services, leveraging relationships with regional government, business, labor, and educational institutions.

20See “Distressed Areas Workforce” spreadsheet on project website.

21 http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/CIVILRIGHTS/wdp.shtml22 http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/CIVILRIGHTS/ojt_program.shtml23

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WorkSource Oregon: Network of public and private partners who work together to provide workforce development systems, ensure businesses have a ready supply of trained workers, and assist Oregon’s unemployed and underemployed find appropriate employment opportunities.

Centro Cultural: Provides technical training specifically geared toward Latinos. Portland Community College (PCC): PCC’s Hillsboro campus has programs specifically

geared toward construction training. PCC’s Building Construction Technology program offers curriculum in construction skills, construction management, and design/build remodeling. The program enjoys a strong relationship with local contractors and national associations.

New Area Construction Jobs After SIM: In addition to direct jobs, construction workers, engineers, and materials suppliers will also benefit from the opportunity to work on behalf of companies developing new industrial facilities on the 1,180 acres “unlocked” by the interchange. Commencement of the SIM Project will signal to area businesses that the Silicon Forest has the requisite infrastructure capacity for siting new operations. Currently, technology companies partner with community groups and local universities for workforce training and development in Hillsboro and surrounding communities. A primary focus is on connecting disadvantaged workers with economic opportunities in the high tech and clean tech industries. Examples include:

Worksystems, Inc.: Launched an energy efficiency partnership in the software industry to prioritize training to reduce the industry’s carbon footprint. Worksystems has also established a Clean Technology Skill Panel to guide regional investments of $200,000 in workforce training and development.

State Energy Sector Partnership (SESP): offers support for students struggling financially to achieve their educational goals and pursue careers in renewable energy and clean-tech.

PCC: PCC offers degrees in Electronic Engineering Technology and Renewable Energy Systems. Graduates of these programs are qualified to work as technicians in several renewable energy and other high technology fields.

Sound Labor Practices in Compliance with Federal Law: SIM Project work will comply with all state and Federal labor practices. The City of Hillsboro, in conjunction with ODOT, requiresemployers to adhere to all requirements for worker safety, worker’s compensation, prevailing wage rates, and benefits packages. To ensure compliance, ODOT maintains a rigid labor compliance program� � as an element of their project management approach.

Civil Rights & Equal Opportunity Laws: ODOT is committed to equal employment opportunity in its workforce and for workers employed by companies under contract with ODOT. ODOT has received a waiver from U.S. DOT to establish hard goals for specific underutilized minority groups. This approach has been utilized successfully on the recent ODOT contract to improve Highway 217 in Washington County, and may be utilized on SIM Project contracts.

24“ODOT Labor Compliance Program.” Available:

http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/CIVILRIGHTS/labor/labor.shtml

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Phase I Economic Benefit:Table 4 outlines anticipated real, constant dollar benefits from direct development/construction activity for Phase I of the SIM project. In real terms, the $38.9M development project, less right-of-way expense, is expected to yield $34.43M in immediate, direct business revenue during the 3.5-year development period. The SIM Project is expected to create 329.5 quarterly direct jobs and nearly $15M in quarterly payroll wages.25 These figures do not include funds used on right of way acquisition since these are a transaction and not a broader benefit. All numbers are in 2011 dollars.

2. Environmental Approvals

NEPA is currently underway and expected to be completed by December 2012. ODOT builds in a two month window to account for unforeseen delays to estimate a February 2013 completion date for NEPA. See Section V below for estimated intermediate deadlines in NEPA process.

3. Legislative Approvals

The Oregon Jobs & Transportation Act provides $45M in funds for this Project and received all necessary legislative approvals. The project has received support from city, state and national elected officials. (See section IV.B.2- Partnership).

4. State and Local Planning

The project is consistent with the region’s adopted Regional Transportation Plan (Project #3149) and with both the City of Hillsboro and Washington County Transportation System Plans.26

5. Technical & Financial Feasibility

The project is technically feasible. The engineering and design activities for the SIM project have been reviewed by ODOT and the City of Hillsboro, which each have extensive experience in managing transportation projects. The cost estimate provided for the project Phase I is based on ODOT modeling, with Phase II estimated by the City. State and city funds for the SIM project have already been allocated. In the event of cost overruns in Phase I of the interchange construction, the phase scheduled to use TIGER funds, money slated for arterial roads will be reprogrammed to ensure that the interchange itself is completed. In the event that a contractor is

25“Short Term Benefit Table” on project website.

26 See project website for link to these plans.

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unable to perform, alternate appropriate contractors will be utilized. For other unforeseen difficulties, ODOT and City of Hillsboro project teams will address any problems as they arise.

C. Innovation

A Clean Energy Model: The SIM Project will include solar panels to power the interchange lights as discussed above. TIGER funds will be used for the purchase and installation of solar panels, supporting computer software and electrical design. This innovative strategy will save energy and serve as a model to other communities.

Innovative Planning: Hillsboro has completed innovative planning for this industrial area to promote sustainable, green job through a comprehensive plan. By limiting land-use types, the City aims to continue the growth of manufacturing clusters, including high-tech, bio-tech, and sustainable industries. A Special Industrial District has been created in the Evergreen Industrial Site which will be managed by the City to assure the provision of at least one 100-acre development site, or three 50-acre development sites within the District, on which development shall be limited to high technology product manufacturing. Similar requirements will be implemented in the recently approved Meek Road Industrial Site to protect land for large lot industrial campus use.

D. Partnerships

Jurisdictional & Stakeholder Collaboration: The proposed $15M in TIGER grant funds would complement State and local funding to complete the funding package necessary to execute the SIM Project. Local utilities have already done their part to prepare the land surrounding the capacity-constrained interchange for development, including the following non-Federal investments to support industrial jobs growth:

66-in. diameter water supply north transmission pipeline ($52M)

15M gallon (MG) local reservoir ($17M) 10MG local reservoir ($20M over next 2 yrs)

Sanitary sewer pump station/force main ($19M) Sanitary sewer treatment capacity ($4M) Electrical substation/power supply infrastructure (~$44M, phased over next 10 years)

In addition, the following entities have written letters of support for the SIM Project.

Silicon Forest Interchange Modernization TIGER Project Supporters

Jeffrey Merkley, Senator United States Senate

Jeng Lue, Director

Oregon Plant, Integrated Device Technology, Inc

Gordon Brinser, President

SolarWorld Industries America

Morgan Anderson,Govt.Affairs

IntelRalph Quinsey, CEO

TriQuint SemiConductorRandall Reed, Controller,

ACUMED

Doug Johnson, Chair

Hillsboro 2020 Vision Implementation Committee

Howard Larso, Broker

Colliers InternationalShinichiro Higuchi, President

AGC Electronics America

Tom Hughes, President

Metro CouncilMike Scott, Superintendent

Hillsboro School DistrictMax Lyons, President

Hillsboro Aviation

Carlotta Collette, Chair

Metro Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

Michael Lindsay, Senior VP

TOK America

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project website.The city often partners with other local businesses and community organizations, as well as contracts with many . Letters from these entities can be procured from the city upon request.

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Disciplinary Integration: This Project is a result of partnership between ODOT, the City of Hillsboro, and Washington County. Jointly all agencies have made this interchange a priority in order to make necessary capacity improvements before they become impediments to critical industrial expansion in the area. Community partners see this project as critical to making Hillsboro a more livable community.

E. Results of Benefit-Cost Analysis

Table 5 below reflects the net economic benefit of development of the SIM project. Table 6 is the Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA), including demonstrable benefits to Livability, Safety, Sustainability, and Economic Competitiveness.27

The following assumptions apply: Results are expressed in terms of annual

benefits and project costs related to the project, discounted to 2011 dollars for a single net present value (NPV) calculation.

Estimates in both tables reflect true benefit methodology as recommended by the U.S. DOT for BCA. Economic estimates reflect the gain in economic value expected from SIM Project development and successful continuation of high-tech R&D and manufacturing growth in the Silicon Forest, less economic development anticipated to still occur without the Project.

The No Build scenario reflects much lower high-tech growth and development in the Silicon Forest. Rather than growth by companies creating national value, the No Build scenario assumes a higher concentration of general manufacturing and other industrial uses reflective of more local and regional economic value.

Based on these assumptions, the BCA results in the following overall conclusions: Discounted to 2011 dollars, the Build Scenario has a present value benefit of $4.9B that

otherwise would not be created. While economic development is anticipated under both Scenarios, the Build Scenario creates assurances for existing/potential high-tech firms, and thus results in much greater payroll and physical business investment over the study period.

Likewise, the Build Scenario creates, in discounted dollars, a net benefit of $216M in industry physical (property) development value than would otherwise occur in a No Build Scenario with significantly lower high-tech cluster industry growth over the study period.

Hillsboro estimates a 20-year NPV of $4.6B for the Project. This figure includes monetized gains from accident reduction, travel times, and emissions reductions, but is driven in great measure by the ability of the freight and labor force mobility capacity assurances for rapidly expanding technology firms, as well as successful realization of business recruitment.

27 See project website for a more detailed explanation of the methodology used to calculate the BCA.

Benefit-Cost HighlightsNo Build scenario assumes less development

based on diminished attractiveness to business

Ø 329 Direct Jobs from SIMØ 31,000 potential add-on jobs in

surrounding landØ $4.6B in project benefitsØ $215M in industry property

development valueØ $42M in travel time value gainØ Benefits in accident reduction,

decreased vehicle maintenance and emissions reductions

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V. Project Readiness & NEPA

The SIM project is ready to move forward quickly. Below is a list of required permits for Phase I of the SIM Project, the portion using federal TIGER money. The table includes the local, state, and federal agencies with jurisdiction, and the anticipated completion dates for each approval.Phase I of the project includes $15M in TIGER funds for improvements to the interchange itself. NEPA approvals for this Phase will be completed by February of 2013 ensuring TIGER funds can be obligated within the statutory deadline. Phase II of the SIM project includes upgrades to arterial roads serving the interchange. Construction on these roads will not require NEPA approval due to use of only local and state funding. Other necessary permits for Phase II of the SIM project may be obtained after TIGER funds obligation deadline. Legislative approvals, financial and technical feasibility are described above in Table 3: SIM Project Schedule.

Table 7: NEPA and Permit Timeline

Permit/Approval Government AgencyProcess

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Clean Water Act (CWA) §404 Permit. Archeological-Tribes, Historical

Federal (US Army Corps of Engineers) ~6 months

CWA §401 Certification

Federal; implementation delegated to Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality (ODEQ); ODEQ Water Quality management plan for rural areas; Clean Water Services for urban area (CWS MS4 permit)

~3-12 months

Removal-Fill Permit Oregon Department of State Lands ~3 monthsNational Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) §106 Review; §4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act

Federal; program implementation delegated to Oregon State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO)

~1 month

ESA Consultation (BA / BO / SLOPES Programmatic)

National Marine Fisheries Service ~3 months

Rural Area Permits: 1) 1200-C 2) Erosion Control; 3) Land Use Approval

ODEQ (disturbance 1 acre or more)Washington Co. (Erosion Control)Article 7 (Article 4 for Local Roads)

~4 months

Urban Area Permits: 1) Erosion Control; 2) Natural Resource Assessment/ Veg. Corridor; 3) Storm Water Permit

Clean Water Services (CWS)CWS (within CWS boundary)CWS (within CWS boundary)

~4 months

Floodplain Permit Washington County ~4 months

All paperwork expected to be submitted together in December 2012. NEPA Categorical Exclusion Expected February 2013

Updates and supporting documentation on the projects NEPA status can be found at the SIM project’s ODOT website y 28

VI. Federal Wage Rate Certification

The SIM Project will comply with all federal wage requirements contained in subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code. The Project website contains a copy of the signed certification y28

US 26 Brookwood/Helvetia Interchange:http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/REGION1/US26_brookwoodpkwy/

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VII. Changes to Pre-application Form

The following information is different from material supplied on the pre-application: ODOT is not a co-applicant on this project. ODOT is supplying funds and managing the

project, but is not a formal co-applicant on this application. The Silicon Forest Interchange Modernization now seeks $15M in TIGER funds to complete

the project, not $25M as stated on the pre-application. The project is “rural” under DOT definitions. Based on direct consultation with programs

officers29 at the US Department of Transportation and referencing this census map30, this project qualifies for rural set aside of TIGER funds.

29See ““DOT E-mail on Hillsboro Qualification for TIGER Rural Set Aside”” on project website.

30 http://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/urbanarea/uaoutline/UA2000/ua71317/ua71317_04.pdf

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