06 Proposition 400 Final

The Legacy of 
Proposition 400

Major Regional Investments 
Include:
• New Loop 303 Freeway (Estrella Freeway).
• Improvements along Grand Avenue from 
the Loop 303 Freeway to the I-10.
• New South Mountain Freeway (Loop 202).
• State Route 85 improvements.
• Right-of-way purchase for SR-30 Freeway 
through Avondale and Goodyear.

Major Regional Investments 
Include (Continued):
• Additional general-purpose lanes for Loop 
101 in Glendale, Peoria and Phoenix. 
• The creation of Northern Parkway. 
• Expansion of I-10 from 43rd Ave to Verrado 
Way (expected completion of Summer, 
2022). 
• I-17 improvements from Buckeye Road to 
Happy Valley Road.  
• Improvements to State Route 74.

How rapid growth is reshaping the Phoenix area's West Valley cities (Arizona Republic –
September 18, 2021)
“The West Valley's 24% growth rate compares to Maricopa County's 
16% and could signal an eventual shift in people and power from the 
more populous East Valley.”
“The completion of Loop 303, which runs from Interstate 10 in 
Goodyear to Interstate 17 in north Phoenix, opened access to the 
Valley's western edge, leading to more employers and residents.”
“Longtime Goodyear developer Dick Wilson said city leaders there 
capitalized on their 303 real estate by making "a conscious decision 
to attract industrial development" that in turn attracted more 
residents and housing.”
“As cities grow, the demand for infrastructure maintenance, 
transportation, city services and water grow, too.”
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2021/09/18/explosive-population-growth-reshapes-phoenix-west-valley/5761979001/

Proposition 400 Sales Tax 
Extension Presentation

Brief Summary of 
Proposition 400 
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• On November 2, 2004, the voters of Maricopa County passed Proposition 
400, which authorized a 20-year continuation of an existing half-cent sales 
tax for multimodal transportation projects and programs in the region.
• Final vote: 58 to 42 percent 
• Proposition 400 is set to expire on December 31, 2025.
• The implementation of Proposition 400 is managed by the Maricopa 
Association of Governments (MAG).
• Transition operations are managed by the Regional Public Transit Authority 
(RPTA) also known as Valley Metro.

Proposition 400 Extension Planning 
Summary
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• September 2019 - MAG formed a City Manager Transportation Planning Work Group 
• January 2020 - The region conducted a Proposition 400 financial overview
• Feb 2020 - MAG issued a call for projects to evaluate all of the regional needs in each 
category of freeways, arterials and transit operations 
• July  2020 - MAG developed the framework for scoring member agency projects 
• Sept 2020 - With the criteria set, MAG began ranking all member agency 
submissions. 
• Feb 2021 - MAG evaluated the Proposition 400 ongoing commitments; Project and 
Program Cost Estimates 
• March 2021 - MAG identified the eligibility framework for a multi-modal transmit 
system.

Proposition 400 Extension Planning 
Summary
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• April 2021 - MAG released four twenty-year funding scenarios between a half-cent 
and full-cent. 
• May 2021 - The Transportation Policy Committee (TPC) requested a half-cent, 25-
year scenario
• June 2021 - MAG released a half-cent, 25-year scenario. Glendale was not 
represented in the last 5 years. The City Council agreed to a letter protesting the 
plan. Ultimately, the Buckeye portion of SR-30 was scaled down and Glendale is now 
fully represented. 
• June 2021 - The MAG TPC and Regional Council voted unanimously on a plan to send 
to the voters.
• July 2021 - The MAG TPC and Regional Council voted unanimously on the 
sequencing (timeline) for freeway, arterial, and high-capacity transit projects. 
• November 2021 – Legislation was introduced for the 2022 Legislative Session
• July 2022 – Governor Ducey Vetoed the legislation.

Proposition 400 Extension Planning 
Summary
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• August 2022 – MAG went back to the drawing board and reshaped a 20-year plan.
• January 2023 – 4 bills were introduced by opposing groups looking to gut the MAG 
plan.

City of Glendale Freeway & Highway 
Projects
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Freeways
Description
Cost Estimate
Minimum Local Match 
Phase 
SR 101L at 67th Ave
Reconstruct 
interchange ramps and 
surface streets 
approaches.
$42,000,000
$0 
Phase 1
SR 101L at 59th 
Avenue
Reconstruct 
interchange ramps and 
surface streets 
approaches.
$42,000,000
$0 
Phase 2
SR 101L at 83rd 
Avenue DHOV
Construct a 
interchange with 
direct high occupancy 
vehicle (DHOV) ramps 
to improve access to 
and from the freeway. 
$48,750,000
$0 
Phase 4
SR 101L at Bell Rd
Reconstruct 
interchange ramps and 
surface streets 
approaches.
$40,000,000 
$0 
Phase 3

City of Glendale Freeway & Highway 
Projects
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Freeways
Description
Cost Estimate
Minimum Local Match 
Phase 
SR 101L at Glendale Ave
Reconstruct interchange 
ramps and surface streets 
approaches.
$35,000,000 
$0 
Phase 2
SR 101L: I-10 to US 60 
Grand Ave
Add a general-purpose 
travel lane both directions 
on this ADOT facility.
$192,400,000
$0 
Phase 2
SR 101L: US 60 Grand Ave 
to 75th Ave
Add a general-purpose 
travel lane both directions 
on this ADOT facility.
$94,070,000 
$0 
Phase 3
US 60 Grand Ave at 
Northern Avenue 
Reconstruct the existing 
transportation interchange, 
to fully separate Grand 
Avenue traffic from the 
arterial-to-arterial 
intersection of Northern 
Avenue and 67th Avenue. 
Includes a new flyover 
ramp.
$159,530,000
$0 
Phase 4

City of Glendale Freeway & Highway 
Projects
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Freeways
Description
Cost Estimate
Minimum Local Match 
Phase 
US 60 Grand Ave:
SR 303L to I-10 Corridor 
Optimization
Corridor improvements
$200,000,000 
$0 
Phase 2
SR 303L at Olive Ave 
Freeway: TI (improve) 
$20,000,000 
$0 
Phase 3
SR 303L at Northern Ave 
Freeway: TI (improve)
$20,000,000 
$0 
Phase 3
SR 303L at Northern 
Parkway 
Freeway: TI (improve) 
$137,230,000 
$0 
Phase 3

City of Glendale Arterial Priorities
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Arterials
Description
Cost Estimate
Minimum Local Match
Phase
59th Ave: Camelback to 
SR 101L 
Arterial: Other
$24,660,000
$7,398,000 
Phase 1
67th Ave: Cactus Rd to 
Pinnacle Peak Rd 
Arterial: Widen 
Roadway 
$48,930,000 
$14,679,000 
Phase 2
Bell Rd: 59th Ave to 
83rd Ave 
Arterial: Bridge (Widen) 
$18,220,000 
$5,466,000 
Phase 4
Camelback Rd: 99th 
Ave to 51st Ave 
Arterial: Widen 
Roadway 
$59,740,000 
$17,922,000 
Phase 2

City of Glendale Arterial Priorities
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Arterials
Description
Cost Estimate
Minimum Local Match
Phase
Glendale Ave: Litchfield 
Rd to 99th Ave 
Arterial: Bridge (Widen) 
$64,890,000 
$19,467,000 
Phase 3

Competitive Programs
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Program Funding (Competitive)
Funding Amount Over 25 Years
Each Year
Air Quality Federal  
$200,000,000
$8,000,000
TDM Expansion  
$312,500,000 
$12,500,000
Arterial Rehabilitation
$625,000,000
$25,000,000
Arterial Intersection
$500,000,000
$20,000,000

Competitive Programs
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Program Funding (Competitive)
Funding Amount Over 25 Years
Each Year
Safety
$250,000,000
$10,000,000
Active Transportation
$1,000,000,000
$40,000,000
ITS
$750,000,000
$30,000,000
Emerging Technology
$312,500,000 
$12,500,000

Proposition 400 Extension Potential Transit 
Programs
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Capital
•
Bus Replacement
•
Park & Rides
•
Transit Centers
•
Transit Asset Management
Regional Services
•
Express/Commuter Bus
•
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) service Regional and local Services
•
Fixed route services
Local Services Deemed Eligible For Regional Funding
•
Circulators
Local Services Deemed Ineligible For Regional Funding
•
Dial-A-Ride Services

City of Glendale Transit Funding Priorities
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Bus Capital
• The Proposition 400 Extension should continue to pick up the cost of transit bus 
replacements.
• Capital costs and ongoing maintenance for park and rides/transit centers should be 
funded by the region and not from local communities as programed in Proposition 
400.  
• The Proposition 400 Extension should include regional funding for bus transit asset 
management items and project programmed through a periodic, regional planning 
process. 
Regional Services 
• The full cost to provide ADA should be taken “off the top,” but limited to the strict, 
federal definition of ADA service. Any trips beyond this definition should be funded 
through local sources. 
• An allocation for regional commuter bus should be taken “off the top”. Iterative 
planning process should identify commuter bus routes changes and service levels, 
as well as new markets or changing needs.

City of Glendale Transit Funding Priorities
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Bus Transit Operating Assistance 
• A base (minimum) allocation should be established that will ensure 
existing regional commitments are funded throughout the duration of the 
sales tax extension. 
• The formula framework should be developed in a manner to incentive 
productive transit service. 
• The MAG Policy Committees will ultimately determine parameters for a 
formula-based system, including:
• Eligible transit service types 
• Local match requirements
• Implementation issues 
• Funding for coverage-based and new/emerging transit markets