Small City Allotment Advisory Committee - SCAAC

The Small City Allotment Advisory Committee (SCAAC) was established by ODOT's Executive Director of Transportation in consultation with the League of Oregon Cities. The advisory committee is comprised of a representative from each of ODOT's five regions. Committee members must be affiliated with an eligible city within the region they represent. The committee will be responsible for sharing opinions and perspectives in regards to establishing project selection criteria and program policy as well as approving funding for applications submitted under the Small City Allotment Program.

We are currently accepting applications for the Region 1 and Region 5 Committee Member positions. Applicants must be affiliated with an eligible city within the region for which they are applying. 

The Small City Allotment program is an annual allocation of state funds for local transportation projects. Through an agreement between the League of Oregon Cities and ODOT. ODOT sets aside $5M each year (half from city gas tax revenue and half from the State Highway Fund) for incorporated cities with populations of 5,000 or less. Statute (ORS 366.805) dictates that these funds may be used only upon streets that are inadequate for the capacity they serve or are in a condition detrimental to safety. Funds are distributed per a competitive process with cities competing against other cities within the same region. Each project is evaluated, scored and ranked and those that best meet the program criteria will be awarded to the degree funding allows. Funding is limited to $250,000 per project.

The 2024 application period concluded on August 31, 2024, and resulted in 74 project proposals statewide. ODOT personnel are performing on-site project evaluations between September 1st and October 31st. The results will be presented to the Advisory Committee in early November and publicly announced shortly after that meeting.  

Multiple cities have requested that we run the application period earlier in the year, and we listened.  The 2025 application period will run from March 3rd thru April 30th. This will give those cities whose projects were not selected in the current cycle to get a “second chance” because, as in the previous year, cities must have any existing SCA project completed prior to being able to reapply.