TUF revenue from Single-Family and Multi-Family residential customers invests in the following programs:

• Pavement Management Program – Through this program, the City inspects and evaluates the condition of Hillsboro roadways. Pavement maintenance projects are also identified and completed each year.
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Capital Improvement Program – This program prioritizes a list of sidewalk, bike lane, and enhanced crossing projects throughout the City of Hillsboro. Areas within school walk zones and within a ¼ mile of a transit stop are given priority.

Multi-Family Residential

Businesses, government agencies, schools, and non-profits pay: 

• A base charge, and
• A calculated charge based on which of the seven property type categories the business class fits within and, in most cases, the business' square footage.

TUF revenue from non-residential customers is invested in the Pavement Management Program (PMP). Through this program, the City inspects and evaluates the condition of Hillsboro roadways. Pavement maintenance projects are also identified and completed each year.

To learn what category your business fits in read the 2020 TUF Rate Tables. 

Current Base Charge: $9.09
Proposed Base Charge (Effective 2026): $9.54

Over the years increases in all transportation costs gradually forced a transition to funding PMP almost entirely from TUF, with measured increases in the fee to offset increasing costs and the growth of the roadway network.  In the effort to minimize or delay rate increases in FY 2012 the City began contributing Strategic Investment Program (SIP) funding annually. This has allowed the City to avoid TUF rate increases all together since March of 2020.  

Beginning in 2025 however the 2005 Intel and Genetech SIPs sunset and the City began decreasing SIP funding to the PMP from $2 million in FY 2021 to $0 in this current fiscal year.  

At the same time, PMP construction costs have increased substantially since the last rate increase in FY 20. 

• Asphalt overlay work has gone up 20.5%
• Slurry seals have increased 70%
• ADA ramp replacements costs have risen 58%

To maintain our goal of eliminating our maintenance backlog (deferrals), and to maintain a minimum average network Pavement Condition Index (PCI) of 80 with all roadways in good or better condition, our current annual contract budget need is $8.0 million per year.  

In 2019, City staff reviewed the TUF to ensure that all customers were paying their fair share. 

The City took the following steps: 

• Conducted a five-year review of the TUF.
• Adopted a TUF adjustment that fairly distributes the cost of maintaining our roadways among all customers. This adjustment increased the TUF for some customers and decreased it for others. The resulting adjustments did not create any additional City revenue. 

The adopted adjustment went into effect on March 1, 2020. To learn more about the TUF review process, read the October 15, 2019 memo to City Council. 

In February 2015, the City Council adopted a stepped rate increase for five years. The goal of the increases were to fully fund the City’s pavement management program, gradually clear the backlog of street maintenance projects by 2024, and bring most of our roadways in to a “good” rating. View the 2015 to 2019 TUF rates.

In 2008, the City Council established the TUF to help pay for street maintenance. It was developed to be a monthly user fee based on the use of the road system and paid through the City’s utility bill. The TUF:

• Provides a direct and consistent source of funding for maintaining our local roadways.
• Invests in and maintains the city's growing transportation infrastructure through oversight by the Pavement Management Program.
• Provides needed funding to address all backlog street maintenance projects by the year 2024.

For additional background information, read the 2008 TUF Report.