Summer of 2025 Update #7August 18th 2025 - phases 1 to 3 of this summers road repairs are complete with Mountainview Drive 100% complete on its crack sealing treatment including the Northern portion of Springbrook in the vicinity. The ADA work (ramps and sidewalk improvements) on S. Center Street are complete. Grind and inlay repairs on S. Center Street are complete except for some small sections on cross streets caused by ADA ramp cuts. These will be tackled very soon. The Fulton Street re-surfacing / re-build project is 100% complete to include new Themo plastic markings. Meadow Lane hs also been resurfaced ending this summers grind and inlay tasks.
Phase 4 is almost complete
Our last major project of the summer will be the Slurry seal and Cape seals on S. Howard Street, S. School Street and several blocks of E 3rd Street. This is finishing today August 18th with the top coat of Slurry on these streets.
Slurry seal is typically a 1" lift of sealing material, whereas cape sealing involves the addition of small size granules to the mix to fill smaller cracks.
The impacted houses and businesses are being alerted via leafleting on Monday the 4th of August.
Your TUF tax dollars hard at work!
Other Roads Projects - River Street UpdateThere has been some progress made towards a complete re-build of South River Street a project that will cover two biennia. First the Newberg Urban Renewal Agency (NURA) has accepted the recommendation from their Community Advisory Committee that two sections of River Street would make great candidates for early NURA public improvements.
The next step will be an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) between NURA and the City to agree a bond that would be serviced by NURA tax increment funds. While we are awaiting this step our engineering department has started scoping preliminary design options - but actual design and construction work will need to wait until the IGA comes before our city council for a vote.
For the summer of 2025 you can download the street improvement plan by clicking here. You will see that Howard, Fulton Street, and Mountainview are all on the list for this summer.
What is TUF (the Transportation Utility Fee)?
- The City of Newberg has over 65.5 miles paved streets plus 4 miles of gravel roadways.
- Roads are the City’s largest asset with a replacement value of $150 million.
- In 2016, the condition of the roads ranged from poor ⇔ good.
- Age and continued deterioration already exceeded the available funds to maintain the aging roads.
- In 2017, City Council adopted a Transportation Utility Fee (TUF), expected to generate approximately $1.3 million annually for road maintenance.
- In 2024 a LiDAR scan of the entire city was conducted to get a more accurate assessment of our pavement condition index (PCI).
What is the connection between TUF and road repairs?
TUF fund are the primary way that the city pays for street surface improvements and repairs like crack sealing, slurry sealing or grind and inlay surface replacement. Critically most of his work can only be done in warm dry months so that the materials can set properly. This gives us a very short window of time to do these repairs each year.
Please download the TUF Funded Street Repair Selection Procedure to discover the process that goes into choosing the street sections that will be improved each summer.
- List of all current projects managed by ODOT (Oregon Department of Transportation)
- The Newberg-Dundee Bypass with impacts to Hwy219/ Wilsonville Rd/ Wynooski Rd
Waiver of Fees
Vacancy Waiver
- When any developed property becomes vacant, and water service remains in effect, upon written application of the property owner, the TUF will be billed at the lowest available rate upon the approval of the city manger.
- When any developed property becomes vacant, and water service is discontinued, upon written application of the property owner, the TUF will not be billed if all current and outstanding water, sanitary sewer, storm server and transportation utility fee charges have been paid in full.
- The city manager is authorized to investigate any developed property for which a fee reduction or waiver application is submitted to verify any of the information contained in the application.
Hardship Waivers
- The responsible party may qualify for a waiver if the person meets the income criteria, which is defined as a household earning less than 80 percent of the HUD median household income in Newberg.
- The principal owner of a multi-family residential property may qualify for a waiver if the property is identified as a low income qualified housing identified by the Housing Authority of Yamhill County.
Unemployment Waiver
- An unemployment waiver provides a 6 month waiver to residents who have had the responsible party recently laid off from their job. Evidence of receipt of current unemployment benefits and proof of residency at the service address is required. Residents can reapply for the waiver if still receiving unemployment benefits after six months.
Motor Vehicle Discount
- A discount can be obtained for residential class households in which no one owns a motor vehicle. The discount is good for one full year after the discount is approved or until a vehicle is acquired by the household. Residents must demonstrate that each member of the household of driving age does not have a vehicle. Qualifying residents must reapply each year to receive a waiver for the nest 12 months.
Additional TUF Info
City Council reviewed the recommendation and adopted the Transportation Utility Fee (TUF) in May 2017. The TUF will allow the city to provide improved pavement conditions within ten years while research into additional funding sources is ongoing. See the City Council Resolution for more information: RES NO. 2024-3920
