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Project List
Project Resume
REMI Northwest and Principal Alec Miller provide economic consulting and planning services. From modeling future revenue and cost scenarios to developing specific funding proposals, REMI Northwest has a solid track record of helping clients get organizations where they need to go. More than $10 million dollars in successful grant proposals are only part of a practice that has involved modeling of the most complicated business functions. Transit route cost planning, modeling of energy derivatives and detailed stochastic risk analysis are all part of helping clients to identify and access the best route forward for their organizations. Clients range from State and municipal governments to small technology start ups.
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RVTD Boundary Assessment: Route Cost Planning
 REMI Northwest developed a route cost planning model for the Rogue Valley Transportation District that allowed the district to refine long range plans for both district boundary locations and service levels throughout the district. The interactive model allows staff and policy makers to pose hypothetical questions about headways, hours of service and routes of service without having to go through the time consuming and expensive process of Ride Boarding that the district had previously been using. The model is useful for a wide variety of transit applications.
Results of analysis using the complete Route Cost Planning model are reported in the study, Rogue Valley Transportation District Boundary Analysis, Technical Memo #6 Revenue and Cost Model Analysis.
Contact: Julie Brown, CEO
541-608-2413
j.bown@rvtd.org
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Mercy Flights Grant Application and Feasibility Study
 This feasibility study showed the economic advantages to the Southern Oregon region of low cost and locally managed emergency air transportation managed by Mercy Flights. Due to the way medical payments are structured in this country, most of the cost of all emergency air transportation falls on the bills of privately insured health care customers, namely employers and their insured employees. As a result, low costs at Mercy Flight translate into $8.7 million in savings per year for Southern Oregon Employers and Employees in the form of reduced health insurance costs.
The Study and associated application to the Oregon Department of Transportation resulted in approximately $3.5 million in Connect Oregon III funding for modernizing facilities at Mercy Flights.
Contact: Ken Parsons, Mercy Flights CEO
541-858-2600
kenp@mercyflights.com
Central Point Budget Risk Analysis
 This brief report examines how municipal reserves relate to actual variation in revenues and expenditures. Throughout Oregon jurisdictions are maintaining reserves far in excess of actual needs for cash. This report demonstrates the value of municipal risk modeling using Central Point Oregon as a case study. The report demonstrates how the City maintains more than $8 million in reserves while annual budget variation is not expected to exceed $3 million during any given year.
Contact: Bev Adams, Finance Director
541-64-3321 x226
bev.adams@centralpointoregon.gov
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Rogue Valley Transportation District Compressed Natural Gas Fueling
 This project won $800,000 from the State of Oregon to help fund upgraded Compressed Natural Gas Fueling infrastructure at RVTD. Compressed natural gas offers the transit district lower costs and more predictable costs than diesel used to power most transit fleets. With fuel costs approximately ½ that of a diesel fleet, RVTD is set to tackle challenges of a growing population and increasing demands for transit in Southern Oregon.
Contact: Julie Brown, CEO
541-608-2413
j.bown@rvtd.org
Low Carbon Fuels Standard Economic Analysis
Working with Jack Faucett and Associates of Baltimore Maryland, REMI NW performed economic modeling of alternatives being considered by the Oregon Department of Transportation for developing low carbon fuels standards for fuels sold in Oregon. The scenarios included implementation of increased ethanol content, requirements for increased use of electric vehicles and requirements for increased use of compressed natural gas. The analysis found that in general the scenarios under consideration offered little or even negative economic benefits to the state and that some the import substitution assumptions of the technical committee were in need of review.
Contact: Michael Lawrence, Principal
301-961-8835
Lawrence@jfaucett.com
Josephine County Airport Economic Impact Analysis
 This study found that the Grants Pass Airport has the potential to create jobs and drive economic growth in Josephine County. Ground based services including maintenance facilities, fuel facilities and aircraft storage need expansion for the Airport to serve the entire demand for based aircraft in the County. Currently many Josephine aircraft owners choose to base their aircraft at airports in neighboring Jackson County, a 40 minute drive to the east, due to service constraints at the Grants Pass Airport. Removing these relatively minor service constraints would lower the cost of owning an aircraft in Josephine County while creating local jobs and supporting local business based at the airport.
Contact: Ron Fox, CEO Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development Inc.
541-773-8947
ron@soredi.org
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Swim Park Fiscal and Economic Impact
 REMI Northwest evaluated the fiscal and economic benefits of improved swimming pool facilities for the City of Medford. Developed recreation facilities in Southern Oregon have seen much less investment than in other parts of Oregon and the Country. Pool facilities are notably absent from the menu of recreation activities in most cities of the region while facilities in Medford are similar to those in much smaller towns such as the remote town of Lakeview, or now that the pool is closed, Cave Junction. Other much smaller communities have much more elaborate facilities than are available in Southern Oregon, facilities which are heavily used. This study found that demand for certain types of swimming activities is sufficient that gate revenues would support capital and operating costs of a proposed facility. The study also found that swim park type facilities including water slides and shallow play pools are able to pay for themselves while competition style pools are not.
The Medford City Council voted recently to move forward on developing a water park based on recommendations in the REMI Northwest study, according to the Mail Tribune. The REMI NW analysis found that by targeting the design of pool facilities to maximize revenue, the City would be able to expand recreational opportunities for children. Without additional investment, the City would not be able to develop infrastructure for competitive swimming.
Contact: Bryan Sjothun, City of Medford Parks Director
541-774-2401
Brian.sjothun@cityofmedford.org
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Jackson County Pear Industry Analysis
 REMI Northwest conducted a study of Jackson County’s pear industry, the foundation of a cluster of high-value food businesses. The cluster has grown over the past two decades and has the potential for continued prosperity. The Rogue Valley has unique climatic advantages for growing pears, grapes and other crops which gross up to 10 times as much as a typical field crop. REMI Northwest determined the most important challenge to the cluster's development is farmers' need to raise capital for investment in additional acreage, planting new varieties and maintaining equipment. The study found that regulations intended to protect farmland have inadvertently been creating disincentives for investment in high value crops and a relative incentive to create ‘hobby farms’ based on low density residential use combined with relatively low value per acre cattle or hay production.
The study suggests various alternate means of finance for the high value farmer that would serve to reverse these incentives.
Contact: Bill Williams, former Harry and David CEO, is no longer with the company.
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Southwest Oregon Economic Expansion and Transportation Team, Transportation Investment Economic Impact Analysis
This project involved an analysis of potential economic benefits from five different major transportation investments. The project was done for the Southwest Oregon Economic Expansion and Transportation Team; that team included many business leaders and policy makers from around Southern Oregon and was sponsored by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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Rogue Valley Employment Campus- Economic Impact Analysis
 This project extended some of the analysis done in the above report for the specific transportation investments and private sector development of the Rogue Valley Employment Campus project. This project developed a model for estimating the demand for building and land square footage based on job type and employment level. This Employment Density Model has applications for estimating the demand for urban land based on expectations for population and employment growth. The model provides a technical foundation for estimating the demand for urban land.
Contact: Mike Montero
541-944-4376
Montero-associates@charter.net
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Rogue Valley-Medford International Airport Freight Terminal Expansion
- Economic Impact Analysis
 This analysis estimated the economic impacts from expanded freight handling capacity at the Rogue Valley-Medford International Airport. The project supported a successful Connect Oregon II grant application of $4.8 million.
Contact: Bern Case, Director Rogue Valley-Medford International Airport
541-776-7222
bernce@jacksoncounty.org
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