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Public Buildings `and Facilities <br /> The City maintains a wide range of public facilities, including neighborhood, community, and <br /> metropolitan parks, community centers and swimming pools, fire stations, government office <br /> <br /> buildings, parking structures, and the library. In all, the City must maintain and preserve more <br /> than 185 buildings in order for City government to effectively provide the services desired by <br /> Eugene citizens. <br /> The City must also provide new and/or expanded facilities to meet the needs of a growing <br /> community. For instance, the Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department (ERGS) is <br /> currently in the process of evaluating their mix and methods of delivering recreation services. <br /> Given the City's current financial picture, most new General Fund facility development will <br /> depend on the willingness of citizens to provide additional resources to fund these improvements <br /> as demonstrated in the recent voter approval of both Library and Parks and Open Space funding. <br /> Public Building and Facilities projects are derived from several adopted plans and facility <br /> condition reports. These include the Parks and Recreation Plan, Public Safety Long Range Plan, <br /> Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Redeployment Plan, Urban Renewal Plan, the <br /> 1997 and 2001 Facility Condition Reports, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition <br /> Plan, and a Parking Structure Architectural Study. <br /> The General Fund (derived predominately from property taxes) is the primary source of funding <br /> for Building Facilities projects. Dedicated Funds include the Atrium Fund (ATRIUM), <br /> Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and Parking Funds. Public building projects at the Eugene <br /> Airport are inlcuded in the Airport section of the GIP. <br /> Project Categories <br /> Public Building and Facilities projects are described in one of three ways: <br /> 1. Facility Preservation and Maintenance -These projects preserve, maintain and repair <br /> systems associated with existing facilities. They allow facilities to achieve their useful <br /> life spans and to be maintained at a level required for effective service delivery to the <br /> public. <br /> This category is divided into five Preservation and Maintenance programs: <br /> • Health, Safety, and Welfare <br /> • Primary Building Systems <br /> • Secondary Building Systems <br /> • Service Systems <br /> The six-year funding .levels and the general criteria and description of the types of <br /> projects for each of these program areas are outlined in the Public Building and Facilities <br /> Six-Year Funded Program section that follows this introduction. <br /> City of Eugene 2004 - 2009 Capital Improvement Program <br /> Page 1 <br /> <br />