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i~ : : <br />v '- <br />COREY Kurt A <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Subject: FW: Revised remarks <br />,~.~ ~~~.~,~. ; "~;~ ~ C~% s~~> ~ ~ ~ ,~.~~ <br />~ ~ ~ ~ <br />~°~ ~ _ I~ ~ , ~e ~- ~.C _~~~~P <br />_ _. ~_ .~~. _~ ~ ~L~.~`" <br />__ _._. .~. ~__ ._ ~_ . <br />From: CUTSOGEORGE Sue L ~ G~~~ U~~ ~~ ~~r VW <br />Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 7:47 AM <br />To: COREY Kurt A; CARLSON Becky A; CARLSON Jim R; JONES Eric R; LANKSTON Jeff; LIDZ Jerome (Harrang); <br />SOMMERS Lauren (Harrang); HILL Larry K; 'barry@perrinpack.com'; stevej@nsdssurvey.org <br />Subject: Revised remarks <br />Here's a revised version. <br />Sue (x5589) <br />,,,,~,,.,«.,,*.*.. <br />In December, you directed staff to bring back ballot measure language that provides for both a list of <br />high priority street repair projects and an appropriate amount of flexibility for changing project <br />priorities. The materials included in your packet explain the types of expenditures that are proposed to <br />be made from bond proceeds, along with a list of high-profile projects. <br />This map shows where all the high-profile projects are located. You can see that they are spread <br />throughout the city, and are mostly on the major arterials and collector streets. For instance, a large <br />portion of 18th, portions of Willamette, Royal Avenue and Centennial Boulevard are included. These <br />high-profile projects make up about 1/3 of the bond spending. The choice of these projects was <br />confirmed by initial survey results early this month . <br />The remainder would be used for additional street repair projects that are defined in the ballot measure <br />language and determined by the City's pavement management system, including $350,000 annually for <br />off-street bike and pedestrian paths. Proposed bond spending does not include street improvement <br />projects that are currently being worked on at Crest/Friendly/Storey and Maple/Elmira, but the City <br />share of costs for those projects could also be built into the bond measure. <br />A poll of Eugene citizens was undertaken in early January to determine attitudes towards street funding <br />and willingness to support this proposed bond measure. A summary of results was handed out tonight. <br />Unfortunately, Steve Johnson of Northwest Survey & Data Services could not be here to present the <br />results, so I will give a brief overview. <br />You can see that 56% of the people surveyed were willing to pay $110 in property taxes for street <br />repairs. This is approximately the amount of taxes paid by an average taxpayer for an $81 million bond <br />measure. Of those that said no to $110 in additional taxes, some people were willing to support property <br />taxes at the $90 level . This indicates that a lower dollar amount might get additional support, although that <br />would need to be tested to see if a corresponding reduction in the amaunt of street repair projects would affect <br />those additional supporters. <br />Of the specific elements of street repairs that were presented to the survey respondents, maintaining <br />traffic signals and signs was the most important, followed closely by repairing potholes. Both of these <br />were considered very important by more than 50% of respondents, and important or very important to <br />nearly all the survey respondents. Third on the list was keeping street lights lit, which was either <br />1/28/2008 <br />