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<br />reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation and use of public highways, roads; streets and
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<br />Road Operations and Maintenance Needs - The City's Road Fund accounts for the operation and ;
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<br />maintenance of Eugene's street system. Due to flat growth in state revenues and loss of lustoncal co ,unty
<br />road partnership revenues, the Road Fund is currently. expected to have an annual operating deficiY of~;over
<br />$1.8 million.for FY08 (growing to $2.3 million by FY10) for ongoing activities such as str~eet lighting,
<br />~ pothole patching, street tree maintenance, signing and striping of city streets. At some poixit, the council will
<br />be faced with a decision to either reduce the current service levels of road operations and maintenance
<br />acrivities or dedicate a portion of new or existing funding sources to" maintaining the servic~e levels. I
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<br />Implementation Timeframe - Our tax administrator, the ODOT Fue1S Tax Group in Salem, ~suggests that
<br />notice provided them,as of the end of January for the repeal of the sunset proyision would be optimal for
<br />their administration of this change in code and also provide adequate time for notice to Eugene fuel dealers.
<br />For that reason, action is requested on one or the other of the proposed ordinances tonight. ~; i, I~~
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<br />services." In January; 2007, the council identified a new council goal to "Develop mechanisms to adequately
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<br />The council has the following options: '~ ;~ ~.
<br />1. Council could decline to take action on either proposed ordinance, choosing to make no ~changes to~the
<br />Eugene Code and effectively allowing the city's motor vehicle fuel t~ rate to revert to thre"e cerits per~;,'
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<br />3. Council could approve the proposed code amendments as shown in Atfachment B to repeal the sunset
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