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Capital Budget Highlights <br />Transportation <br />The City's projected backlog of pavement preservation projects continues to be a <br />significant issue. The proposed FY07 budget for preservation projects is $3.8 million, <br />funded from a combination of resources from the Transportation Utility Fund and the <br />reimbursement component of transportation system development charges. <br />In September 2005, Council directed the City Manager to develop a proposal for revenue <br />strategies to address the backlog, as well as the projected deficit in the road operations <br />fund. In February 2006, Council discussed options and recommendations brought by the <br />- '' City Manager. Based on those discussions, Council directed the City Manager to shift <br />one-half of the cost of the Street Trees/Median Maintenance Program from the Road <br />Fund to the Stormwater Fund, beginning in FY07, and bring back a proposal for <br />reestablishing the previously repealed Transportation System Maintenance Fee (TSMF). <br />- Discussions around a process and methodology for implementing a TSMF will likely <br />4 _ ' extend into FY07. <br />Wastewater <br />In order to maintain current operating service levels in the wastewater collection program <br />while also funding the Capital Improvement Program, local' wastewater user fee increases <br />of 12% were implemented in both FY05 and FY06. It is anticipated that one more year <br />of above-inflation level rate increases will be needed in FY07. The inflow and <br />infiltration reduction capital program is a joint effort by the cities of Eugene and <br />Springfield and is necessary to control the amount of water entering the sanitary sewer <br />system that contributes to the peak wet weather flow demands on the regional wastewater <br />treatment plant. The proposed 6% rate increase for FY07 is expected to increase the bill <br />for a typical residential customer by 36 cents per month. <br />Stormwater <br />The City's Stormwater capital program reflects the goals of the Comprehensive <br />Stormwater Management Plan and compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge <br />Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit. Primary resources are system <br />development charges and user fees. The total FY07 proposed Stormwater capital budget <br />is $1.7 million. At a January 2006 work session, Council directed staff to increase the <br />stream corridor acquisition program budget by $300,000. As a result, the FY07 proposed <br />budget includes a total of $450,000 for stream corridor acquisition. <br />A proposed 15% rate increase for FY07 is expected to increase the bill for a medium <br />residential customer by $1.13 per month. In addition to the enhanced capital acquisition <br />program, this rate increase is also partially driven by increases in the Stormwater <br />operating budget related to requirements of the new NPDES permit and the shift of a <br />portion of the street trees/median maintenance program from the Road Operations Fund <br />to the Stormwater Fund. <br />49 <br />__ <br />