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Infrastructure and Planning Services <br />assets. This large increase in building area, although with relatively energy efficient and low <br />maintenance facilities., increases the overall costs of building operation and maintenance. <br />12. Even with the addition of new buildings, a large component of the General Fund building <br />inventory is significantly older. The average age of General Fund buildings is about 25 years, <br />and almost one-third of the square footage of General Fund buildings is 40 years of age or older. <br />This aging component of the City's building inventory requires increasingly costly building <br />maintenance and preservation. In the near future, these assets will require funding for renovation <br />that is beyond the level supported by the ongoing capital preservation program. The primary <br />facility that will require renovation or replacement is City Hall, which accounts for roughly one- <br />half of both outstanding and emerging building deficiencies identified during facility condition <br />audits. <br />13. The Eugene Airport and area businesses are devoted to air service retention and expansion <br />of existing markets. Eugene's recruitment effort has been nationally recognized as a model for <br />air service development for a small community. The Airport's strategy in retaining and <br />. recruiting sufficient commercial air service to meet regional demand is to keep rates and charges <br />within market. Increased costs for labor, retirement, healthcare, and services provided by other <br />departments, have proven to be a challenge for the Eugene Airport. The Airport needs to <br />generate enough revenue and limit expenses in a manner that maintains or lowers the airline rates <br />and charges while working towards comparability to other airports competing for the same <br />commercial air service. Since the Airport has an above-average reliance on airline-derived <br />revenues, loss of air service would be detrimental to the Eugene Airport and the local economy. <br />The Eugene Airport opened the new Parallel Runway 16L/34R in September 2005 for both <br />general aviation and commercial operations. The new 6,000-foot-long parallel runway, which <br />was recommended in the 1990 Eugene Airport Master Plan and addressed in the 2000 Update, <br />;" will improve safety, increase capacity, and provide the Airport with aback-up commercial air <br />,- carrier runway. The new parallel runway will also aid the Airport in developing additional <br />properties and will create additional space for general aviation expansion that can provide <br />revenue to the Airport over the long term. <br />A Category III Instrument Landing System was completed in December 2005 to provide airline <br />pilots precision guidance during low-visibility landings. The new system makes the Eugene <br />Airport only one of four airports in the Northwest using the advanced equipment. The Airport <br />now has a high quality, state-of--the-art, airfield further enhancing the value and attributes of the <br />Airport. <br />14. Wastewater collection and treatment are essential public services to the community. In <br />2004, a comprehensive update to the regional wastewater Facilities Plan was completed to ensure <br />that the facilities will meet the community's needs for the next 20 years. Significant investments <br />in infrastructure will be necessary to address peak wet weather flows and more stringent <br />environmental regulations. Progress has been made in establishing a CIP management process <br />and initiating the designs and construction on an appropriate timeline. Funding for <br />implementation of the plan will be generated by a combination of user fees, systems <br />development charges, and revenue bonds issued by the Metropolitan Wastewater Management <br />65 <br />