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Infrastructure and Planning Services
<br />Service Description
<br />The Infrastructure and Planning Services category includes development and maintenance of the
<br />City's physical infrastructure (transportation systems, public buildings, parks, and wastewater and
<br />stormwater collection and treatment facilities); operation of the Eugene Airport; land use planning;
<br />construction and other permit services; community development; and parking management:
<br />At the Airport, the City operates the terminal and airfield facility, provides short and long-term
<br />parking, plans and implements airfield improvements and manages- space for private aviation-
<br />related businesses. The Airport serves a southern Willamette Valley regional population of
<br />approximately 700;000. The Airport strives to provide service to customers within aone-hour
<br />drive to the north of Eugene and atwo-hour drive to the south. On a daily basis, the Airport
<br />serves approximately 2,000 commercial airline passengers. Commercial airlines serving,, the
<br />Eugene Airport provide around 60 arrivals and departures daily. Annually, the Eugene Airport
<br />accommodates approximately 100,000 total aircraft operations. Daily volume of aircraft traffic
<br />varies from 100 aircraft operations per day to over 500 operations daily, depending on weather and
<br />other factors.
<br />Transportation systems maintained by the City include over 500 miles of streets, 43 miles of
<br />alleys, over 620 miles of sidewalks, approximately 230 traffic signals, 8,400 street lights and bike
<br />path lights, 15,500 traffic signs, 8,600 street name signs, and SOO lane miles of roadway striping.
<br />An additiona130 miles of separated off-street bike paths provide routes for commuter bicycling
<br />and walking, as well as recreational cycling; jogging, and other uses.
<br />The City also maintains 39 miles of primary and secondary open drainage facilities (waterways),
<br />more than 38 miles of roadside ditches and culverts, over 500 miles of enclosed stormwater pipe,
<br />over 13,500 catch basins, 2,500 pipe inletloutlet structures, 7,250 manholes, and 3,000 acres of
<br />wetlands owned and managed in partnership. Maintenance work includes planned cleaning,
<br />inspection, repair, installation; and operation of the major open waterways, pipe, catch basins, and
<br />manholes. Work on the major open waterways involves. vegetation control, bank stabilization, and
<br />debris and sediment removal. The street sweeping and leaf recycling programs are also part of the
<br />stormwater maintenance program. The City manages wastewater collection and treatment facilities
<br />on a regional basis. To manage this wastewater, the City of Eugene provides sewers for
<br />wastewater collection and conveyance from homes and businesses in Eugene, Santa Clara,. and
<br />River Road to the regional treatment plant..
<br />City planning services are aimed at preserving the quality of Eugene's environment (both natural
<br />and built), including the character of its neighborhoods and public infrastructure. The planning
<br />process is designed to encourage all citizens to participate in community decision making.
<br />The Planning Division manages the development review process involving over 3001and use
<br />applications per year. Evaluation of these applications requires a balancing of public and private
<br />interests to ensure orderly development consistent with City objectives. Such efforts involve
<br />extensive interaction with various stakeholders as well as the general public.
<br />The City's building permit/plan check, business license, building inspection, private tree permit,
<br />rental housing, solid waste and recycling, and nuisance and land use code enforcement programs
<br />are consolidated at the Permit and Information Center. At the Permit and Information Center,. a
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