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Infrastructure and Planning. Services <br />utility buildings have been added to the General Fund building inventory. The projects <br />completed during this building cycle have increased the City's building inventory by 292,000 <br />square feet, resulting in a 43% increase in the total square footage of General Fund building <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 />11. 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. Beginning in <br />2004, the annual amount of funding for building preservation dropped below industry standards. <br />If this trend continues, the condition of the City's building assets will deteriorate over time. The <br />primary facility that will require renovation or replacement is City Hall, which accounts for <br />roughly one-half of both outstanding and emerging building deficiencies identified during <br />facility condition audits. <br />12. 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 fora `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, along with unfunded security mandates from the Transportation Security <br />Administration (TSA), have proven to be a challenge for the Eugene Airport. The Airport needs <br />to generate enough revenue and limit expenses in a manner that maintains or lowers the airline <br />rates 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 TSA installed four Reveal CT-80 baggage screening machines in January 2007 to provide <br />' faster service to travelers through the Eugene Airport. The new reduced-sized machines certified <br />by the TSA, valued at more than $330,000 each, allow for a higher level of security with <br />automated explosives detection capabilities. The equipment means less baggage handling, <br />requiring less labor, and will help reduce the risk of injuries to TSA staff. The new system can <br />process 100 bags an hour, which makes the security scanning process more efficient for airlines <br />and ultimately for passengers. <br />The Airport completed the construction of the Airport Road realignment project, the final phase <br />of the Parallel. Runway 16L/34R project -anew 6,000-foot long parallel runway, recommended <br />in the 1990 Eugene Airport Master Plan and addressed in the 2000 Update. The realignment of <br />Airport Road created a runway protection zone at the south end of the runway and facilitated the <br />location of navigational aids that enhance the safety of aircraft operations. <br />13. The regional wastewater facilities plan (adopted .2004 for planning period through 2025) <br />includes a capital improvement program estimated to cost $144 million (in 2004 dollars). <br />55 <br />