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6 <br />Acres of park land by type <br />3,000 <br />z,5oo z,tst <br />2,000 <br />1,500 <br />a <br />1,000 <br />500 218 238 <br />o - ~.. <br />2002 <br />~ ~Qri <br />2003 <br />2,474 <br />2004 <br />Acres of park land per 1,000 residents <br />25.0 <br />23.0 <br />21.0 <br />a 19.0 <br />17.0 <br />15.0 <br />2002 <br />Five most-used City services per community <br />survey <br />1l~ac~ tL<~~r~ ~.1 (:iir ~ru~l~~, f ~~u ~-~,a~, <br />V"ni~Cti lll i~)rl~~ ;iJ~~°I'ii1'~'r~ [L ~~~.J 7lll~~lr~[l <br />~riil;~ti .tnr( t,~~~n <~~:u~~ l~~,ncl m~asur~~ tu: <br />^Neighborhood ~ ~~~CC~u~~ i~~~l~~ll;l~'~lllr~ Cut11t11U[lll1 <br />®Community V17r~~tC(1l:rflutl ~lCI~111~< <br />®Metro <br />• ~'~~~~r~.trl~~ rv~iin~, ~p~ ~rr5 liclrl> <br />• Dc~~clr~~~ nciehl,r,rlu~rul ~~arl:< <br />-, lcyuit~~J~u1c~ i~nri~u~urc ~~.u~-.ti <br />• I(~:~~,ttlil ih~: Ri~l~~~~liu~~'l~.til ~~~~cn <br />ti~~,iCC ti1~1~'1ll <br />-__ _. <br />In FY04, the median ICMA city had 12.0 <br />acres of park land per 1,000 residents, <br />1 compared to 20.1 acres in Eugene. <br />City Parks 71 <br />Library 58% <br />i <br />Airport 47% <br />1 <br />Hult Center 46% <br />-I <br />Cuthbert O 33% <br />0% 20% 40% 60% 80% <br />Percent who said they used service in past year <br />Source: City of Eugene Community Survey, November 2003 <br />Acres of Ridgeline open space acquired <br />400 ^°^ <br />350 <br />300 <br />250 <br />M <br />~ 200 <br />a 150 <br />100 <br />'50 <br />0 <br />Residents value the community's abundant <br />cultural and recreational amentities. <br />m <br />c 1DD% 1a5% <br />IV <br />a 95%r <br />v 9D% <br />~ 92% <br />c <br />°", 85% <br />`- 80% <br />"m <br />75% <br />a 2002 <br />Satisfaction with Hult and Cuthbert events <br />100% <br />~~ 96% <br />92% ~~Hult <br />Cuthbert <br />2003 2004 <br />Source: Hult and Cuthbert user surveys <br />City levy and tax rates per $1,000 assessed value <br />and as a percentage of total City taxes <br />Youth and <br />school <br />services Debt service <br />$0.8600 $0.4242 <br />10% 5% <br />Library levy = <br />$0.5542 <br />6% <br />Operating levy <br />$7.0058 <br />79% <br />Library circulation per capita <br />15 <br />c`''~1j0 <br />5 <br />Swimming pools are the most heavily visited <br />5 <br />$70 <br />$60 <br />I°o $50 <br />$40 <br />a <br />o. $30 <br />W $20 <br />$10 <br />$0 <br />2002 <br />$64.26 <br />recreation facilities, with the largest number $9 <br />of activities, registrants, attendees and open ~ g6 <br />hours. However, pools are the most expensive Q $5 <br />and energy-intensive of all the facilities the a $4 <br />City operates. In FY04 the total utility cost ~ $3 <br />o <br />for the pools was $301,500. $1 <br /> $o <br />Satisfaction with Downtown Eugene <br />9 <br />N 80% <br />.N 7o°i° <br />r so°i° <br />y 50% <br />H 40% <br />0 30% <br />d 20% <br />c 10% <br />a <br />y D% <br />°' 2000 <br />Eugene voters place a high value on education, passing local option <br />levies supporting public library services as well as youth and school <br />services. <br />In the 2003-2004 school year, Eugene taxpayers supplemented state <br />K-12 education funding by contributing more than $5.5 million to <br />Eugene School District 4J and $1.1 million to Bethel School District <br />through the City of Eugene local option levy. <br />Library expenditures per capita <br />Aquatics cost per patron, total and net <br />$8.43 <br />®Total costlpatron <br />®Net costfpatron <br />Satisfaction with Downtown Eugene improved <br />~° following the Broadway Street reopening. <br />However, despite significant arts and cultural <br />activity, the district has room for improvement <br />in public perception. <br />7 <br />2003 2004 <br />2003 2004 <br />2002 2003 2004 <br />0 <br />2002 2003 2004 <br />2002 2003 2004 <br />2001 2002 2003 2004 <br />Source: City of Eugene Community Survey, November 2004 <br />