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Adequate funding for maintenance of City facilities that are not supported by dedicated revenue <br />has been a problem for many years. The Budget Committee adopted a new general capital <br />budget strategy in FY01. The base transfer from the General Fund to capital was increased in <br />FY01 by $700,000 to $1.7 million, and would grow by $100,000 each year thereafter. The <br />strategy also called for continued dedication of an additional $900,000 of end-of--year General <br />Fund balances to capital projects for facility preservation, maintenance, and replacement. <br />The City has tried to adhere to the 2001 funding plan; however, during financially lean years in <br />FY04 and FY05, the base capital transfer from the General Fund for facility capital projects was <br />reduced along with other General Fund services. <br />The FY08-13 CIP continues the established $100,000 per year increase in the base General Fund <br />transfer, increasing the total General Fund support, including Park facilities, from $3.07 million <br />in 2008 to $3.57 million in 2013. The Public Building and Facilities portion of these totals is <br />$2.73 million, increasing to $3.18 million in 2013: <br />Building Preservation and Deferred Maintenance <br />In 1995, the City Council adopted a Facility Condition Report (FCR) process, which establishes <br />baseline. data about the condition of facilities supported by the General Fund through a detailed, <br />structured inspection process. All capital building and facility projects in the General Fund are <br />assessed and prioritized on the basis of this report every three years. <br />The proportion of existing deficiencies relative to portfolio value (the Facility Condition Index, <br />or FCI) continues to drop as it has for the previous two audits. However, the reduction of the <br />FCI from 0.20 in 1997 ($21.7m existing deficiencies) to 0.12 in 2001 ($14.3m) to the 2004 ratio <br />of FCI 0.07 ($16.2m) reflects the combination of increased area in new buildings and the <br />increasing value of the city portfolio of assets. The estimated cost of existing deficiencies has <br />increased to $16 million. While about two-thirds of General Fund buildings are in good or very <br />good condition, this is due primarily to the addition of new buildings to the inventory. <br /> Value of Existing Deficiencies <br /> $s.oo <br /> $s.oo <br /> $7.00 <br /> $s.oo <br /> <br />' $5.00 <br />4 <br />00 <br />~ <br />' $ <br />. <br />p $3.00 <br /> $2.00 <br />$1 <br />00 <br /> . <br /> $0.00 <br />H/S/W Primary Bldg Secondary Bldg Bldg Service <br />Systems Systems Systems <br />® 1995 ®1997 ^ 2001 ~ 2004 <br />City of Eugene 2008 - 2013 Capital Improvement Program <br />(, <br />128 <br />