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. SUMMARY OF URBAN TRANSITION <br />Origin of Urban Transition <br />In March 1985, local elected officials formed the Urban Services Policy Committee (USPC). <br />USPC's mission was to explore ways for local governments in the Eugene-Springfield <br />metropolitan area to increase efficiency of service delivery. <br />The key to this efficiency lay in transferring responsibility for delivering each service to the most <br />appropriate agency. Underlying this was the fact that in 1985 the County's General Fund was <br />highly stressed while its Road Fund was healthy. At the same time, Eugene was subsidizing its <br />street programs with 47% General Fund and Springfield was using a 40% General Fund subsidy. <br />It became evident that efficiency and funding problems could be solved at the same time by <br />transferring some of the County's general fund responsibilities to the Cities, along with some <br />County Road Funds. This would allow the Cities to fully fund their street programs with Road <br />Funds, thereby freeing up the Cities' General Funds to pay for the service responsibilities <br />transferred to them from the County. In turn, the County would be able to afford its remaining <br />General Fund services. <br />Subsequently, teams of local agency staff were convened to work under USPC's general <br />guidance. They studied the possibility of transferring services within the following service areas: <br />planning/land use/building permits/inspections; parks; police and jails; storm drainage; roads. <br />Results of Urban Transition (other than roads) <br />No transfer of responsibility resulted for police and jails or storm drainage. In 198'7, the west <br />onion of <br />Alton Baker Park was tr <br />p ansfenred to the City of Eugene; the east portion of Alton <br />' Baker Park was transferred to Springfield. Responsibility for planning and land use and building <br />services within the urbanizable areas were transferred from the County to the two Cities in 1987. <br />- ' -- Since 1987, the volume and complexity and cost of planning, land use, and building services in <br />the urbanizable areas has increased steadily because of development activities and ever- <br />. :increasing state and federal requirements. <br />Results of Urban Transition-Roads <br />Urban Transition-Roads went into effect in July 1987 and did the following: <br />- Transferred a1142 miles of County roads within the two Cities (except for Delta <br />Highway); along with all related responsibilities and liabilities, to the Cities. <br />- Established a "regional road network" in the metro area. <br />-~ Provided for annual transfer of County Road Funds to Cities for "general street <br />purposes." <br />- .Provided for annual transfer of County Road Funds to Cities for "maintenance of <br />regional road network streets within the cities." <br />- Provided for annual transfer of County Road Funds to Cities for pavement overlays <br />on regional road network streets within cities. <br />The Urban Transition-Roads agreement has been amended several times since 1987: <br />- 1990, increased transfer amounts to Cities. <br />- 1993, increased transfer amounts to Cities and changed name to County/City Roads <br />Partnership Program. <br />- 1996, decreased transfer amounts to Cities. <br />- 1998, decreased transfer amounts to Cities. <br />- 2000, decreased transfer amounts to Cities. <br />