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Letter to Lane County Roads Advisory Committee <br />February 28, 2001 <br />Page 2 <br />All the citizens of Lane County will benefit from a strong, continued partnership between the County <br />and its cities. The amount for the partnership currently budgeted in Lane County's `02/'06 CIP is <br />$2.5 million per year. Several months ago, the mayors of the other cities in Lane County joined me <br />in expressing our shared concern that serious road fund shortfalls are jeopardizing our ability to <br />operate, maintain and preserve the urban road network on which all county residents depend. Our <br />request is that the annual allocation for the County/City Road Partnership Agreement be <br />restored to the 1996 level of $5 million per year, using additional federal payments to the Lane <br />County Road Fund to provide the additional resources required to meet this commitment. <br />I realize that the Roads Advisory Committee currently is developing criteria for the allocation of the <br />additional Road Fund payments to be received through the Rural Schools and Community Self- <br />Determination Act (RS&CSDA) of 2000. We at the City of Eugene look forward to meeting with <br />you and members of the County staff in the near future to discuss those criteria and how the <br />additional funding might best be used to meet the needs of the citizens of Lane County. It is our <br />understanding the Lane County will provide additional opportunities to testify on the `02/'06 CIP <br />when it has been amended to include the RS&CSDA funds and projects proposed to be constructed <br />with those funds. <br />If you have any questions about our interest in the-Lane County `02/'06 CIP or the criteria related to <br />the RS&CSDA funding, please do not hesitate to contact me or City of Eugene staff. <br />Sincerely, / <br />James D. To y, Mayor <br />cc: Lane County Board of Commissioners <br />encl: Copy of January 241etter from Lane County mayors to Lane County Board of Commissioners <br />Copy of spreadsheet showing Eugene's Road Fund Expenditures on Regional Road Network <br />