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New Capital Facilities and Capacity Enhancements <br />As the community's population base expands, the need to provide safe and efficient capital <br />facilities increases. New streets are necessary to provide access and the delivery of goods and <br />services to developing areas. In addition, wastewater and stormwater systems are necessary <br />for the health, welfare and safety of the community. <br />In Eugene, the increased need for additional capacity is reflected not only in planning for <br />wastewater, stormwater and road systems but in other areas as well, such as facilities for parks, <br />recreational services and emergency services. At times, rehabilitation and preservation efforts <br />do not meet many of the needs related to increased capacity. For example, the current City <br />Library illustrates how the demands of an expanding population base and increased average <br />usage outstrip the ability of rehabilitation and preservation programs to provide adequate <br />service levels to the community. <br />Establishing Project Priorities <br />The underlying strategy of the CIP is to plan for land acquisition, construction, and <br />maintenance of public facilities necessary for the safe and efficient provision of City services. <br />In order to implement this strategy, project priorities must be established. To prioritize <br />appropriately and effectively, information and inventories must be collected and analyzed. <br />The condition of each existing capital asset is assessed periodically through various established <br />programs such as the Facilities Condition Report, the Parking Structure Architectural Study and <br />the Pavement Management System. This data is used to prioritize the community's existing <br />capital needs. <br />The list of new capital improvement needs and potential capital projects is derived from a <br />number of sources. These include: <br />• Functional :plans, such as transportation, airport, or wastewater and stormwater system <br />plans and studies; <br />• Neighborhood and other refinement plans; <br />• Neighborhood needs requests (see Table 2 on Pages 8-17 for a summary of 1995 and 1996 <br />requests, and Appendix 1, Pages 68-80, for a detailed list of all requests made since 1992); <br />• Requests from individual citizens or community organizations; <br />• Requests from other governmental units, such as school districts; <br />• City departments; and <br />• City committees and commissions. <br />City of Eugene .199&2003 Capital Improvement Program <br />Overview <br />