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This fund was created in Fiscal Year 1996. As part of the development permitting process, <br />the Army Corps of Engineers or the Division of State Lands may require developers to replace <br />wetlands that cannot be protected or otherwise mitigated on-site. The City constructs and <br />maintains the "mitigation" wetlands, under approval and review by the Bureau of Land <br />Management, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and the Division of State <br />Lands. <br />OTHER AGENCY FUNDING <br />Community Development Block Grant Fund (CDBG) <br />Source: Annual Federal CDBG grant. <br />Capital projects which serve a qualified low-income area or a target population, such as <br />seniors or persons with disabilities, are one of many activities eligible for Federal CDBG <br />funding. Eligible projects are determined by Neighborhood Needs Requests, current CIP <br />projects, a recent local Housing and Community Needs Survey, and public testimony at <br />hearings for plan adoption. _ <br />The Draft CIP Fiscal Years 1998-2003 does not show any Community Development Block <br />Grant (CDBG) funding. In the past, CDBG-funded projects have been in the Building and Park <br />Facilities program, and typically included accessibility improvements to City facilities and park <br />improvements in low-income neighborhoods. In 1995, afive-year Consolidated Plan was <br />prepared for several local HUD-funded programs and was approved by the City Council. As <br />part of that plan, every year aOne-Year Action Plan for the use of CDBG funds is approved <br />by the City Council. The current allocation for use of CDBG funds in FY96-97 was approved <br />by the City Council in May 1996. Planning is underway for FY97-98 and will be presented <br />for City Council approval in April 1997. It is anticipated that future plans will allocate a <br />portion of the projected approximately $1.5 million annual CDBG Federal grant to capital <br />improvements. <br />Federal Aviation Administration Grants (FAA) <br />Source: Federal Aviation Administration grants. <br />Projects include capital improvements to the Eugene Airport terminal, runways, taxiways, and <br />other airport-related facilities. These grants require matching local funds which are typically <br />Airport Funds and, beginning next year, may include Passenger Facility Charges. <br />Note: The parentheses indicate the name of column headings on funding tables. <br />City of Eugene .1998-2003 Capital Improvement Program <br />Appendix II -List of Funding Sources <br />84 <br />