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Potential projects to address new capital needs or expand and enhance existing capital assets are <br /> derived from a number of sources. These include: <br /> • Functional plans, such as transportation, airport, parks, or wastewater and stormwater <br /> system plans and studies; <br /> • Neighborhood and other refinement plans; <br /> • Requests from individual citizens, neighborhood associations, neighborhood matching <br /> grants applications, and community organizations;' <br /> 1 Requests from other governmental units, such as school districts, federal and state <br /> agencies; <br /> 'i City departments; and <br /> • City committees and commissions. <br /> The major sources of funds available for capital projects are dedicated funds. The use of <br /> dedicated funds is restricted by the limitations imposed by local, state or federal laws associated <br /> with the funding source. For the most part, these funds are accounted for in the City's special <br /> revenue or enterprise funds, such as the Road Fund, the Municipal Airport Fund, or the Systems <br /> ~ Development Capital Projects Fund. Projects that are not supported by dedicated revenue are <br /> <br /> :I financed by a transfer from the General Fund. The City may also receive direct funding for <br /> projects from other jurisdictions or through grants and donations. For major projects with <br /> citywide benefits, the City may request voter approval of a property tax levy to repay General <br /> Obligation Bonds. Operating costs associated with capital projects can be found in either the <br /> j City of Eugene's Annual Budget or the Multi-Year Financial Plan - FY04-FY09. <br /> Given the wide variety of specialized funding sources and the framework of adopted plans and <br /> policies, selection of projects for the CIP does not follow aone-size-fits-all priority setting <br /> process. Instead, within each program area various projects are selected based on a sense of the <br /> needs that have been identified within that area; the funding that is projected to be available (and <br /> j the limitations on how it can be used); and any specific support or direction that has been <br /> provided by official advisory groups, neighborhoods, individual citizens, the City Council, ` <br /> outside agencies or other sources of input and guidance. In the following section of the <br /> document, the narrative portion at the beginning of each program area describes the specific r <br /> considerations that have gone into project selection. <br /> City of Eugene 2004 - 2009 Capital Improvement Program <br /> Page 10 <br /> <br />