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Public Buildings and Facilities The City maintains a wide range of public facilities, including neighborhood, community, and metropolitan parks, community centers, swimming pools, fire stations, government office buildings, parking structures, and the library. In all, the City must maintain and preserve more than 185 buildings in order for City government to effectively provide the services desired by Eugene citizens. The City must also provide new and/or expanded facilities to meet the needs of a growing community. For instance, the Library, Recreation, and Cultural Services Department is currently ' in the process of evaluating its mix and methods of delivering recreation services. Given the City's current financial picture, most new General Fund facility development will depend on the willingness of citizens to provide additional resources to fund these improvements as demonstrated in the recent voter approval of both Library and Parks and Open Space funding. Public Building and Facilities projects are derived from several adopted plans and facility condition reports. These include the Parks and Recreation Plan, Public Safety Long Range Plan, Fire and Emergency Medical Services Redeployment Plan, Urban Renewal Plan, the 1997 and 2001 Facility Condition Reports, Downtown City Space Plan, Public Works Facility Master Plan Update, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan, and a Parking Structure Architectural Study. The General Fund (predominately supported by property taxes) is the primary source of funding for Public Buildings and Facilities projects. Dedicated funds include the Atrium Fund, Emergency Medical Services, and Parking Funds. Public building projects at the Eugene Airport are included in the Airport section of the CIP. Project Categories - Public Building and Facilities projects are described in one of three ways: ~ • 1. Facility Preservation and Maintenance -These projects preserve, maintain and repair systems associated with existing facilities. They allow facilities to achieve their useful life spans and to be maintained at a level required for effective service delivery to the - ' public. This category is divided into four Preservation and Maintenance programs: F~1 Health, Safety, and Welfare • Primary Building Systems I • Secondary Building Systems ' Service Systems ~ , The six-year funding levels and the general criteria and description of the types of projects for each of these program areas are outlined in the Public Building and Facilities r" Six-Year Funded Program section that follows this introduction. 2. Site and Facility Improvements -Projects in this category include modifications and/or ~ additions to existing facilities to meet operational, safety, and cost-efficiency goals and to , . City of Eugene 2004 - 2009 Capital Improvement Program Page 58 _