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<br /> j <br /> 2. Upgrades & Capacity Enhancement - These projects include modification, <br /> improvement, or expansion of existing facilities as well as addressing related water <br /> quality and natural resource preservation. <br /> <br /> i <br /> 3. Restoration -These projects are designed to meet the multiple objective goals of the <br /> CSWMP and to re-establish natural systems where appropriate. <br /> 4. New Capital Facilities -This category contains projects which result in construction of <br /> j anew faci I ity or system. <br /> Projects within the upgrades and capacity enhancement category will provide improved <br /> services to areas in the community where infill and redevelopment opportunities exist. These <br /> j projects will facilitate Policy 15 of the Council's Growth Management Policies. In addition, ~ <br /> most of the proposed projects in all four categories address Growth Management Policy 17, : <br /> <br /> ! protection/enhancement of air and. water quality and habitat. , <br /> . <br /> Funding i <br /> The draft stormwater basin plans are nearing completion. These plans represent a stormwater ~ <br /> management strategy which addresses the unique problems and opportunities in each basin. <br /> The City Council reviewed the results. of the stormwater DAC process in August 2000, and a <br /> community-wide review is expected to be completed prior to adoption of this CIP. Capital <br /> projects have been prioritized using a set of guiding principles consistent with CSWMP goals <br /> and objectives. Priority projects for Fiscal Years 2002 through 2007 are specifically identified <br /> in this CIP. <br /> 1 <br /> !n 1994, the funding for the stormwater program moved to an impervious surface. rate <br /> methodology for stormwater user fees. The majority of funds for preservation. and <br /> maintenance projects will come from stormwater user fees. Major upgrades and capacity <br /> enhancements and new capital facilities will be funded primarily by systems development <br /> charges and stormwater user fees. Some system expansion will also occur as a result of new <br /> development proposals. <br /> In Fiscal Year 1998, the City established a financially self-supporting Wetlands Mitigation <br /> Bank. The City of Eugene, under an interagency agreement with the Federal Bureau of Land <br /> Management, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Oregon Division of State Lands, manages <br /> the program to restore, construct and maintain wetlands to replace those wetlands permitted <br /> to be developed in accordance with the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. As part of the <br /> development process, private developers have the option, o purchasereplacement wetlands <br /> through the Bank. <br /> Ciry of Eugene 2002-2007 Capital Improvement Program <br /> Page 46 <br /> <br />