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These projects have originated from long-range master plans and/or City Council goals and policies, or have a high priority based on City operational needs. It should be noted that the costs given for unfunded projects are only preliminary budget planning costs and are, for the- most part, not based on detailed design cost estimates. Funding For the last several years, the City's General Fund has been the primary source of funding for Building Facilities and Park Site Renovations. Since General Fund revenues have not kept up with service and capital requirements, the Building and Park Facilities have been consistently underfunded. In November 1999, the Budget Committee adopted a new General Capital Budget strategy when it approved the General Fund's Six-Year Financial Forecast as the basis of the development of the FY01 General Fund budget. The strategy to fund building repair and reconstruction includes implementation of .three approaches: 1: Budget $1.7 million in the FY01 General Capital Budget and increase the budgeted amount by $100,000 per year in successive years throughout the six-year forecast period; 2. Dedicate up to $900,000 in end-of--year General Fund balances to facilities maintenance; 3. Refer a series of general obligation bonds to voters to pay for major reconstruction or improvements to City facilities. In 1995, the City Council adopted a Facility Condition Report (FCR) process, which establishes baseline data about the condition of facilities supported by the General Fund through a detailed, structured inspection process. All capital building and facility projects in the General Fund are assessed and prioritized on the basis of this report. The 1997 FCR noted improvements in those facilities with moderate deficiencies, and little change in those facilities that were in either good or poor condition. The current level of funding is not closing the deferred maintenance gap for General Fund facilities. The FCR process found not only a substantial deferred maintenance backlog, but that several facilities-particularly recreation facilities-need substantial upgrades to meet current service demands. Increases in building inventory over the next few years (911 center, new library) suggest that capital budget reinvestment in facilities will need to increase simply to accommodate these increases in square footage. Increased funding to meet these needs would still not address the backlog of deferred maintenance. City of Eugene 2002-2007 Capital Improvement Program Page 26