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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 />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 />a new facility 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 />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 />protection/enhancement of air and water quality and habitat. <br />Funding <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 />In 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 to purchase replacement wetlands <br />through the Bank. <br />City of Eugene 2002-2007 Capital Improvement Program <br />Page 46 <br />