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~ Project Categories <br /> Stormwater projects are described in one of four ways: <br /> 1. Preservation and Maintenance -This category includes two project types: <br /> • Stormwater Rehabilitation/Improvements -These projects preserve the investment <br /> in the existing stormwater system, rehabilitate existing open waterways, outfalls and. <br /> .l tip-ups, and address localized system improvements. <br /> "1 <br /> • Stream Corridor Acquisition -These projects address property acquisitions for <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br /> i ` ~ priority stream corridors, related maintenance access needs, or acquisitions that may <br /> be associated with development proposals. <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 enhancements. <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 a <br /> new facility or system. <br /> Projects within the upgrades and capacity enhancement category will provide improved services <br /> ' to areas in the community where infill and redevelopment opportunities exist. These projects <br /> will facilitate Policy 15 of the Council's Growth Management Policies. In addition, most of the <br /> proposed projects in all four categories address Growth Management Policy 17, <br /> \ protection/enhancement of air and water quality and habitat. <br /> Funding <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 maintenance <br /> ~ projects will come from stormwater user fees. Major upgrades and capacity enhancements and <br /> new capital facilities will be funded primarily by systems development charges and stormwater <br /> f\_ user fees. Some system expansion will also occur as a result of new development proposals. <br /> Iri FY98, the City established a financially self-supporting Wetlands Mitigation Bank. The City, <br /> under an interagency agreement with the Federal Bureau of Land Management, the Army Corps <br /> of Engineers, and the Oregon Division of State Lands, manages the program to restore, construct <br /> and maintain wetlands to replace those wetlands permitted to be developed in accordance with <br /> _ ` the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. As part of the development process, private developers have <br /> the option to purchase replacement wetlands through the Bank. <br /> t` In 2003 the Public Works Department undertook an extensive review of the Stormwater program <br /> in anticipation of a projected $2 million gap between revenues and expenditures in FY05. <br /> ~ Through a series of four City Council work sessions, various alternatives of rate increases and <br /> service level reductions were presented and discussed. The Council direction to staff was to <br /> ; prepare the FY05 budget assuming no rate increase. The Council also directed the City Manager <br /> not to implement a rate increase specifically for the purpose of increasing funds for stream <br /> corridor acquisition. The FY05 budget reflects this policy direction with operating and capital <br /> ~ service level reductions of approximately $2 million. In addition, this policy direction is <br /> ' reflected in the user fee funded portion of the six-year Stormwater capital improvement program. <br /> City of Eugene 2006 - 2011 Capital Improvement Program <br /> 99 <br /> _ _ _ <br /> <br />