_ _ _ <br /> The City supports after school youth programs and identification of long-term funding for these <br /> programs. <br /> Preserving LIVABILITY in Transportation and the Environment <br /> The City supports greater State Highway Trust Fund <br /> funding for local street and road <br /> maintenance and repair, and seeks additional flexibility to use funds for nodal development, <br /> pedestrian and bicycle access. <br /> The City opposes any preemption or limitation on local revenue options, including local fuel <br /> taxes and transportation system maintenance fees that may be used to fund the City's r <br /> transportation system. <br /> The City supports continued <br /> funding for passenger rail, as well as bus connections to eastern <br /> and southern Oregon. Eugene's recently renovated historic depot is the southern terminus of the <br /> Northwest Rail Corridor. <br /> The City supports strategies that help urban communities respond proactively to salmon <br /> protection, and respond to the listing by the National. Marine Fisheries Service. <br /> The City supports strategies that help local communities respond to a changing economic <br /> climate, and funding strategies to preserve community livability and economic health. <br /> <br /> City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2005 Session 3 <br /> <br />