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StOrmWdter 2. Upgrades & Capacity Enhancement -These projects include modification, <br /> improvement, or expansion of existing facilities as well as addressing related water <br /> The City's Stormwater capital program reflects the goals of the 1993 Comprehensive .quality and natural resource preservation. <br /> Stormwater Management Plan (CSWMP) and the City's compliance with the National Pollutant <br /> Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater permit. 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 /> The goals of the capital improvements include the following: <br /> 4. New Capital Facilities - This category contains projects which result in construction of <br /> 1. Protect the community from excessive flood damage. anew facility or system. <br /> Pro ects within the upgrades and capacity enhancement category will provide improved <br /> 2. Meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act for controlling non-point source ~ <br /> pollution. 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 /> 3. Participate in the on-going management and implementation of the West Eugene most of the proposed projects in all four categories address Growth Management <br />Policy 17, <br /> Wetlands Plan and associated wetland bank program. protection/enhancement of air and water quality and habitat. <br /> 4. Preserve the effectiveness of the Stormwater system through an ongoing operations and Funding <br /> maintenance program. <br /> The first two years of the six-year funded program incorporates needs that have been identified <br /> 5. Incorporate the multiple objectives outlined in CSWMP into capital projects; flood from maintenance requests, anticipated development activity, emerging <br />priorities from our <br /> protection and related water quality and natural resource protection. Stormwater master planning efforts, and requests from the community. The draft Stormwater <br /> basin plan is nearing completion. which will be followed by an adoption/public involvement <br /> <br /> As a result of the City Council's adoption of CSWMP and DEQ's issuance of the National process in 1999. Once the plan has been approved, priority projects <br />for Fiscal Years 2002 <br /> Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater quality permit, the City is revising through 2005 will be specifically identified. In the interim, we have <br /> recommended that the <br /> its Stormwater Master Plan to meet the multiple goals mentioned above. The first two years expenditure levels for the four year period be similar to the first two years. <br /> of the CIP reflect priority projects that have emerged from the planning process or have been <br /> identified as deficiencies in the system by citizens. 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 /> Project Categories 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 /> Stormwater projects are described in one of four ways: charges and Stormwater user fees. <br /> 1. Preservation and Maintenance-This category includes two, multi-faceted projects: In Fiscal Year 1998, the City established a financially self-supporting <br /> Wetlands Mitigation <br /> Bank. The City of Eugene, under an interagency agreement with the Federal Bureau of Land <br /> • Stormwater Rehabilitation/Improvements -This project preserves the investment Management, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Oregon Division of State <br /> Lands, will <br /> in existing Stormwater system, rehabilitates existing open waterways, and addresses manage the program to restore, construct and maintain wetlands to replace <br />those wetlands <br /> localized system improvements. permitted to be developed in accordance with the West Eugene Wetlands Plan. As part of the <br /> development process, private developers would have the option to purchase replacement <br /> • Channel Easement Acquisition -This project addresses real property easement wetlands through the Bank. <br /> acquisitions for priority stream corridors or acquisitions that maybe associated with <br /> development proposals. <br /> City of Eugene 2000-2005 Capital Improvement Program City of Eugene 2000-2005 Capital Improvement Program <br /> Project and Program Areas •.Stormwater Project and .Program Areas -Stormwater <br /> 29 30 <br /> <br />