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Transportation: The shortfall of funding in the city's Road Fund continues to worsen, <br /> with continued reductions in the county allocation to cities and lack of additional revenue from <br /> the state gas tax. While system development charges provide an ongoing source of funds for <br /> upgrading arterial and collector streets to urban standards, the long-standing practice of assessing <br /> a portion of the cost of these projects to adjacent property owners is under review by the Council. <br /> <br /> i <br /> The severe constraint in the Road Fund means that the city will only have about half a million <br /> dollars per year to spend on street preservation. In order to avoid depleting this resource further, <br /> the draft CIP moved a number ofhigh-demand programs to the unfunded list, including <br /> neighborhood traffic calming, residential street lights, and street trees. (As discussed below, the <br /> Planning Commission and Budget Committee are recommending partial reinstatement of <br /> funding for these projects.) <br /> Several federally-funded projects are included in the first year of the draft CIP: completion of the <br /> East Bank trail, the extension of the Fern Ridge path to Greenhill Road, and acquisition and <br /> renovation of the Amtrak station. <br /> The list of unfunded projects includes arterial and collector streets in TransPlan and the draft <br /> Arterial and Collector Street Plan that have not been improved to urban standards with curbs and <br /> sidewalks. <br /> Wastewater: Two studies currently under way may lead to changes in this or subsequent <br /> CIPs: a Wet Weather Management Study for the Eugene-Springfield wastewater system, and the <br /> update of the Public Facilities Plan element of the metro plan. <br /> Growth Management Policies <br /> Several of the adopted Growth Management Study (GMS) policies adopted in 1998 by the City <br /> Council lend themselves to being implemented, in part, through the city's Capital Improvement <br /> Program. The draft document identifies categories of projects that are the most capable of <br /> addressing certain Growth Management Policies: <br /> --Policy 11 (enhancing alternative transportation modes) and Policy 13 (relieving severe <br /> congestion) are addressed by many of the Transportation projects in the two sub-categories of <br /> Upgrades and Capacity Enhancements and New Capital Facilities, pages 46-48 of draft CIP. <br /> --Policy 15 (supporting desirable forms of development and redevelopment) could be <br /> implemented in part by targeting a portion of the Services_for New Development funding, derived <br /> from property owner assessments and system development charges, to pay for infrastructure to <br /> support infill or mixed-use types of development. This funding is listed under Transportation, <br /> New Capital Facilities, page 48 of draft CIP. <br /> --Policy 17 (protection and enhancement of air and water quality and habitat) will be <br /> furthered by implementing most of the projects listed in the Stormwater and Wastewater <br /> sections, pages 34-37 and 56-57 of draft CIP. <br /> --Policy 18 (parks and open space) will be addressed by most of the proposed projects to <br /> be funded by the November 1998 parks and open space bond measure. Policy 19 (public safety) <br /> is addressed by the proposed 911 Dispatch Center. (As discussed below, the Budget Committee <br /> _ _ <br /> <br />