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M E M O R A N D U M August 16, 1991 T0: Mayor and City Council FROM: Planning and Development Department and Public Works Department. SUBJECT: West University Residential Parking Zone Permit Fees The City of Eugene currently administers two residential parking permit pro- grams in highly congested neighborhoods in order to allow on-street parking spaces to be utilized by area residents, guests and property owners. Both programs are permit based. The West University Neighborhood parking program (WUNA) and the South University Neighborhood parking program (SUNA) operate very similarly but because of their origins, the SUVA program is fee based and the WUNA program is not. The attached proposed administrative order would establish fees for the WUNA program that are commensurate with the fees paid by SUNA permit holders,, and .would authorize fees for future residential parking permit zone programs. Background: The SUNA program began in 1978 through the efforts of area resi- dents .and property owners who requested that the City regulate parking by non-residents, and was a fee-based program from its inception. Not every .block in the South University Neighborhood is included in the program, and residents and property owners of individual blocks may petition the City to join or leave the program. The WUNA program was implemented in 1983 as the result of a federal grant and includes all of the West University Neighborhood. The grant covered all the .', City's costs of administering the program, and .therefore permit fees were not necessary or authorized at that time. Costs and Revenues: The grant funding for WUNA ended i.n 1986 and now the general fund is supporting half of the cost ($9,000) of administering and operating the program. The remaining $9,000 is supported through the sale of daily and monthly. permits to commuters who wish to park in the area. Cita- bons issued under the program support the cost of enforcement (park;ing con- trot officers and vehicles) but. do not bring in additional revenue. - Annual program costs are incurred through the installation and maintenance-of signs ($.10,000), the issuance of approximately .700 permits and the accompany- ing file maintenance ($5,600) and printing and permit information distribu- ion ($2,500).. .These costs total $18,100. Based .on the number of permits. issued in 1990, a permit fee of $15.per year- -would generate .approximately $9,100. Like SUNA, permits for WUNA-are issued -each September and are valid until the following September. As new residents apply for permits throughout the year, the permit fee would be prorated ac- ~' cording o how much of the permit year remains. Staff estimates that with these fees, the program costs will be balanced.