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e e e ~ City and of the Performing Arts Center. Councilor Smith concurred with these expressions of appreciation and also expressed the appreciation of the council to Mr. Snyder and the members of the Eugene Arts Foundation for their work. Roll call vote; motion carried unanimously. Mr. Snyder said he hoped to return soon with a request for the naming of the large performance hall. He also hoped that the foundation would soon be moving into the stage of fundraising for an endowment for the center. He thanked the council for its support of the arts and of the center. IV. RESOLUTION REGARDING BALLOT MEASURE 4, RE: GAS TAX INCREASE (memo, resolution distributed) Mr. Gleason introduced Jim Gix, Regional Construction Engineer, Oregon Department of Transportation, Highway Division. Mr. Gix thanked the council for the opportunity to make a factual presentation on the background and content of Measure 4. He gave a slide presentation on the effect on Oregon's highways of the decrease in gas tax receipts and the increase in maintenance costs. He said that funds raised through passage of Measure 4 would be required by law to be used for maintenance and improvement of existing highways. He said that 20 percent of the funds generated would go to Oregon's counties and 12 percent to Oregon's cities. He said the effective average annual increase in gas taxes would be $4.80 for a compact car, $6.70 for a standard car, and $270 for a truck. Mr. Gleason introduced Don Gilman, Assistant Director of Public Works. Mr. Gilman said that the replacement value of the approximately 400 miles of streets in the City was about $180 million. He estimated, in 1982 dollars, $765,000 would be needed in FY 1982-83 to provide adequate maintenance of these streets. He noted, however, that only $140,000, or 20 percent of the estimated amount needed for maintenance, was in the budget currently under consideration for FY 1982-83. Respondinq to a question from Councilor Haws, Mr. Gilman said that passage of Measure 4 would mean an eventual 30 percent increase in the amount of funds the City currently receives from the State for road maintenance. He said that in the third year of the tax increase increments called for in Measure 4, the City would receive $564,000 in gas tax receipts. Councilor Haws asked to what extent State highway funds had been spent in the City in the recent past. Mr. Gix responded that the State maintains State highways that run through the City. He noted that the City has recently made improvements using funds from Federal aid programs which are implemented by the State. He said there had been no major State-funded projects in the City in the recent past, due to the City ordinance requiring such projects to be approved by City voters. Councilor Haws asked if the State Highway Division had plans for repair of existing State highways in the City in the near future. Mr. Gix responded that an overlay of 6th and 7th avenues was planned, as well as overlays on the McKenzie and Willamette highways. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 28, 1982 Page 3