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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Work Session: Draft Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program Project List Meeting Date: December 8, 2004 Agenda Item Number: C Department: Public Works Engineering Staff Contact: Mark Schoening www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5243 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is requested to approve the project list in draft FY2005-2007 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP). The project list (Attachment A) is annotated to reflect the proposed changes from the project list in the current MTIP. The Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the draft MTIP on December 9, 2004. BACKGROUND On June 9, 2004, the City Council passed a motion that all project lists or funding allocations for projects within the City of Eugene or the Eugene urban growth boundary generated through the Transportation Planning Committee (TPC) for the MPC/Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) approval shall first be reviewed and approved by the Eugene City Council before the TPC recommendations are reviewed for approval by the MPC/MPO, including review of regional projects in which the City is a stakeholder. The project list in the draft FY2005-2007 MTIP includes two new City of Eugene projects. The first project is the realignment of Airport Road. The City has received $1,800,000 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the realignment of Airport Road as part of the parallel runway project. This project has been identified in the Airport Master Plan and the Capital Improvement Plan for a number of years. The $1.8 million will be augmented by the required 5% local match ($90,000), utilizing a combination of Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) revenue and general Airport capital reserves. The second project is the Patterson Underpass. The estimated cost of the project is $11,900,000. The project will include the extension of Patterson Street from Franklin Boulevard to the north side of the railroad tracks and will provide a grade separated access to a potential hospital on the property currently owned by the Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB). This project has been discussed in some detail with the council, most recently at a City Council work session on September 22, 2004. At that meeting, the council passed a motion which in part directed staff to pursue a development agreement with McKenzie- Willamette Medical Center for the benefit of providing access to the EWEB property via the Patterson Underpass. Federal legislation requires that the MPO, in cooperation with the state and transit operators, develop an MTIP that is updated and approved at least every two years by the MPC and the Governor. Copies of the MTIP are provided to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Specific requirements for the MTIP are outlined in various implementation rules L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M041208\S041208C.doc