CC Newsletter - 12/09/04 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

FYO9-FYl l Draft Capital Improvement Proqram Now Available for Review Updated every two years, the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) forecasts the capital needs for the Airport, parks and open space, public buildings and facilities, stormwater, transportation and wastewater services. The underlying strategy of the CIP is to plan for land acquisition, construction and preservation of public facilities necessary for the safe and efficient provision of services. The FY09- FY11 Draft CIP includes approximately $156 million in projects expected to be built or acquired in the next six years and identifies additional projects costing $227 million for which funding has not been identified. Projects with funding available between July 1,2005, and June 30, 2006, will become the basis of the City's FY06 Capital Budget. The Draft CIP will be reviewed by the Planning Commission and Budget Committee before it is ultimately adopted by the City Council. The tentative CIP review schedule is listed in the table below. December 13, 2004 The Planning Commission will hold a work session to review the Draft CIP. December 14, 2004 The Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing in order to consider public testimony. After considering public testimony and reviewing the Draft CIP, the Planning Commission will forward its comments to the Budget Committee and City Council. February 7, 2005 and The Budget Committee will review the Draft CIP with primary focus on February 22, 2005 financial and budget issues. Its recommendations and comments are forwarded to City Council. February 25, 2005 The City Council will conduct a public hearing on the Draft CIP in order to consider public testimony. The City Council may choose to adopt the Draft CIP at this meeting. March 7, 2005 The City Council may choose not to take action 2/25/2005. If so, the council is scheduled to finalize and adopt the CIP at this meeting. April 29, 2005 The Adopted FY06-FY11 CIP will be distributed and posted to the City's web site. Comments from the public on the Draft CIP are welcome. The Draft CIP has also been posted to the City's web page at http://www.ci.euqene.or, us/ASD/Finance/CIP/CIP 2006/CIP Fulll.pdf and is available at a variety of public locations including the City Manager's Office at City Hall and the Finance Office on the fourth floor of the downtown Library. Draft CIPs have also been sent to the chairperson of each neighborhood association along with an offer to make a staff presentation on the CIP at any upcoming neighborhood meeting. Comments or questions may be directed to Patricia Boyle at Patricia. A.Boyle@ci. euene, or. us, 100 W. 10th Avenue, Suite 400, Eugene, OR 97401, or by calling 652-$417. Eu.qene Stream Team Volunteers and UO Students Monitor Fish at Delta Ponds During a brief interlude of sunshine on Saturday, December 4, Stream Team volunteers and students from the University of Oregon's Environmental Studies Service Learning Program gathered at the new fish trap they helped to install at Debrick Slough in November and learned how to operate the fish trap and identify the fish that pass through it. The project launches a new wildlife monitoring effort at Delta Ponds, the nearly 150-acre natural area located in the heart of the city, off Goodpasture Island Road. The training, which included a session on fish identification in addition to the hands-on demonstration at the fish trap, was conducted by Erik Moberly, a biologist from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The slough connects the northern portion of Delta Ponds to the Willamette River. The new fish trap, located off Delta Highway just north of the Beltline Bridge, will allow City staff to monitor what fish species are moving back and forth from the river into Delta Ponds by way of the slough. The fish trap will be monitored daily throughout this winter and spring, and Stream Team volunteers will continue to monitor the trap after the ponds are connected to the river in a joint City/Army Corps of Engineers construction project. The ongoing monitoring will help determine how fish populations respond to the hydrological changes that result from reconnecting the ponds to the river. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 December 9, 2004