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CE,O|CFFS|M2016 <br />ITY OF UGENEREGON ONSERVATION INANCE EASIBILITY TUDY AY <br />that will reduce maintenance or make maintenance more sustainable over the long term, such as <br />conversion of large landscape planting beds to lawn areas and conversion of sand play surfacing in <br />playgrounds to wood fiber chips. <br />In general, the inability of the city to adequately fund ongoing park maintenance and to be able to <br />significantly invest in renovation and updating of existing community center facilities and pools <br />has contributed to the acceleration of aging infrastructure and often, reduction in park and <br />9 <br />recreation system services.This lack of adequate on-going maintenance funding has also halted <br />construction of new facilities on land the city already owns, due to insufficient capacity to maintain <br />additional facilities. <br />The table below summarizes the current annual operating and maintenance(O&M) budget of the <br />Parks and Open Space and Recreation Divisions, as well as estimated O&M expenses for potential <br />future parks andrecreationfacilities. For example, a new 4-acre neighborhood park could be <br />expected to cost $60,000 per year to maintain. While Recreation has quantified a shortfall in the <br />2016O&M budget, services have been reduced to accommodate reduced funding. The ongoing <br />future maintenance and operations expenses should be considered when planning to develop or <br />construct any new parks or recreation facilities. This table includes expenses only and does not <br />account for any revenue generated by and for these services, such as recreation fees and stormwater <br />charges. <br />FY2016 Operating Budget*$6,265,279FY2016 Operating Budget$9,993,203 <br />O&M Shortfall$1,500,000 <br />Source: City of Eugene FY 2016 Budget <br />*Does not include Stormwater Utility funds. <br />New 4-acre Neighborhood Park$60,000 <br />New 40-acre Community Park$750,000 <br />New 100-acre Natural Area$50,000 <br />New Community Center/Pool Complex$2,500,000 <br />Parks Systems Development Charges <br />Systems Development Charges (SDCs) are a type of development impact fee that is authorized by <br />state statutes and Eugene’s city charter for the purpose of collecting revenues to help fund <br />development of urban infrastructure that supports and serves new growth. SDCs have been <br />collected in Eugene since 1978, and provide funds for transportation, wastewater, stormwater, and <br />park system infrastructure. These funds are generated bya fee assessed to new residential and <br />commercial development. Each type of infrastructure has its own SDC methodology adopted by <br />the city council. As specified in the Parks SDC Methodology, the majority of funds generated by <br />the Parks SDC (77 percent) may only be used to fund park infrastructure that increases capacity to <br />serve new growth, while a smaller percentage (23 percent)may be used to renovate existing <br />9 <br />City of Eugene Parks and Recreation System Needs Assessment Report <br />TTPL::CFD11 <br />HE RUST FOR UBLIC AND ONSERVATION INANCE EPARTMENT <br /> <br />