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<br />B. WORK SESSION: Transportation System Maintenance Fee <br /> <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor introduced Public Works Director Kurt Corey to discuss the challenge of pavement <br />preservation. <br /> <br />Mr. Corey provided a brief overview of the issue and stated that five years ago a $67 million backlog of <br />pavement preservation projects was identified and a Budget Subcommittee recommended a new $9 million <br />annual revenue source to address the issue. Subsequently, the council adopted a $0.03 per gallon and $0.02 <br />per gallon local option gas tax. Mr. Corey said despite those efforts and progress made in pavement <br />preservation, the backlog was now approximately $100 million and revenue estimates were short by about <br />$5 million per year for the forecast period. He said operations and maintenance would also experience an <br />approximately $1.5 million shortfall through the forecast period and, consistent with the council’s direction, <br />would be included as part of a transportation system maintenance fee (TSMF). <br /> <br />Mr. Corey said the proposed ordinance included in the agenda packet was similar but not identical to a <br />previous ordinance adopted and then repealed in 2003. He said the proposed ordinance had been expanded <br />to identify the use of some portion of the revenues for operations and maintenance and, in addition, the types <br />and numbers of property classifications had been revised and a modified rate methodology broke rates into <br />three components. <br /> <br />Mr. Corey said that rates took into account updated information from the International Transportation <br />Engineer Trip Generation Manual and an updated review of pass-by trip calculations. The revised rate <br />methodology more closely mimicked the structure used for wastewater and stormwater fees in terms of its <br />component parts. The variable trip rate component was proposed as a revenue means for capital preserva- <br />tion as there was a reasonable scientific nexus between vehicle trips and pavement deterioration. He said the <br />flat-based rate component was recommended as a means for filling the operations and maintenance gap; <br />projects in that category were not particularly driven by the volume of vehicle traffic and were perhaps more <br />relevant to a per account or per dwelling basis. He said the final component in the proposal was a flat <br />administrative account. <br /> <br />Mr. Corey said the proposed rate methodology provided the City an opportunity to manage an account for <br />pavement preservation dollars separately from other operations and maintenance costs and the trip-based <br />and per account rates were intuitively more equitable in terms of the fairness of the charges. He referred to <br />sample monthly fees included in the agenda packet that were offered, with the caveat they were estimates <br />and based on a number of assumptions, which were enumerated in his memorandum of July 24, 2006. He <br />said the next steps included moving ahead with the public communications plan over the next three months <br />and holding a public hearing to obtain formal public input in October 2006. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy asked if there was a response from schools to the education category. Mr. Corey replied that <br />establishing the category for education was a direct response to discussions with the University of Oregon <br />where it became extremely difficult to rationalize a monthly fee based on the types and sizes of buildings and <br />uses; a per student basis was more understandable and easier to administer. He said rate collection could <br />also take into account that public schools were not in session in the summer. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly referred to a statement in the agenda packet that an additional $6 million per year would stabilize <br />the preservation backlog but noted $4.75 million was budgeted. Mr. Corey said the $6 million figure <br />reflected past discussions related to the forecast that took into account elimination of the $0.02 component <br />of the gas tax. He said the assumption was now that the $0.02 would be renewed in 2008 and the $4.75 <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 24, 2006 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />
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