Item C: Programming of Surface Transportation Program-Urban Funds

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in advance of pavement preservation work. The projects consist of pavement overlays on streets that are near the transition from overlay to total reconstruction. The project streets are classified as arterials or collectors. RELATED CITY POLICIES 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 TPC for the MPC/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. On April 11, 2005, the City Council passed a motion adopting the following Capital Improvement Program policies: ? Funding sources that have been identified for a specific project and approved with adoption of the Capital Improvement Program shall remain the funding source for that project unless a specific exception is directed by the Council ? Flexible transportation funding available to the City from federal, state, county, and local sources, that is eligible, will be used to fund operations, maintenance and preservation of existing capital transportation infrastructure, unless a specific exception is directed by the Council ? New transportation capital projects, including transit projects that are located within the Eugene City limits will be reviewed by the City Council before inclusion into any regional or multi-jurisdictional project list or plan. COUNCIL OPTIONS The City Council may: 1.Approve the project list; 2.Not approve the project list; or 3.Remove specific projects and approve an amended project list. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION The City Manager recommends that the City Council approve the project list. Once the MPC adopts the project selection criteria, City staff will select specific projects from the list that best meet the adopted criteria and submit the applications to the MPO during the application period. SUGGESTED MOTION Move to approve the attached list of pavement preservation projects as the basis for applications for federal Surface Transportation Program-Urban funds for FY07-FY09 to be programmed by the Metropolitan Policy Committee. L:\CMO\2006 Council Agendas\M061023\S061023C.doc