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P ublic Works Engineering City of Eugene 244 East Broadway MEMORANDUM Eugene, Oregon 97401 (541) 682-5560 (541) 682-8410 FAX www.ci.eugene.or, us/pw/engineering Date: April 13, 2005 To: Mayor Piercy and City Council From: Michelle Cahill 682-6855 Principal Civil Engineer, Public Works - Engineering Subject: Response to Councilors - River Avenue Transportation Improvements Job #3693 At the April 11, 2005 public hearing City Councilors asked numerous questions and requested that specific information be brought back to the April 20, 2005 meeting to consider the formation of a Local Improvement District for Transportation Improvements on River Avenue. Responses to these questions follow and are group by theme. REDUCING COSTS The first three questions relate to deleting elements of the improvements to reduce costs. Based on the Eugene Code, the assessable portion of the project is for the following elements - paving for the travel lanes, curb and gutter and sidewalks. In order to reduce property owner assessments while abiding by the current assessment policy, some combination of (1) reducing curb-to-curb width to something less than 20' since commercial properties are assessed for 10' of pavement; (2) eliminating curb and gutter; and/or (3) eliminating sidewalks would be required. All of the other costs are borne by the City so eliminating turning lanes, bike lanes, trees, street lights, pedestrian medians, and stormwater repair work would only reduce the City's cost. Costs are distributed to various categories, some directly, like the cost of asphalt to paving, and some prorated across many categories (like engineering distributed proportionately across 8 categories of improvements). The following estimates are based on previously calculated per square foot costs. This cost will change some with a different proration of some costs (i.e. more engineering will be picked up by property owners if most of the SDC funded categories are eliminated). The magnitude of the estimate is approximate and may be helpful. 1. What is the cost of the bike lanes? Using the low bid, expenses to date and estimated future costs the price per square foot of paving for the proposed design is approximately $10 per square foot. The 5' wide bike lanes on both sides of the street equal 41,250 square feet of paving so SDC funds allocated for the project could be reduced approximately $412,500. However, bike lanes on streets classified as major collectors are required by the Oregon Transportation Planning Rule. Page 1 of 1