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democratic and it was unfair to keep citizens in suspense any longer. He commended staff for its work on the ordinance. Mayor Torrey said he hoped a press release would be issued indicating exactly what action the council had taken so property owners could understand the impact on their property. Mayor Torrey called for the vote on the motion. The motion carried, 5:3; Ms. Bettman, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Taylor voting in opposition. Mr. Pap~ moved, seconded by Ms. Nathanson, to adopt Council Bill 4840, an ordinance concerning the Goal 5 inventory within the Eugene city limits. The motion carried, 5:3, Ms. Bettman, Mr. Kelly, and Ms. Taylor voting in opposition. C. WORK SESSION: Road Fund Operations Mr. Taylor introduced Kurt Corey, Director of Public Works, and asked him to present the staff report and recommendation. Mr. Corey discussed the three aspects of transportation funding: adding capacity to the system through building new streets and bike paths; capital preservation; and general operation and maintenance. He referred to a flowchart on agenda page 69 that identified the estimated expenditures in each category for the fiscal year (FY) 2004 budget. He said funding for new streets and enhanced capacity was a combination of resources that included the Road Capital Fund, to the extent there were federal earmarked funds for capital construction, transportation systems development charges (SDC), special assessment projects such as local improvement districts (LID), and work through the private development that comprised most of the capacity expansion projects. Mr. Corey identified the reimbursement component of SDCs, the component of the Road Capital Fund derived from federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) dollars, and the Transportation Utility Fund as funding sources for capital preservation. He said that FY04 expenditures were estimated at $9.1 million, but there was a backlog of approximately $90 million in deferred maintenance. He noted that during recent budget discussions, there was overwhelming disapproval for using any of the funding for capital preservation to help offset road fund operations costs. Mr. Corey stated the State Highway Trust Fund was the primary source of funding for operations and maintenance (Fund 131), with some additional funds coming from the County-City Road Partnership Agreement, miscellaneous permit and license fees, and new State funds. He said the State Highway Trust Fund was comprised largely of State gas tax revenues and there had been no increase in the gas tax rate since 1993 and revenues have been trending downward since FY00. He said the partnership payments from Lane County also decreased significantly since FY96. During MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 28, 2003 Page 6 Work Session