Item C: Funding Crest Drive/Friendly Street/Storey Boulevard Improvements

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Capacity Increasing Improvements For a street improvement project to qualify for SDC improvement fee expenditures it must be a capacity increasing capital improvement. Per ORS requirements an increase in system capacity may be established if a capital improvement increases the level of performance or service provided by existing facilities or provides new facilities. Local policy establishing capacity and level of performance measures of the arterial and collector street system are established in TransPlan (Transportation System Improvements (TSI) Roadway Policy #2, Motor Vehicle Level of Service). Six levels of service are defined and assigned a letter designation from A to F, with LOS A representing the least congested and LOS F the most congested. The LOS is determined by calculating the ratio of the peak-hour traffic volume to the maximum hourly volume the roadway can accommodate. The LOS policy defines reliable and acceptable performance as LOS D. The City of Eugene Systems Development Charge Methodologies were adopted by Council resolution. The capacity of the street system in the methodology was based upon level of service standards and TSI Roadway Policy #2: Motor Vehicle Level of Service. The transportation SDC methodology would need to be modified to recognize capacity measures on unclassified streets. Prior to amending the Systems Development Charge methodology by Council resolution to include the City’s unclassified streets, a substantial amount of technical analysis is necessary. The technical work includes identifying an acceptable level of service, determining the existing capacity and future capacity needs of the unclassified street system and estimating the cost to implement improvements to meet the defined level of service. Project Plan and List To comply with the plan and list required by ORS 223.309 the City Council adopted an ordinance establishing Eugene Code 7.715 SDC – Compliance With State Law. This section of the Code states that the Metropolitan Area General Plan (Metro Plan) or the Eugene Capital Improvements Plan shall be the capital improvement plan required by ORS. Transplan is a functional plan of the Metro Plan. Projects added to Transplan require action by the Eugene and Springfield City Councils and the Lane County Board of Commissioners after consideration by each jurisdiction’s Planning Commission. The Eugene Capital Improvements Plan (Capital Improvement Program (CIP)) is updated every two years. The next scheduled update will begin early this fall. Improvements to unclassified streets may be included in the CIP. The Planning Commission and Budget Committee both review the CIP and forward recommendations on to the City Council. The Council will likely adopt the FY 2010 – 2015 CIP in early spring 2009. Page 2 of 2