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the City might want to favor one material over the other if the price came down. Mr. Corey anticipated a mix <br />of products would be used in the future. <br /> <br />Mr. Pap~ asked if staff had quantified the bicycle path maintenance backlog. Mr. Corey said the City tracks <br />that data. Mr. Pap~ favored a local gas tax, and preferred a countywide approach with strong <br />intergovernmental agreements with the County. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Pap6, Larry Hill of the Central Services Department said that there were <br />eight Oregon communities with TSMFs; each used a slightly different approach but all used the Institute of <br />Transportation Engineers (ITE) manual to determine how costs were distributed. Each community used <br />different categories, and they ranged from a few to more than 20. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman thanked Mr. Corey for the presentation. She said that the video was well done but it was only <br />half the story. She thought the City needed to let people know what the funding options were and how moneys <br />were currently being used. She thought that would be an issue for residents. Regarding the use of the ITE <br />manual, she noted it was based on the average daily trip rate and addressed pass-by trips rather than trips <br />generated by uses. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman was also concerned about equitability. She agreed with Mr. Pap6 about the countywide fuel tax, <br />saying it seemed to be most equitable and addressed the issue of those who did not live in Eugene but used the <br />community's streets. She suggested that while there was a problem, perhaps the City did not have to address <br />the problem at the cost of $9 million yearly. She indicated interest in the information requested by Mr. Rayor. <br />She wanted to make sure that the mechanism the council moved forward with was dedicated to maintenance, <br />and that a future council could not redirect the money to another use. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson recollected that the Budget Committee heard testimony from a citizen that perhaps the <br />community could live with a few more potholes to fund another service. She said that argued for education of <br />the community given that the cost of making repairs would be higher in the future. The community survey <br />indicated that City street maintenance ranked about the same as preventing crime, traffic enforcement, and <br />youth recreation programs. She noted that most respondents had responded to that question because everyone <br />had an opinion on the streets. While the mean score was about average, the ranking might be lower than it <br />would otherwise be it considered in that context. She thought the City had a way to go in explaining why the <br />program was needed. She hoped that any gas tax contemplated would be a countywide tax, or at least a <br />metropolitan tax. She thought that having anything structured around the city limits was problematic, citing <br />the smoking ordinance as an example. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey said that those who use the streets should pay. He believed that studded tires should be <br />addressed in whatever the City did. Regarding the identified need, he said he would like to see that put in the <br />form of a Request for Proposals phased over time, issue it to the private sector and see what it would bid to do <br />the job, and then the City could say what it would do the job for, and have a legitimate comparison. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey asked how much of the $67 million was intended to address stormwater improvements, and <br />suggested that the stormwater reserves be used to pay for that impact. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey noted that those who purchased electric cars were upset at being charged for using the roads. <br />The City might want to decide to provide some type of subsidy to those users, but if they use the road they <br />should pay for it. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 24, 2002 Page 4 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />