Item B: Funding Strategies for Transportation System Operations, Maintenance, and Preservation

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Mr. Furber stated the review confirmed that the City of Eugenes assessment of the current condition of the = pavement as rated through the Citys pavement management system was on track. He said the study = concluded there needed to be some adjustment in the unit prices for pavement rehab work, and the effect of that adjustment was a slight increase in unit prices. Mr. Furber explained that the City had an excellent data base of how pavements performed over time,and that these pavements had an expected life 37 percent longer than what had been modeled in the software and, therefore, would cost less to maintain. He commented there was a more effective way of allocating maintenance dollars by using a sub-budget for the arterial overlays, the residential overlays, etc. Mr. Furber referred to page 5 of the review - Exhibit 1, Comparison of Effect of Budget Allocation on Deferred Work Backlog, as follows: Estimated backlog after 10 years with no additional funding - $231,500,000 Estimated backlog after 10 years with $8.5 million Annual Budget Prioritized Best First in Single A@ Budget - $56,600,000 Estimated backlog after 10 years with $6.5 million Annual Budget Prioritized by Sub-budgets - $55,100,000 Estimated backlog after 10 years with $8.5 million Annual Budget Prioritized by Sub-budgets - $40,100,000 Mr. Furber summarized that the Citys work with the pavement condition assessment was on target, and the = result of the findings of his analysis was that the additional cost could be attributed to the delay in funding and, if it were not for that fact, the backlog in 2011 would be the same as the City had estimated: namely, MINUTES- Citizen Subcommittee of the Budget Committee September 19, 2001Page 2