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recommended that the City Manager retain an external consultant for the purpose of obtaining an <br />independent review of the accuracy and reliability of the City?s pavement condition assessment methods, <br />as well as the estimated preservation backlog,prior to moving forward with our full recommendation to <br />the Council and the community. <br />SUMMARY OF SUBCOMMITTEE PROCESS <br />The subcommittee met over a period of nine months to discuss transportation funding issues. Numerous <br />staff-produced materials on transportation system needs and funding alternatives were reviewed. <br />Subcommittee discussion identified the most important needs and the most feasible funding alternatives. <br />In addition, the subcommittee has actively monitored and participated in the County?s process for <br />allocating federal dollars received under the Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act of <br />2000. Subcommittee members Jennifer Solomon, Howie Bonnett and Craig Wanichek testified before <br />the Lane County Board of Commissioners on December 5 as part of a united effort of local cities. The <br />testimony they offered was in favor of continuing and increasing funding for the County/City Road <br />Partnership Agreement. <br />Subcommittee Chair Eleanor Mulder and member Howie Bonnett also spoke before the Lane County <br />Roads Advisory Committee (CRAC) concerning the use of the new federal road dollars. In addition, <br />Chair Mulder testified in public hearing before the CRAC on behalf of the subcommittee and Eugene, <br />advocating for increasing the cities? shares in the partnership agreement given the increase in federal <br />funding received by the County. Member Solomon testified on the proposed County/City Roads <br />Partnership funding before the Board of Commissioners on May 2, urging the County to increase the <br />amount of funding and extend the length of the term of the Agreement. Copies of minutes from the <br />subcommittee meetings are attached as Appendix M. <br />This report is organized to reflect the subcommittee?s process.Staff-producedinformation relating to the <br />transportationsystem needs is summarized in the next section. Then the City?s intergovernmental efforts <br />are described. Finally, subcommittee discussions and prioritizations on both transportation system needs <br />and funding alternatives are summarized. The appendices provide additional detail. <br />SUMMARY OF STAFF-PRODUCED INFORMATION REGARDING <br />TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM NEEDS <br />A determination of the amount of funding required to adequately support Eugene?s transportation system <br />must consider the broad nature of the transportation system, the estimated cost of various program needs, <br />and the availability of existing funds and other resources to accomplish the desired objectives. This <br />section of the report addresses these issues in the following sequence: <br />Analysis of the current needs, including pavement condition, backlog, and other <br />C <br />unfunded transportation needs; <br />Discussion of operation, maintenance and preservation of the transportation system and <br />C <br />of the use of contracting and in-house resources to perform work; <br />Review of the Road Fund and how it relates to the current problems; and <br />C <br />Projection of how increased funding might affect the condition of the system. <br />C <br />(Note: This analysis considers only the services and costs related to the operation, maintenance and <br />preservation (OM&P) of Eugene?s existing transportation system. It does not take into account the <br />construction of new roads or other new infrastructure that may be required to address issues such as <br />3 <br />