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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Work Session: Programming of Surface Transportation Program-Urban Funds Meeting Date: August 10, 2005 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Mark Schoening www. eugette-or, gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5243 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is requested to approve the attached list of projects (Attachment A) for submittal of applications for federal Surface Transportation Program-Urban (STP-U) funds for FY07-FY09 to be programmed by the Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC). BACKGROUND At the July 14, 2005, MPC meeting, Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) staff presented a schedule (Attachment B) for the programming of FY07-09 STP-U funds and updating the FY05-07 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP). It is conservatively estimated that there will be $10.5 million in STP-U funds over the three-year period. The schedule includes the solicitation of project applications from August 11 - August 22, 2005, and action by the MPC on the programming of STP-U funds and updating the MTIP on November 10, 2005. The schedule is being driven primarily by the need to update the MTIP by December 13, 2005, and to evaluate the air quality impacts of modernization projects included in the updated MTIP. At the July 14, 2005, MPC meeting, MPO staff suggested that only the FY07 modernization projects needed to be programmed and the associated air quality impacted evaluated at this time in order to update the MTIP from a FY05 - FY07 programming period to a FY06-FY09 programming period. The federal government requires at least two years of project programming in the MITP. There was consensus on the MPC that MPO staff be directed to program 20 percent for modernization projects of the estimated $3.5 million in STP-U funds available in FY07. In addition, the MPC directed MPO staff to develop new scoring criteria for preservation projects that would allow pavement preservation projects that are a high priority for the City of Eugene to score more competitively in the evaluation process. At the August 2, 2005, meeting of the Transportation Planning Committee (TPC), the TPC developed the following recommendations to be considered by the MPC at its August 11, 2005, meeting: · Program 20 percent of the available STP-U funds for modernization projects for FY07 and review the scoring criteria prior to programming FY08 and FY09 projects. · Move project development to the modernization category from the planning and project development category. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M050810\S050810B.doc