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Sidewalk Repair for ADA Standards ($107,000) - This program entails the construction of sidewalk access ramps at appropriate and key intersections in the City meeting ADA standards. Staff determines locations by various methods, such as request from citizens, request from the Human Rights Commission and through the sidewalk inspection program. This program would be eliminated except for projects that might be funded with Community Development Block Grants, if available. Accessibility to sidewalks and neighborhood connectivity would decrease. Concrete Streets and Alley Repair – Scale back 40% ($100,000) - This program consists of repairing and replacing defective sections of concrete alley and streets. Concrete street failures of this nature put vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians at risk. Also, once a concrete street begins to fail the failure will continue to occur at a rapid pace until the failure is excavated and repaired. As with asphalt streets, if the failure is of a small or medium size, city crews are used for doing the excavation and making repair. If the failure is of a significant nature, the work will be done by private contract as funds are available. A reduction of the service would mean that some failures would not get repaired or replaced, and the focus of the program would move to repairing only arterials and collectors. Residential street segments and alleys with severe failures would only receive maintenance to repair hazardous conditions. Street Reconstruction - Scale back 50% ($100,000) - The focus of this service is to excavate and repair streets that have had significant base failure and cannot be repaired by doing an area patch. Streets are almost always curbed and guttered and have been constructed with asphalt concrete. If the failure is of small or medium size, city crews are used to do the excavation and repair. If the failure is of a significant scope, the work will be done by private contract as funds are available. Reducing this program will accelerate the street failure, necessitating excavation of the failed area and reapplication of the base materials. Ideally, streets with localized failures can be repaired by this segment reconstruct technique, deferring the much more expensive capital overlay or reconstruction treatments by several years. Sidewalk Repair for Private Hazards ($88,000) - This program consists of repairing all defective private sidewalk authorized by the abutting property owners. Typical problems are high edges lifted by tree roots, sunken panels and broken down panels. The City offers the property owner an option of hiring city staff to make the repairs (identified by the inspector), generating revenue to offset costs of the program. This reduction would reduce the program to a level where it was entirely self-supported by revenue generated from property owners. Mitigation of hazardous conditions may be delayed due to the availability of private contractors. Mapping and GIS Support ($81,000) - Engineering Division provide transportation related mapping and database technical support for many transportation planning studies and programs, such as the South Eugene Bike and Pedestrian Study and the traffic calming program. The Engineering Division would have limited capacity to provide GIS related mapping and database technical support for transportation planning studies and programs. Non-Regulatory Sign Fabrication, Installation, Maintenance and Repair ($80,000) - This program includes the timely fabrication, installation, repair, replacement and upkeep of non-regulatory signs, including street name signs, informational or directional signs and custom signs. In addition, a night sign inventory is completed annually. This program is reimbursed from internal departments for specialized sign requests that will not be permanently posted in the public right-of-way. Custom made signs are typically more expensive and have longer lead times. Ongoing maintenance of existing non-regulatory signs would be eliminated, including the replacement of missing street name signs. The majority of signs not required by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices are street name signs. Over time lack of street name sign maintenance and replacement will result in increased driver confusion when in unfamiliar neighborhoods and may in rare cases impact the response time of emergency services.