Item B: Strategies for Long-Term Transportation Needs

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ATTACHMENT A c Public Works Engineering MEMORANDUM City of Eugene 858 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon 97401 (541) 682-5291 (541) 682-5032 FAX www.ci.eugene.or.us Date: February 6, 2006 To: Mayor and City Council From: Mark Schoening, P.E. City Engineer 682-5243 Subject: FY06 - FYl1 Capital Improvement Program - Transportation - Allocation of Funds to Operations, Preservation and Maintenance At its work session held on September 26, 2005 the City Council directed staff to provide a list of the new projects in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funded with money that could be used for operations, preservation and maintenance. Table 1 shows the funding account, source, project category, and fund restrictions for the transportation element of the FY2006 - FY2011 Capital Improvement Program. The entirety of the local gas tax ($16,545,000), Lane County ($505,000), Transportation SDC- reimbursement fee ($3,091,000) and Federal STP-U-preservation ($2,638,000) funds are allocated to preservation and maintenance projects. These funding sources total $22,779,000 over the six years of the CIP. With the exception ofthe Federal STP-U-preservation funds, all of these monies are allocated to preservation and maintenance of the street system. The Federal STP-U-preservation funds are allocated to preservation and maintenance of the off-street bike path system. Other federal, state and regional funding sources have specific restrictions that preclude the use of the funds for operation, preservation or maintenance activities. Riverfront Research Park Urban Renewal funds may be used for preservation and maintenance with some restrictions. However, in the FY2006-FY2011 CIP funds from this source are allocated to the Patterson Street Underpass per a Memorandum of Understanding with McKenzie Willamette Medical Center. The only projects in the FY2006-2011 CIP funded with monies that could otherwise be used for operation and maintenance are traffic calming projects. The traffic calming program is funded with General Fund monies at $30,000 annually ($180,000) over the six years of the CIP.