Item 7: PH-Resolution on PROS Project and Priority Plan

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ATTACHMENT A Public Works Engineering City of Eugene MEMORANDUM 858 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon 97401 (541) 682-5291 (541) 682-5032 FAX Date: March 6, 2006 To: Mayor Piercy and City Council From: Fred McVey, 682-5216 Engineering Data Services Manager Subject: Clarification of Preliminary Growth Allocation Figures in the PROS Project and Priority Plan In a February 27, 2006 council work session on the PROS Project and Priorities Plan (Project Plan) members of Council requested clarification of the relationship of the Project Plan to the development of an updated parks SDC. Specifically, clarification was sought on the significance of the “preliminary growth allocation” percentages included in the Project Plan and the method of determining these allocation figures. Relationship of Project Plan to Parks SDC Adoption of a project plan is a prerequisite for updating and modifying the parks SDC insofar as a new or modified SDC methodology must demonstrate consideration of the project costs listed in an adopted plan. To be considered for use in developing the parks SDC the adopted plan must meet certain criteria specified in ORS 223.309, specifically that the plan include a list of the capital improvements and the estimated cost, timing and percentage of costs eligible to be funded with revenues from improvement fee SDCs. The preliminary growth allocation figures included in the Project Plan are intended to satisfy the requirement to provide an estimated “percentage of costs eligible to be funded with revenues from the improvement fee”. The need for an estimate of the percentage of SDC funding of projects in the Project Plan has required analysis of parks capacity needs of growth during development of the Project Plan. The capacity analysis used to derive the preliminary growth allocation percentages is consistent with methods, described in more detail below, used in preliminary development of an updated parks SDC methodology. The Project Plan is a reference document to be considered in development of the SDC, but does not prescribe the form of the SDC methodology nor the amount of the SDC. The SDC methodology may consider the Project Plan using a variety of means, factors and assumptions. Various policy and methodological alternatives will be considered through adoption of a modified parks SDC, subsequent to the separate adoption of the Project Plan. For these reasons, the affect of preliminary growth allocation percentages contained in the Project Plan on the future modified parks SDC is variable and has yet to be determined. Project Plan Growth Allocations