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<br />ATTACHMENT A <br />February 8, 2010 Public Hearing and February 24 Eugene City Council Work Session <br />RESPONSES TO LPA DECISION MAKERS <br />Prepared by Lane Transit District, March 1, 2011 <br /> <br />Public Hearing Decision-Maker Written Questions <br />Councilor Pryor <br />1.When would construction actually begin? How long would construction in front of a <br /> <br />business take? What accommodations would be made for business disruptions? <br />Response: <br />Please see the attached construction mitigation overview letter from Wildish Construction. <br />Based on Wildish’s experience, construction would take place in five-block segments which <br />would be completed over a two-week period. This construction strategy would occur on one <br />side of the street at a time as a means to limit the time and extent of construction impacts. <br /> <br />2.How many construction jobs would the project create? How long would they be employed? <br /> <br />Would contracts likely be awarded to local contractors-subs? <br />Response: <br /> In Lane County in 2009, $1 million spent on the construction of "commercial and institutional <br />buildings" would create about 9.5 direct jobs and about 6.5 indirect and induced jobs, for a <br />total of about 16 jobs, during the course of construction. An EmX $80-$90 million EmX project <br />would therefore be expected to create approximately 1,280-1,440 jobs. <br /> <br />3.Talk about the use of lottery funds and whether they could be used for schools if not EmX. <br /> <br />Response <br />Lottery fund receipts are allocated into several categories. There are some funds dedicated to <br />specific uses by voters, other elements are developed through each legislative session. The <br />EmX request is out of the economic development category. Based on this, the legislature <br />could decide to put more of the total into education and less into economic development. It is <br />more likely that the existing categories will remain in place. The legislature would then decide <br />where the EmX request would be placed among its economic development priorities. <br />Here is a description of the allocation of Lottery Funds from the state’s website: <br />Oregonians vote to approve the broad categories that receive Oregon Lottery funds. <br />Over the years, voters have approved constitutional amendments allowing Lottery <br />funds to be used for economic development (1984), public education (1995) and <br />natural resources (1998). Some funds are constitutionally dedicated by voters. Then, <br /> <br />February 28, 2011West Eugene EmX Extension 1 <br /> <br />