Item C: Review of Implementation of Street Bond Measure

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Riverview Street, and Royal Avenue, eliminated the need to excavate and haul away 22,000 cubic yards of material and eliminated hauling 39,000 tons of new base rock to the site, saving over 3,500 truck trips. • Jobs Impact - Based on the Oregon Department of Transportation Highway Division jobs multiplier model, the 12 bond measure repair projects completed in 2012 conservatively sustained approximately 76 full -time equivalent jobs during the period of construction. • Overall Condition Index (OCI) - All roads in our transportation system age and gradually decline in OCI until, reaching some range of OCI value, every road needs either an overlay or reconstruction. An important program goal is to keep streets from falling into the more expensive reconstruction category and to expend resources early on to preserve the condition of the street. It costs more to rebuild the streets than to maintain them. In 2012, 11.8 lane miles of streets were rehabilitated to keep them from falling into the reconstruction category. • Forecast - By the expiration of the current measure, more street repair work will have been completed than was programmed in the measure. Although our region is not fully recovered from the recession beginning in 2008, the economic climate, leading to low bids during the early years of the current bond measure, has changed. Expectations are that construction costs will return to pre - recession levels, which will reduce the likelihood that the City will see much difference between programmed and actual costs for the final year of the bond measure and into the future. • Additional Projects - In 2011 the council approved 22 additional streets representing 30.7 lane miles to be repaired with bond funds. At this time, the projected cost of the 22 additional streets is $16.8 million. The City plans to construct 10 of the additional street sections in 2013 with remaining bond funds, with the remaining 12 street sections to be constructed between 2014 and 2016 with local gas tax funds. • Active Transportation - The bond measure has allowed meaningful progress toward enacting elements of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan. Shared -use paths, reconstructed to greater depth and width, will accommodate increased use well into the future. Meanwhile, street preservation often has provided an opportunity to leverage other funds to add bicycle and pedestrian improvements on streets. Thanks to conscientious staff efforts, programmed bond measure projects have incorporated new or wider bicycle lanes, shared lane markings, and improvements in pedestrian facilities. Even though few funds are available for the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan (PBMP), the bond measure has facilitated the construction of some PBMP projects on bond measure streets. • Progress - To date, the use of bond proceeds has allowed the City to repair 66.8 lane miles of streets at a cost of $24.3 million. In addition, $1.9 million has been spent reconstructing 2.3 miles of off - street shared -use paths. • Bottom Line - Many roads are getting fixed, the rate of deterioration has been slowed on others, and the bonds are meeting the objectives of Ballot Measure 20 -145. We appreciate the support and thoughtful responses to our questions provided by Public Works Director Kurt Corey and his staff. The Committee also expresses our appreciation to the voters and taxpayers of Eugene for their support of the bond measure. We believe the voters are getting a good return for their investment Additional information about the Street Repair Review Panel, including action summaries of our meetings and a variety of reports and studies, can be found at www.eugene- or.gov/gobQnds Please feel free to contact any of us for additional information. SRRP Members City of Eugene Staff John Barofsky Dave Perez Kurt Corey Matt Rodrigues Howard Bonnett 011ie Snowden Eric Johnson Mark Schoening Janet Calvert Clayton Walker Eric Jones Tammy Smith Mel Damewood Victoria Whitman Paul Klope Robert Tintle Paul Holbo Gary Wildish Jeff Lankston Jenifer Willer Steve Lee Sue Wolling 2012 SRRP REPORT