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EWEB.WP Page 1 <br /> <Date> - <br /> DRAFT <br /> INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT <br /> THIS AGREEMENT entered into by and between the Eugene Water and Electric Board, a <br /> municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as EWEB, and the City of Eugene, a <br /> municipal corporation, hereinafter referred to as CITY. <br /> RECITALS: <br /> * CITY and EWEB recognize a need to meet requirements that safeguard public welfare <br /> and increase efficiencies in public facility maintenance. <br /> * EWEB recognizes CITY is responsible to maintain the trees within the street <br /> right -of -ways. <br /> * CITY recognizes EWEB has a legal obligation to perform line clearance activities <br /> to the tolerances required by the Oregon Public Utility Commission. <br /> * EWEB and CITY recognize that healthy and aesthetically pleasing trees have a <br /> beneficial impact on the livability of our area. <br /> * CITY and EWEB recognize it is in the best interest of each agency to coordinate <br /> the work each performs on trees, to conduct joint training opportunities for <br /> crews, to coordinate public information efforts, and cooperate in ways that <br /> increase maintenance efficiencies. <br /> * EWEB and CITY recognize it is in the best interest of Eugene's Urban Forest and <br /> each agency to insure trees are not planted beneath overhead power lines which, <br /> when reaching maturity, will conflict with those power lines. <br /> * CITY and EWEB are committed to the earliest replacement that is practical for <br /> trees that have been removed due to conflict with overhead lines. <br /> A. SCOPE OF AGREEMENT <br /> The provisions of this agreement only pertain to those trees located on street <br /> right -of -way or on property owned by the City of Eugene. <br /> B. CONTACT AND COORDINATION <br /> Where the on -going maintenance activities of EWEB in providing the mandated clearances <br /> to electrical lines impact trees under the <br /> jurisdiction of CITY, the parties hereby <br />