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s A June 18, 2009 <br /> E COP 7 Mr. John Davis <br /> 2285 Snelling Drive <br /> E U G E N E Eugene, OR 97405 <br /> P arks and Subject: Blackberry v' <br /> Open Space j � ines growing within the Beltline Floodway easement <br /> Dear Mr. Davis: <br /> Keeping Eugene Green <br /> I was forwarded your request asking if the City would remove the Armenian blackberry vines <br /> encroaching on your adjacent property from the Beltline Floodway. Prior to writing this <br /> A DIVISION OF PUBLIC WORKS response, I visited the site, searched for documents specific to the Beltline Floodway in this <br /> 1820 ROOSEVELT BLVD area, and reviewed our stormwater maintenance policies for applicability. <br /> EUGENE, OREGON 97402 1 <br /> (541) 682-4800 I did find this section of the Beltline Floodway is located on Eugene School District 4J land at <br /> FAX (541) 682 -4882 Cal Young Middle School. I also found the 4J property is encumbered by a stormwater <br /> easement for the Beltline Floodway. <br /> WWW.EUG EN E- OR.GOV /PARKS <br /> Our maintenance policies were developed to assure the conveyance of stormwater thus <br /> minimizing the potential for flooding. While the City is responsible for all maintenance <br /> activities on City -owned lands, on drainage easements on private land we typically only <br /> PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PLANNING maintain the vegetation within the channel when we feel it may impede the conveyance of <br /> stormwater and lead to flooding. <br /> PARK OPERATIONS As our policies relate to this request, we don't usually maintain vegetation outside the channel <br /> in easements unless required for equipment access to maintain flows or in a few rare cases <br /> URBAN FORESTRY where a written maintenance agreement with the property owner has designated that <br /> responsibility to the City. I was unable to find any maintenance agreements with School <br /> NATURAL RESOURCES District 4J which place vegetation maintenance responsibilities with the City. Due to this I <br /> would believe that vegetation maintenance outside the channel is not something the City would <br /> do and such would remain the responsibility of the property owner. <br /> I will copy this response to 4J in case they might be aware of any maintenance agreements <br /> which I did not locate. <br /> I appreciate your patience, . cerel (CCO Sin <br /> Johnn ' . Medlin <br /> Parks and Open Space Director <br /> eu CC: Jon Lauch, Eugene School District 4J Facilities Manager <br />