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,r <br /> PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT • 858 PEARL • EUGENE, OREGON 97401 <br /> Bob Hammitt <br /> PW Maintenance <br /> 1820 Roosevelt <br /> May 4, 1987 Cary of <br /> EUG <br /> NEWS RELEASE <br /> CONTACT: Bob Hammitt, Maintenance Superintendent, 687 -5221 <br /> Sandra Gleason, Public Information, 687 -5523 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> CITY CHANGES POLICY ON RIGHT -OF -WAY MOWING <br /> The responsibility for mowing of right -of -ways along unimproved asphalt <br /> streets, which have no curbs and gutters, was returned to city property <br /> owners this week. For many years, public works' crews have mowed the <br /> rights -of -way (the section of land between the private property line and the <br /> edge of the asphalt mat) rather than enforce the code, which makes maintenance <br /> a private property owner's responsibility. But that policy has now been <br /> changed. <br /> According to Bob Hammitt, maintenance superintendent, returning the <br /> responsibility for the mowing of rights -of -way to property owners will reduce <br /> the city's maintenance budget. With limited capital improvement dollars, the <br /> city must focus their maintenance efforts and resources on the preservation of <br /> infrastructure, rather than on unimproved roadways. Staff and equipment <br /> also will be freed for use on priority projects, Hammitt said. <br /> Returning the responsibility for mowing back to the property owner is <br /> also more equitable, Hammitt said. "We have always required property owners <br /> along improved streets to mow their rights -of -way. The new policy is more <br /> consistent and fair to all city property owners." <br /> more <br />