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^ 1� <br />r <br />T)T TRT Tr winRKc TwPARTMENT <br />EUGENE, OREGON 974oi <br />May 4, 1987 <br />• 858 PEARL • <br />Bob Hammitt <br />PW Maintenance <br />1820 Roosevelt <br />NEWS RE LEASE <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 />