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NEWS RELEASE <br /> December 1986 <br /> CONTACT: Bob Hammitt, Maintenance Superintendent, 687-5220 <br /> Sandra Gleason, Information Coordinator, 687-5523 <br /> FOR IMMED ATE RELEASE <br /> CITY CHANGES CULVERT MAINTENANCE POLICY <br /> On 0 tober 1, 1986, responsibility for maintaining driveway culverts or <br /> private c lverts within the public right-of-way was returned to city property <br /> owners. ccording to Eugene City Code, culvert maintenance has always been <br /> <br /> ~ the respo sibility of adjacent property owners. However, for many years <br /> Public Wo ks crews have taken care of the problems rather than enforce the <br /> code. <br /> Acco ding to Maintenance Supervisor Bob Hammitt, returning culvert <br /> maintenan a to the property owner will allow a more efficient scheduling <br /> i <br /> of crews uring the busy fall maintenance season and will help to reduce <br /> maintenan a costs. "Although we have taken care of culverts in the past, <br /> under cit code, property owners are responsible for their maintenance. It <br /> was a logical place for us to cut back and reallocate funds." <br /> Unde the new policy, when a problem is reported or observed, Public <br /> Works will notify the property owner and describe the needed repair, giving <br /> them 20 d s to fix the problem. "If the property owner doesn't take care of <br /> the proble said Hammitt, "we will make the necessary repairs, then bill the <br /> property o ner for the work." <br /> more <br /> <br />