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Recognizing the complexity of underground utility networks and the public's financial and safety <br />interests in utility coordination, the 1995 Oregon Legislature established the Oregon Utility <br />Notification Center (OUNC) as a public corporation with rule-making authority of a state agency. <br />A key provision of the legislation creating the OUNC was a requirement that all operators of <br />underground facilities subscribe to the center by July 1, 1997. Prior to this time, the utility <br />notification system was voluntary and not all underground facility operators participated in the <br />system. As such, excavators could not always be assured that all operators of underground facilities <br />in the area of a proposed excavation were notified and were thus responsible for individually <br />notifying other possible facility operators. If a facility whose operator was not notified is damaged, <br />the excavator might be held liable for any damage which the excavation caused. <br />The City of Eugene has subscribed to the utility notification center since its early development and <br />maintains an electronic notification system connection at the Maintenance Division office at 1820 <br />Roosevelt Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97402. The Utility Locator position is responsible for receiving <br />and distributing notifications to the various divisions of the city responsible for underground <br />facilities. <br />1.D THE INSPECTOR. <br />1.D.1 General. <br />"Inspector" is a term used to describe those individuals employed by the City to perform the duties <br />described herein. Inspections of the permittee's work by the Inspector shall in no way relieve the <br />permittee from the obligation ofperforming all work within the public way in strict accordance with <br />the requirements of the City of Eugene Standard Specifications (see Section 3.A), provisions of this <br />manual; the Eugene Code, recognized national standards, related administrative rules, and specific <br />permit conditions. Nor shall this inspection relieve the permittee of the permittee's responsibility <br />to perform any required corrections in case the work is later found deficient. <br />The Eugene Code places the responsibility on the City Engineer of seeing that all conditions and <br />specifications for work within the public way are satisfactorily performed in line with sound <br />engineering practice. Responsibility for the inspection, permit review and facility locates for tl~e <br />construction-related activities ofprivate parties, licensees, franchised utilities, and EWEB within the <br />public way has been delegated by the City Engineer to the Inspector. <br />In general, the primary function of the Inspector is to see that construction work performed within <br />the public way is performed in the best interest of the City of Eugene and the general public. When <br />work is not being performed in a manner acceptable under the Eugene Code, provisions of this <br />manual, adopted rules and .standards, or specific permit conditions, the Inspector will so inform the <br />permittee's representative in charge and require the necessary corrections be made. <br />Utility & R/W Permit Manual <br />Exhibit A - 3 <br />C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\OLKB202\03rowrlexa.wpd -Manual (03ROWR 1).WPD(11/07/03) <br />