Public Works <br />Administration <br />7, 2010 <br />Mr.! Jeremiah Baumann <br />Office of Senator Jeff Merkley <br />Russell Senate Office Building <br />Room 107 <br />United States Congress <br />Washington. D.C. 20510 <br />Jeremiah: <br />City of Eugene <br />101 East Broadway, Suite 400 <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401-3174 <br />(541)682-8421 <br />(541)682-6826 FAX <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br />you for taking the time to meet with me when I was in Washington, DC on April 28. As a <br />ter of the American Public Works Association (APWA), I appreciated the opportunity to <br />.s our organization's legislative priorities with you, which include increased investment in <br />and wastewater infrastructure, full funding for emergency management and <br />redness, and increased investment in transportation. <br />'A stands ready to assist you by offering our experience and expertise as Congress <br />asses our nation's growing public works needs. Working in the public interest, our more <br />29,000 members plah, design, build, operate and maintain the nation's vast public <br />>tructure -the transportation, water supply, sewage and refuse disposal systems, public <br />ings and other structures and facilities essential to our nation's economy and way of life. <br />thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to working with you on these <br />ant issues, and please do not hesitate to call upon me or upon APWA to provide <br />ation, support and testimony by contacting me at kurt.a.corey~ci.eugene.or.us or (541). <br />421. Please also feel free to contact APWA's Washington office at (202) 408-9541. <br />Corey, P.E. ~ <br />lic Works Director <br />of Eugene <br />S CA D-P~WA <br />DATE: -" <br />INITIALS' <br />