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® Public Works <br />Administration <br />May 7, 2010 <br />Congressman Peter A. DeFazio <br />Rayburn House Office Building <br />Room 2134 <br />United States Congress <br />Washington, DC 20515 <br />Dear Peter: <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 />I very much appreciated you and Allison taking the time to meet with me when I was in <br />Washington, DC on April 28. As a member of the American Publio Works Association (APWA), <br />I appreciated the opportunity to discuss the organization's legislative priorities with you, which <br />include increased investment in water and wastewater infrastructure, full funding for emergency <br />management and preparedness, and increased investment in transportation. <br />APWA stands ready to assist you by offering our experience and expertise as Congress <br />addresses our nation's growing public works needs. Working in the public interest, our more <br />than 29,000 members plan, design, build, operate and maintain the nation's vast public <br />infrastructure -the transportation, water supply, sewage and refuse disposal systems, public <br />buildings and other structures and facilities essential to our nation's economy and way of life. <br />Again, thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to working with you on these <br />important issues, and please do not hesitate to call upon me or upon APWA to provide <br />information, support and testimony by contacting me at kurt.a.corey~ci.euaene:or.us or (541) <br />682-8421. Please also feel free to contact APWA's Washington office at (202) 408-9541. <br />Thanks, too, for all of your efforts toward improved public works infrastructure in the <br />Eugene/Springfield area. I hope to see you one of the next. times you are out this way. <br />Best <br />KGrt Corey, P.E. <br />Public Works Dir <br />City of Eugene <br />Cc Allison Dane Camden, Professional Staff <br />Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure <br />j B-370A Rayburn House Office Building <br />S CA IxN ~ D ~+yyA <br />DATE• -ffJJ <br />1NITIgLB: <br />