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IlARI.OW NEIGIBBORS ASSOCIATION <br />533 Covey Lane <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />August 30, 2010 <br />Kurt Cory, Director <br />Public Works Administration <br />10I~ roadway, Suite 400 " <br />Eugene, OR 97401 <br />Dear Mr. Cory: <br />According to Mayor Piercy, "The City is not obligated to maintain streets that <br />do not meet City standards." What she failed to add is that the only entity that <br />can bring a City street to City standards is the City. <br />She continued that the City finds it less expensive to preserve well-maintained <br />streets than to repair streets that do not meet City standards. Apparently, poorly <br />constructed and/or poorly maintained City streets land in limbo. <br />With regard to Arcadia as a `collector' street, you identified "the Van DuynBogart <br />corridor as the collector through this neighborhood from Harlow Road to <br />Willakenzie." Perhaps it should be realized that the Van DuynBogart connection <br />mainly serves the western half of the Harlow neighborhood, whereas Arcadia/ <br />Regency serves the eastern half of the Harlow neighborhood. Bot11 corridors need <br />to be improved as each serves a sizable population. <br />When Arcadia received the maintenance overlay in summer 2008, the job was not <br />completed. The portion of the street north of Babcock, perhaps 100 yards, was <br />never resurfaced. After a protracted period of time, the equipment and orange <br />cones were collected from the job site and taken elsewhere. When the Mayor was <br />questioned as to why this had happened, she had no idea. Can you explain this to <br />us? <br />