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Eugene Water & Electric Board
500 East 4th Avenue I Post Office Box 10148
Eugene, Oregon 97440-2148
541-484-2411 Fax 541-484-3762
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Gary M Karp, Senior Planner
City of Spnngflleld
225 Fifth Street
Spnngfleld, OR 97477
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August27,2007
Re Pre-Application Report, The Villages at Marcola Meadows
Dear Mr Karp,
I Wish to submit the follOWing comments Into the public record regarding the above referenced
development These comments are not as the serving utility, Springfield Utility Board Will be serving the
development, but as an adjoining property owner
The Eugene Water & Electnc Board (EWES) owns the SIXty foot Wide utility COrridor north of and adjacent
to The Villages at Marcola Meadows This utility COrridor contains two large water mains, an overhead
electnc transmission line, commUnication lines and a bike path Lane County obtained a revocable
license from EWES in the 1970s to bUild the path on EWES property
The path IS used heaVily by the surrounding neighborhoods and is deemed an asset to the community
The Villages at Marcola Meadows IS proposing over five hundred liVing Units In addition to profeSSional
offices and retail uses ThiS Will Increase the traffiC on the path significantly People liVing In the
development and from the eXisting neighborhood Will most likely use the path to get to school, for
recreation, and to get to the commercial center In the new development. AntiCipating thiS, the
development IS proposing three connections to the eXisting path
The path IS In need of maintenance/resurfacing EWES does not object to the three proposed path
connections on ItS property but does suggest that the development seek permiSSion from the County to
provide an asphalt overlay to the eXisting path from 31st Street to 19th Street ThiS work could be done
when-the-other-asphalt-work Is-pleformed Within the development I wanted to submit thiS ahead of the
Development ReView Committee meeting on September 6th In case I am unable to attend
Please contact me at (541) 341-1851 If you have any questions about thiS suggestion
Sincerely,
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Mark Oberle
EWES Property Manager
c Lane County Public Works