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Commission finds no public vote required for sanitary sewer rehabilitation in charter parks; follows tree-removal rules
Summary
The commission concluded that replacing or rehabilitating existing sanitary sewer lines in charter parks constitutes maintenance and does not trigger the city charter provision requiring voter approval for new permanent structures; the motion passed unanimously with direction to follow the city's tree-removal process if trees must be removed.
The Oregon City Commission on May 7 concluded that sanitary sewer rehabilitation work in the city's charter parks can proceed as maintenance without voter approval, and the commission directed staff to follow existing tree-removal policies if work will affect park trees.
Public works staff described several rehabilitation methods for park sewer lines, including cured-in-place pipe lining (CIPP), pipe bursting, directional drilling and open trench replacement.…
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