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Public Services and Utilities <br />managers who normally work desk assignments spend 8 hours per month walking foot patrols in <br />the downtown, West University, or Whiteaker areas. <br />The Eugene police headquarters building (located at 777 Pearl Street) is located in close <br />proximity to the Eugene site under consideration for the new courthouse, as well as the existing <br />federal building/courthouse. The police assigned to beat 11 operate out of the police <br />headquarters (officers meet at the headquarters building at the beginning of each shift and then <br />go to their assigned beats). During the shift, police assigned to beats other than beat 11 operate <br />out of substations located throughout the city. In addition to the police headquarters, a <br />neighborhood public safety station is located within the study area at 1099 Olive Street. The city <br />center public safety station is designed as an element of community-oriented policing. Eugene <br />Police Department staff assigned to the public safety station include an area coordinator who is <br />anon-call police officer, a foot patrol officer, and afull-time public safety station manager. <br />Beginning in 1991, the city shifted its emphasis toward community policing techniques and in <br />1995 issued a draft Community Policing Strategic Plan to proactively address the causes of <br />crime, fear of crime, and other community issues. Community policing seeks to combine <br />community trust, sense of ownership, and local familiarity with police professionalism and <br />expertise. <br />Lane County (Alternatives 1 and 2) <br />The Lane County Sheriff s Office is a public safety agency that serves residents of incorporated <br />and unincorporated Lane County with afull-time staff of approximately 285. Among many <br />other services, the sheriff s office operates the main jail, the community corrections center, and <br />community service and electronic surveillance. <br />Electrical Service <br />City of Sprin~eld <br />The Springfield Utility Board provides electrical power to 27,100 customers in the city of <br />Springfield. Electrical transmission and distribution lines in the vicinity of the alternative sites <br />include both aboveground and underground transmission lines. Electrical lines near the <br />Alternative 1 site are described below. Figure 18 shows the locations of the power lines. <br />Several overhead electrical lines exist along the main roads around the Riverfront site <br />(Alternative 1). Amain line runs along Mill Street with several branches that lead into the site. <br />Additional overhead lines exist on the west edge of the site along Water Street. A system of <br />interconnected underground lines serve the center portions of the site between West A and West <br />B streets. Several pole-mounted and pad-mounted transformers are also present on the site. <br />Final EIS 142 New Federal Courthouse <br />Ii <br />