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Comments and Responses-Letter 11 <br />11.17-The addition of 24 to 30 <br />automobiles on the streets of <br />Eugene is unlikely to significantly <br />affect public transit services or <br />traffic in the community. <br />11.18-If acquisition of the <br />AutoCraft property is required for <br />the proposed federal courthouse, <br />the GSA will work with the owners <br />of the property to fend an <br />acceptable alternative location for <br />their operation. The GSA will <br />purchase all property required for <br />the project at fair mazket value and <br />will provide relocation assistance <br />to those displaced by the project. <br />11.19-Recognizing that the <br />owners of AutoCraft may be <br />encountering some difficulties <br />associated with the required <br />environmental documentation <br />process, the GSA is making all <br />possible effort to resolve the <br />process in an expeditious yet <br />thorough manner. <br />{Letter 11 } <br />City of Eugette Ofrtcials <br />August n, 2000 <br />Page 3 <br />11.171 Au[oCraft averages ZS ro 30 cuatoarcrs per day, who leave their cars and can mw walk to <br />dovmtown for work or shopping or public transporution. The existing infrastructure at this she <br />easily aceomttrodatu this Gaff'ic. Disbursing al! of this traffic to other ttnnote situ and lancing <br />the resulting pressures on services is inconsisteN with sated City goals. <br />11.18 T~ tlrrest of eoademnation i,; so critical [o oar clietus txcause there is no otber site where their <br />business can stwive. The Wnodrichu do not wan[ to lose the buaittess. They do not watu to face <br />laying off their employers, laving them ooemployed or wdeterttployed at less sercaasful sites. <br />Whit the Woodricbes wam to make most clear to you is that this is a eloeaien of survival for <br />t)xm. Ifnecessary, tltery wilt vigorously resists cwWetonation action. We tb not believe you esn <br />utablish the iega! requiretrtems of pnblie treed to support cordetmntioa A[ the satoe tithe, the <br />Woodricttu sincerely lope it will not Dome to sttch a fight. <br />11.19 <br />Pkase also tttrderstaod that the now widely laown possibility of t:ortdemrution oC their ptopetty <br />t185 Qdlld gleal 6tre5a and uncertainty in eollllUGliltg the affairs Of the tntsitrtrs and fnrvlviag day <br />today. They love descn'bed fi having a to r trod. As a[ampks, they treed to replace <br />their roof or face the threatof busuteszime lion rC the itlo[ leaks this wiener. A[ least om <br />employer has already left as a rcwli o~rumot ~gg`eating the Giuicas is in jeopardy. They have <br />lrad to spend money on stlo`trteys aod~"'teeouNUxs'xespondireg ti's this threat. John has eked to <br />why he is being pot through'"thirr'tirhat~anc~ dooe wrong, anei'who is goiog to pay for ail that <br />this is costing. it is intportaat that you realize the economic and human costs of further delay in <br />coming to a final resolution. <br />John and Brent froth have confidence you will do the right thing artd arc amdtats for you to do U <br />soon so that they tmtt go on with their lives and business. <br />very trtdy yours. <br />ia/ x. raRdt nest <br />K. PATRICK NEl(1. <br />KPN:er <br />New Federal Courthouse 193 Final EIS <br />