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Comments and Responses-Letter 14 <br />14.1--Comment acknowledged. <br />14.2--Comment acknowledged. <br />14.3-Comment acknowledged. <br />(Letter 14) <br />LAW UFF[CE OF BILL KLOOS, PC <br />57aaNf STREET. SUITE 100 <br />OREGON UtND USE LAW EWENE.OR l7~01 <br />vosox nsss <br />EWENE, OR a7Y0 <br />7El ISM Ha-0596 <br />iqx (5111 atYa70a <br />E• WLL OII.lKL006ttIt:ONt aIET.CgA <br />SQplembcr 27, 2000 <br />Mr. Micluel D. L,evdne <br />Regional 6nvrronmcnrol Program Manager <br />U.S. General Services Agency <br />400 ISa Stroa SW <br />Auburn, WA 98001 dr599 <br />Re: Draft F.IS Cor New Federal Caunhoucc, Eugene.Bpringficld. Lena County, OR <br />Dear Mr. Lavine: <br />1 write in support of the City of Springfield as a very workable site for the location of a Clew falwal <br />counhatsc, My comments ue based on my personal, profeuional aaperience. For the past 20 <br />yeas 1 have practiced, ah»oat excltlsivtly. Oregon land use taw, with a hwvy emphasis on projects <br />in the F.ugent,5pringl'tcld area. My work has fauxed on helping property owners gat the local land <br />use and related approwls they need ro develop rcsidaxal. wmntercial and indttstrial ants in the <br />rtginn. Prom that exporience, l would otTcr the Collowing points for your considcrntion: <br />14.1. I . The City of Springfield has conaiatently demonstrated a willingness to work with <br />developers to solve locational problems and get projects in the ground consistrnt with local, <br />sate and federal laws that apply. This dory not man banding the rules It rrteam wkillg the <br />initiative to eoordimte issuer resolution between the developer end the mariad of local, atoll <br />and federal Tegttlators whose jurisdiuions ue triggered by specific developnuttts. <br />14.2 7. The City of Springfield is aggrossive in wkirtg a regional parspettive in land and public <br />infrastructure devcloprnent, which should ba imponant in developing a federal courthouse <br />she, which will really be a regiotlal faiility. A recant atatllplc, from my own experience, is <br />Springfield's leadership in dcvckping a regional, open•ttceess, broadband <br />alocommunications nework. The 600•mile fiber optic luekbont of that network is now in <br />place, nod it atrctchea from Ponlmd south, through the Metro area, to Bandon and Klamath <br />Falls. Springfiald is u the hub of Chia system, and it has committed its own fiber•oplic <br />infrastructure to be a pnn of the network. In all likelihood, this network will be operational <br />Ocfore the coati facility is developed. <br />14.9 I I bclievr dhat Lrach of Ule quslitiex above can facitiwte the development prods for a new court <br />facility, which tranalotes inro potential aver saving and a faster developtnent schedule. I lmpe these <br />comments arc useful. <br />Si sly, <br />B <br />_- <br />New Federal Courthouse 197 Final.ElS <br />