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Comments and Responses, September 26, .2000 Public Hearing in Eugene <br />T1.2-Comment acknowledged. <br />T1.3-Comment acknowledged. <br />T1.4-A federal courthouse on the <br />Alternative 4A site might visually <br />blend into the surrounding area, <br />owing to the existing street <br />vegetation. However, the western <br />EWEB site is very close to the <br />Skinner Butte historic district, and <br />the proposed federal facility very <br />likely would be incompatible with <br />the historic district. Following <br />issuance of the draft EIS, the <br />western EWEB site was deemed <br />impractical due to its proximity to <br />the Skinner Butte historic district <br />and eliminated from further <br />consideration. <br />T1.5-Although the proposed <br />facility on the Alternative 4A site <br />could provide a link between 5th <br />Avenue and the Willamette River, <br />the proximity of the western <br />EWEB site to the Skinner Butte <br />historic district makes the <br />proposed courthouse an <br />incompatible development for that <br />site. Based on this conclusion, this <br />alternative has been determined to <br />be impractical and eliminated from <br />further consideration. <br />T1.6-The draft EIS assesses the <br />impact of the proposed facility on <br />nearby land uses, as well as the <br />compatibility or incompatibility of <br />the facility with the areas <br />surrounding each of the alternative <br />sites. <br />TranseApti <br /> <br />T1.1I 1 12th at the universltY 110rarY, ao that might De a rasaon for <br />eonti. 2 e sroatiar outcoming of peoolo than sxpactatl to comment on it. <br />T1.2 3 Frain what I gleaned frog the ESI (sic), ac a <br />4 member of East Alton Baker Perk planning comaittes. I rrould <br />6 like to state that 1 would like to see the fsdsrnl courthouse <br />5 romnin wltnin the w111amette River corridor. <br />Ti.3 7 And with that being said. I rrouid liko to <br />8 exclude the Gateway site as being out of the urban fabric and <br />9 not making a lot of sense snvironmentally or=in esaociatlon <br />10 with urban olnnning, in a sense. <br />Ti.4 11 In the photo simulations, whether tt'e ,lust the <br />12 took of the buiiding or the affects of the siting, the slte at <br />13 4th and High Strsot seam to blend wail better within its <br />14 environwsntal duo to the low scale of Lha street tress that <br />15 were -- that are existing, which da not show up in any of the <br />t0 other situations. <br />T1.b 17 And i wns aiso hoping for the 5th Street to tnik <br />18 about acting ne a terminus for 5th Street and acting as a focal <br />19 point for 5th Street. And maybe OOing into the YffYCt of <br />20 creating a link betvresn 5th Htreet and the Mitiamstts River. <br />T7.6 21 i didn't ass in Lhs snvirohaantni aeaaasnwnt too <br />22 much about the urban planning and how it would fit into the <br />23 urban fabric of oath city and how it would shhance it. Antl the <br />21 building itself didn't seem to hove any idsntifiablr front, <br />25 back or s1tls, so it was ao ambiguous that it wasn't very <br />Final EIS 206 New Federal Courthouse <br />