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Comments and Responses, September 26, 2000 Public Hearing in Eugene <br />T5 Nancy Nathanson <br />T5.1-During preparation of the <br />draft EIS, the GSA was in contact <br />with city staff in both Eugene and <br />Springfield, to get an accurate <br />understanding of the alternative <br />sites and the cities' plans for <br />redeveloping the sites. The GSA <br />acknowledges the efforts of <br />Eugene's Visioning Committee to <br />plan for the reuse of the area <br />around the three Eugene sites. <br />Trulseript 1 <br />13 <br />1 Hugh Pritchard nwntlonetl a four minutes earlier, I'n a co-Chair <br />2 of a mayor's committee on downtown visioning. Hugh menLloned <br />3 his role previously 1n an atl hoc committee, Lo clop a proposed <br />4 developmont on tho StM Street Bite. <br />5 And I was sort of chuckling to myself thinking <br />6 well. gee. I wonder if Hugh was appointed. It certainly <br />7 wasn't Oeoaues of his rote in that committee, oerhoos in aoite <br />6 of his role in that comnitt6s. He Just has navy ideas to offer <br />9 nntl Hugh and I have had many good conversations and reel good <br />10 experience 1R Dsing 00-chairs Lopether 6n Lhis dOMntowh <br />11 Y1eiORinp Committee. <br />12 I have every Confidence Lhat you're already <br />13 working with the staff Of tho City of Eugone on the apecificc <br />14 aaaoctated, not Only with the specific sites, but on the <br />15 facilities surrounding the nroaa. eo tonight I wanted to tall <br />1d You aDOUt the Orogre69 of a downtown vieionlnq committee that <br />17 I'n c0-chairing. <br />lg It's a nayor's Olue r7b0on committee that <br />i9 ihciutles citizens reprosenting buainesa, cultural, <br />20 envlronnentai and neighborhootl DOinte of vises. <br />'21 We've embarked on a prO,)ect Lhat was conceived <br />22 aDOUt a year ago antl officisily started teat winter to update <br />23 our 20-year old, nearly 20-year old Downtown plan. And hero <br />2t is the tllroeLion we're heeded. <br />25 Lou, could you oleace turn that around for a <br />Tb.1 <br />New Federal Courthouse 213. Final EIS <br />