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Comments and Responses, September 26, 2000 Public Hearing in Eugene <br />Transcript 1 <br />la <br />T5.3 <br />contl. <br />1 the ponsral vicinity for redovelop~in9 private properties in the <br />2 oast downtown nel9hborhootl, ea wait as early Dtar15 for <br />3 develoDing 1n tho public Goetor, Guth as tho city's proposal <br />4 for street changes, the park blocks, opening the Nill Race and <br />5 so forth, ail of those should bG attractive. MG believe. to tho <br />6 federal gavornnont if it's going t0 chooao that G1 W. Mo think <br />7 that both parties -- interested partie8 ahoutd bs oagor to hoar <br />a cnie. <br />9 6upporting downtown Eu9ono'G role as a regional <br />10 canter, as you already knot, downtown is not only an employment <br />li center for the mstropolitnn area, iL's nice an economic, <br />I2 cultural, .tudicial and government center for the nrea. <br />13 Courts. attorneys and Lhe1r associatetl eervfces <br />t are already Ywre. ar are deytioq antl nigntttme rontaurants antl <br />i5 some other retail services. As a trnnsoortation hub for rail <br />a and for Cho trancit system, as wall as close to the highest <br />7 volume traffic corridor in the nrea. the Ferry Street Bridge, <br />B wa feel that this is an ttloal location for a neipr now <br />9 facility. <br />'0 &o we to the visioning committee are Lnking <br />:1 steps to support those roles as Lhe cultural, povsrnment, <br />'2 ,lutlfcial and econaelc cantor. <br />'.3 we believe that carronct urban torn reautrea a <br />4 commitsant to not only density, Dut also to astheGfcc. Street <br />b aCaDeG, 7igh Ling, public art and water are stgnif scent in the <br />r- <br />Final EIS 216 New Federal Courthouse <br />