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Comments and Responses, September 26, 2000 Public Hearing in Eugene -- <br />T12 Jay Major <br />T12.1-The order of the sites as <br />presented in the draft EIS has no <br />significance and should not be <br />interpreted as a ranking of any <br />type. <br />T12.2-Comment acknowledged. <br />T12.3-Comment acknowledged. <br />The draft EIS notes the location of <br />the Riverfront site in relation to <br />Interstate 5. <br />T12.4-The traffic analysis <br />conducted for the draft EIS did <br />not find that traffic in the vicinity <br />of the Chiquita (formerly Agripac) <br />site would be significantly <br />affected by locating the <br />courthouse at that site. <br />Transcript 1 <br />F~:; <br /> 1 peODle who have eipned up. HODefully -- Yre have'~~Ohe more. Jay <br /> 2 Ha3or. <br />T12.1 3 MR. MAJOR: Looks 11ke I got 1n here--.fuel in tilae. <br /> 4 I'm a reaitlent of SDringfteltl and in looking ovor the tlifforont <br /> 5 eitea and everything and everything that I've seen - and i'a <br /> d rlOt on the inside tike you guys are -but in looking over the <br /> ~ different eftes, to roe, it's nlmoat a no bratnorthnt n person <br /> 8 xould, out of the different ones, ,fuel about Dick them ae you <br /> 9 hnve them listed as far ae alternatives, from what I could see. <br /> 10 yuaL about. in the way that a person would plan:an area. <br />T1Y2 11 Because Springfield definitely nestle that river <br /> 12 park eras enhanced 1n soma way. 8ecauao 8pringfiold, the <br /> 13 downtown area, is stagnant nntl hasn't tlone anything for years <br /> l4 and year and years. <br />T12.9 15 Bo the fedoral governmont, it'c really Lhe only <br /> 16 plaeo to put aomethine tike Lhat because traffic wino, coning <br /> i7 off of I-6 or anything else to this wren. no one's ovor going <br /> 18 tO get LO their tlestination in a Decent amount of time. <br />T12A i9 Ferry Btreat Bridge woultl. You know, if 1L,waa <br /> 20 the Agriaac or the ChioulLe Dlant. those people would never got <br /> 2t Go work realistically unless you hake a spur off of there Just <br /> 22 for thew. But that can Do tlone easily. on the Amtrnck is what <br /> 29 I'ro talking about, n ght there in Bpringfield with the old mill <br /> 24 area and everything. And 1t'a just a natural there. <br />T12b'26 Just a few Junctions need to tre fixed there from <br />[,_, <br />Final EIS 226 New Federal Courthouse <br />