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Comments and Responses, September 27, 2000 Public Hearing in Springfield <br />Transcript 2 <br />3 <br />1 Eugene. Tho silo wee initially oeleatad, but based on public <br />2 opinion and comment, we felt that alto wee not an appropriate <br />3 location. <br />4 A second silo was aeloeutl whole wee the City <br />6 of Eugene oily hall. An egroament could not be reached with <br />6 rho elty end that olio Mao xithdrawn, too. Sa now wa have flue <br />7 altoo. Mo origtnally lppketl et 22 Otfforent locations around <br />6 the 9orfngftoltl/Eugono nroa erltl wo psred it down to five altos. <br />B And rho first Dire -- antl tMy'ro not to any <br />10 ratln0 or nny apeclfic order, put tM first Dire io the river <br />11 front site locatotl in 6orfngfiold end 1t'o bordered by Moot B <br />12 .6troat. M111 Street, Mnin Street nntl the oouthorn boundary of <br />13 rho Iolantl Pnrk, which 1a tlown rho ctroet Iwro n few Dlocka, <br />14 and the site is apDrozimetoly 8.1 acres. <br />18 Site a/ternetivo two, 1o the Chfoutta, or <br />18 fornarty rho Agripac otto, to Eugono and the Dire to bordered <br />11 Dy 8th Avenue. M111 and the railroad tracks, Thta alto covers <br />t8. g acroa, but wo would not bo taking the whole 9 ncrae, Juet a <br />16 DOrLion of LheL property. - <br />2o Bits alternative throe is rho Gateway alto, <br />21 located in 8pringfioltl on 2nternational Orive, and Lhat to <br />22 Ipcalotl acroae the aLroet from Lho Sony 4190 factory. <br />23 Stte elternntivo number four is the EMES alto <br />24 located in Eugono end at preaont the alto of the Eugene Meter <br />28 end Etoctrfc Sonrtl firm, borderetl •t 4th Avenue, Lhe Millamette <br />Transerlpt 2 <br />4 <br />1 River ano Hilyartl 8treot and rho railroad LfACka in Eugene. <br />2 Tho silo is 19.a ncrea, though wo xould not to taking rho <br />3 entire Bite. Mo nro looking at two Dortfona of the alts east <br />4 entl Meat of rho Ferry 6troat Bridge. <br />6 The last altarnatfve, alternative olio number <br />8 5 is the 8roatlwny site locntotl in Eugono and that's bordered <br />7 by HS1Yartl Stroot, Broadxay, Mill and 8th Avenue, rho eaetorn <br />8 Oorder of the site is formetl by the western boundnrloo of the <br />9 Johannaon -- Jorpencan Apartments end the Manor Motel, This <br />t0 site contains 2.8 acres. <br />11 Now, I'm going to ask John Maerecheidt to Lalk <br />12 a little more about the environmental orocooo. <br />13 MR, MEERBCHEIOT; The main purpose of holding a <br />14 public hearing after issuing n draft EIS le to encournge <br />15 contlnuetl oubltc pert lc ioat ion to the environmental procose. <br />la A public hoarinB allows members Df the community <br />17 to stets for the recortl their evaluntion of the pro3ect, their <br />18 evaluations of rho eltornativos prosarlled and an evaluation of <br />19 the analysis eonte/nod to rho environmental docunante. <br />2p Information presented at n public hearing may <br />21 lead to a modification of the altArnatiVea, davelooaant and <br />22 evaluation of new nltarnattves, a modification of the <br />23 environmental nnplYO18. and correction of factual errOrB. Antl <br />24 if you do not wish to speak tonight, wo xil} accept all written <br />28 comments wltil October 29th, 2000. <br />New Federal Courthouse 233 Final EIS <br />