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Comments and Responses, September 27, 2000 Public Hearing in Springfield <br />T18 Dave Jewett <br />T18.1-As stated by Mr. Jewett, the <br />9`i' District federal court covers <br />south central Oregon. <br />T18.2-Comment acknowledged. <br />T18.3-The proposed facility would <br />consolidate all the court proceedings <br />for the 9"' District federal <br />courts into <br />one location. The existing federal <br />courthouse in Eugene would be used <br />for other federal activities that are <br />not related to the courts. <br />Transcript 2 <br />20 <br />i 22 rears. I work in a law firm that's boon providing legal <br />2 services to the Springfield/Eugene community for 60 years. <br />3 we nova a general practice law firm nntl among <br />4 the things we do is -- tnciudea litigation in state end federal <br />T78.1 6 courts. One of the things I wanted to make sure was thnt it <br />S didn't get lost in tontght'a tltecuseiOn that tho 8pringfteld <br />T river front silo is a good site for the courthouse to fulfill <br />8 the service mfeaton that 1t'e designed for, <br />g The federal courthouse will serve litigation <br />10 Hoods for the entire Southern, Central Oregon or Southern <br />tt Oregon area. Ana it -- 9pringffeltl 1s woll positioned to <br />12 handle that purpose. 2t'e got good access from I-b. there are <br />13 any number of reasons why it can do that. <br />T182 /4 IL's also clear that the river front site, if <br />1b chosen, will be cherecterized by community enthusiasm for <br />i6 ombracing that site in a public and private cooperative efforts <br />17 to put the protect on a feat track. <br />18 And ae merobere of ny lnw firm wOUltl certainly <br />i9 like to have ecoesB Lo tho federal Courthouse for Lhe1r <br />20 business ea noon as is reasonably poocibte. we're all aware <br />" 21 of the parking conetratnts at the ezlsting courthouBe and <br />22 various otner conotreintc. <br />T18.3 23 People in my firm need to go to one place for <br />24 bankruptcy court, another place for diatrtct court -- regular <br />2b tlistrict court proceedings and consolidating those will be a <br />New Federal Courthouse. 249 Final EIS <br />