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Comments and Responses, September 27, 2000 Public Hearing in Springfield <br />(_II <br />I <br />r-_, <br />li <br />_____ <br />T25.3-The Island Park <br />Partnership has expressed its <br />willingness to negotiate for the <br />sale of its property to the federal <br />government for development of <br />the proposed courthouse. <br />Tnsnscript 2 <br />32 <br />'(~2 1 ago as a site for posaiblo rodevelopment, which is wail before <br />eonti.l p the thought coma up that 1t might be a site for a federal <br />3 courLhouso. <br />T26.3 4 8o we had elreatly ltlentiflad that site. That's <br />5 not n now site for us to consltler for a project. We warn ,gust <br />0 Laktnp advantage of the ooportunitY LO say Mhy not Springfield? <br />T t+ence my lonely visit at the henrfnp in Eugene a couple years <br />8 ago. <br />g And by the way. tf you -- afnce xe've been doing <br />t0 this at 6RDC for the last two and o ha}f years, if you've heard <br />11 recently from other communities such phrases as 'beck Lo the <br />12 river, downtown renalesance, downtown ronovation end catalyst.' <br />t3 we've Daon mere, Cone thnL. 2 moan we have -- that's <br />is something that we've boon talking about hard for suite sumo <br />/5 ttnw. <br />16 And we truly era oriented townroa downtown end <br />1T drawing back to the Millamette River, which bas already born <br />t8 nantionetl that 1t 1a not vis161o from downtown 8pringfiold. <br />t9 The M111 Raco fs the same kind of Lhinp. Wa have thane <br />20 wonderful natural assets that are not connected sntl tnet'a our <br />27 intent. <br />22 Mo think the federal courtnouae to that site <br />23 would cortatnly help to accomplish that. I'll remind you again <br />24 that you have will}np fellers et Lhat site. This is not <br />25 anything that you need to po out entl boat the bushes, that ws <br />Final EIS <br />New Federal Courthouse <br />261 <br />