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Comments and Responses, September 27, 2000 Public Hearing in Springfield <br />T29.3-Comment acknowledged <br />T29.4-Figure 17 of the draft EIS <br />erroneously shows the proposed <br />federal courthouse situated on the <br />southern portion of the Riverfront <br />site. This figure has been revised <br />in the final EIS to show the <br />currently proposed location of the <br />facility on the Riverfront site, <br />consistent with the footprint <br />shown in Figure 12 and the photo- <br />simulation shown in Figure 18 of <br />the draft EIS. As currently <br />envisioned, if the Riverfront site is <br />selected, the new federal <br />courthouse would be situated on <br />the northern portion of the site. <br />TranseMpt 2 <br />13 <br />~,p i n very, vary positive fashion. <br />contl. 2 The connectivity fa there. IL's wnikabte, it's <br />3 driveable, tt'e visually connected. 8o when you eiu on the <br />4 river front cite, you actually daysloD both sides of the river. <br />T29.3 S If you look at the connectivity to a Mill race. <br />8 the city is involved with the planning process right now with <br />T the core of engineers that fa examining a Hill race thnt dews <br />8 bnck to 1860. <br />9 And that's going to be developed with the Cienn <br />10 Mater Act and the restoration of aalnon and fish, I think, make <br />It that a very. very spoeinl part of Lhe ambiance and ttw <br />12 geographic environment of this site, <br />T29d 13 Nhen I )poked at your EIS report and I looked <br />14 at Lho Figure t2, whleh illustrates the various suss, and I <br />16 was realty interested in the Aver front alts, eo I looked at <br />16 your a1iAMOLa number 1. And you nave a fOOtprlnt On each orw <br />i7 of these sitar. <br />i8 And when I look at your pathetic waiuetlon. 2 <br />19 see two photogrnDha, one tram a northeast corner and orw from <br />20 a eOYLheseL COrner. Both Of those DfiOLographa and your <br />2i modeling, because you hnd a three-dimenslonnl modal that you <br />22 superimposed on n photograph, would intlicate that this building <br />23 fills tM giro. <br />24 Mhen I looked at it fnfLiallY. I thought You <br />25 worn showing tFw footprint of a building that did Indeed fit <br />Final EIS 272 New Federal Courthouse <br />