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Record of Decision Attachment C -Agency Comment and Responses <br />1.28-The comments provided in <br />this section do not address the <br />draft or final EIS and do not raise <br />issues germane to the National <br />Environmental Policy Act. <br />1.29-Community cooperation is <br />not an issue germane to the <br />National Environmental Policy <br />Act. <br />1.30-Community support is not <br />an issue germane to the National <br />Environmental Policy Act. <br />1.31-Relocation of displaced <br />businesses is addressed in the <br />draft and final EIS. The <br />relocation expense has not yet <br />been determined for either <br />alternative and is not an issue <br />germane to the environmental <br />documentation process. The <br />environmental review process is <br />concerned with potential <br />economic and social impacts on <br />businesses, workers, and <br />residents rather than with the <br />financial cost to the project <br />proponent. <br />SITE3UITABILrl'Y <br />We went to malre.swe the Reiwrd ofDeci~mr m based on edegoety coadderation of the <br />tedevelopmaot potemigl iimisediately a~jaixrtt to the T)ownrown Riveafront Site. Ttie <br />CityofSpringtield's psoposal to G$A iachtdea signori optbm and letters ofcomrnitme <br />from a ofpropvty ow,xrs in the vkwshed ofthe courthonsa. These citiaeas <br />are,+eady aflit wing m r~edeve{op their pmpaty with tee., thai compkm~c the <br />arorthouse. ,That cormnbmdrt means the courtho,ue wrll be m seek with what is <br />devcbpedamtiad~. Tumugoft6atredawebpu~tcoatsoccurconeuErentlywithttY <br />-1.26 cowtlwuee coust<uctlnrr, so that any needed sappoettog retail and office-mleted uses <br />vronld be m place by completion of co~thouse convtrtiction. <br />Uponrekase ofthe FfiIS, GSAwas imavewed bymazty heal media aad asIred what <br />tippet the salt: m favor ofthe f;Liquita site. Social ~ was cited as one <br />reason. We fud nothing inthe federal:siiing ofcritaia or in the FBi3 thaz addresses this <br />topic, so we ere mckar howthis twnc4tsbn.wasreaghed. <br />ECONOMIC ISSI)F,S <br />~ times. Sprhgiield's cooperative attitude a~ ability to follow <br />1.29. - ~~ ~ ~ ~.~~ hln7t Onlime With8 feQ pubhC ptOCC4S 13legetdazy. SpmrgSeld <br />has a historyofteamarorlCamd friendly assiae: Once a decision is made by the <br />spt~eld City Coimcit to facilitate adevebputent m springF~W, them is fnilm+~ <br />ihroughonrLatcomonrcmeat. Nosecaad-guessingoccros. <br />As.yon aro awaie; there has hoer an outpourirg of support fmmthe commwtity for this <br />project At the soopaflg ma~ng and again at the hearing onthe DEIS; a cross seotbn of <br />s.so ~ Springfield oDn~ty testifiedmfswr ofkcatmg the Federal coutthovse at the <br />now~ownRiver&ottt sate in' SpringSeid. That support is echoed m the fact that. <br />downtownpiopesty owtteaawithin the vrewshed have worked cooperatively wiW the City <br />of Spriog&eldto sign optbas and letters of mte~rt to redevebp. <br />B~g~ess Rebmtbn' <br />Tl><trareaevetalf~ctors that »ced to be considered rotten trying to determine the cost of <br />rebtxtmg ham: Pro1~Y ac9~m4 rebcatiioa msty; a~ coats imohied m <br />many tmdirtgs of the State Historic Preservation Otr>ce (SFIPO), in ttie case of <br />historic ba0d'm&s. <br />TLe Uniform Re{ocation Assistenoc aactReat PropettyAcquisition Act (URA) of 1970, <br />. ' rsr as.tune~ed,dehemunesthetthazaretwo:estegoriesbfcosts.imolyedwithrebcatingan <br />e)ig>b1e baseness. The Srst is p,~rerrt foiActrrdl Reasonable Mavireg mrd $g(gt~ <br />andutctudescoagforotaosporFatioaaodstorageofperaotmlProP~Y,Page <br />srid uopacl~g; Lcenses mud permites ieplaxmag:vahte bfproperty lost, dmuaged or <br />stolen daring'move, ptnfiessionat services; ooat of beating a suitable teplmero~t location <br />and other reasonable costs. AhhougA there is m metdafed cep oa movatg expearoes, <br />theme are ]imits to what expenses areeligibk. lnparticulei; lose of goadwtll, bss of <br />_, .. B ,. - <br />