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Record of Decision Attachment C -Agency Comment and Responses
<br />'~ City Manager's Office
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<br />Fcoruary 14, 2061 ';sett eez~satb i=ns
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<br />t:,n belm~: of the City of f:agene, thank you for giving us thebppomuuty to comrnent'on the
<br />t'ir.,ilEn;ironnrentallmpartStxt4nttcntforiheNewF`edc~satCottrthousenEugenelSpring6eld, r
<br />La :e County, Oregon. -The following;~epresents a rgmtYitulion and sununary of commenfs from
<br />scv;cal rcpresgttativesof tho Clty ofF,ugene who lwve reviewedthe FiaaI LIS.
<br />1;;oCityofEugenestronglysuptwrtsihoseh~_tiunofthrc:hlq,i Wstte(.4ltenusUve2iOpriooA)
<br />as the Preferrz'dAlternntit~aforconshuedonnfthanewfeietelcoucthnuse ThCCirr:u,minnaf
<br />_thc ncwfederal courthouse on thispiominent site will establish n civic (atidmarF. m; r . or tic
<br />Saiithem Willamette Valley.
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<br />'Ilie Final E[S understates the impaetof the cotutruation ofthe new fedcivr c, .. '. ,r ~a or tl-a
<br />ChiquitasifeftomsnIIastheticanriivhvtdcsign-pers7reciive.' Chee+gnifi_ir.__rf reCl:iquic.
<br />;i i d, in terms of the city and the rebrioo, should be Irigltlighied.
<br />Ti~,: courthouse will serve its a beacon to fhc city;visibte from the tw o primary .~_ao nal
<br />approaches to downtown, from FeriyStreet Bridge to the north and Ftanldtn Bc 1. a.,..o d~.o
<br />".east. Tlie conifhousewill provide a gatewayto downtown an0 a memorable image n1 hipt,
<br />quality civic architecture; a lazulmark in ilte emerging history and physical fotnt of f„e ,,ry,
<br />1"he location of the federal wurthouse nn the Ctrigttita site tmdarscores the cola of R~' Avetme es
<br />an impoRant civic street, sad provides the opportunity fora significant; inflncntiai civic
<br />architeccuraI statement. 77te courthouse on 8'~Aventto will amplify the aensa G :'ai< <<
<br />along this street by connecting a segoance of fm~sotrant public places, the Park 61.r, k , il e
<br />symbolic heart ofdownfown, cit}^ha(1, the cdunty courthouse, and the new federal ccrltL~c~ , t.~
<br />anew pii6tic plaza, envisinncd at the'terminus of B'^ Avenue and the rivet.
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<br />The dl3a ussiu t ~ Gu~~ p'~~~ l~evalopmeut Plain , ~4 rr m 4.e Land Ilse aeation of dre FittaT EIS
<br />page t22} notes the City's current downtown ~~isioning effocu, but needs to emphasise the
<br />,._.gisticrelationship crytlt the new federal cottrthottec. `Ih: city ]Ias.Iong desired a cnntiection
<br />I: ~; ~, io the Wittenteftc Ritter and; wtth control of the CSiiquita sitcutd public mamenttun @t+m
<br />~' ~ ~. loninQ effort, has the abihty~tobegin to re-esutbtieti"tiuahistoriccnnnectioi5: The
<br />:r~oi~rctionofthCOOU'rthou.4ewitlprovideAgteattne~:r.ri~:c.ocudocwc~ i.alcu~ t,nu~Tv.
<br />ccn i.rcts': -ed_ .el•rpriuttt projects in the easfpurtiiTit of uu;crto:~.a cdi .went :~~ the rivcrtr, nt
<br />,.,_~. 9F;spd:.t.:n~ sunantvvillinturneotztplemcnnIl;ec r71_uc::crceLncmmr_sr~naa~.
<br />~~',I, ilr~;idn, ~.r,_r.rdbte uses and ac&viticsthat teach t,; Ni~. ri~:~r.
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<br />n r::, „~ +'u~„nc Is confident dot the CLi~tdr. ,itc yen tr_ ~cliw:cd a .:+,mol}~ ntuutct. '£h:
<br />iI !7~ 'rdt~_!~: tr ~: sit~pcepaCafion endauli ~.:u~c urrk world her. t iaegrly:A02. An,
<br />~~rrci~..:ra to ptuchase the property>frotn Chiqutta has. hecn ru:~hcd, v,i'r r'.sing afthm s;de to
<br />~~~, ..rzlatcrt[sanblaich31,201:Chiquitaivillco`ntimte~,ep~w!~tl_t,.:ilitytluaughtlic~
<br />Cu; cwating season, but has committed to vHCatlon of :the facthty and recover a£ Itctwrdot>s
<br />r ~ateriais prior to fhe commencement ofconskruotian offhe new cotuilxtuse, Additiottslly; the
<br />I u.~~ e City Cotmci[ has taken action in supyort of the City's~urctuua- ar eondemnndon if
<br />~, cr.~;azy- of the AukpCcuRproperty.
<br />$g dot_ Mat¢rialuandi+nvi_ronmlp~q~jmyacts
<br />Tha7lamcdouslbtrrteriQlss~etion4fthzFinn4$TSoutlinedtheevaluatanoftha,pgtentioJ tcae;ai
<br />courthouse sins to detarmiiie it environmental ~ouditiot>5 era present that ivc old atre.; ibe
<br />project constructiwt oYpublic heiilth and safety, Rsgaid'utg the Chiquita pro;~ert ,the 1'_15 is
<br />cotreotin its conclusion th¢t thertihavc boon no canditioti,4 identified far tyluch reeson,blc
<br />mrtigalionmeasurescotild not bc+ developed. Additionally, the City has reacua.` n p u. ,r se
<br />agreemernunderwhichChiguitahosagreedtodelivcrucleansite,duiecwtn~dh~ tf ~ ~'~uv~
<br />IIepartmenC Of Envrrormtontal Quality rcgutations.
<br />The EIS refers to information obtsinrxl duringPhasc 1 andPturse II ent'iromi :urn! c.,li~,~ii;,as
<br />oonductedtty Henera'tinvubnmental Consultants. I3errera Eayi~anmental Coiisultnnts relied ~ m
<br />[he invesri gations conducted previously by $thcr cry irotunentat f ~ ~~: ~., as pact of earlier propcii .:
<br />transactions and envitonmenWl investigations conducted as a pazt of dte Feny Street Bridge
<br />pro}ecf. Ttie other sitcinvestigaiion relwrti tefereuced included thrOT~OT 1992 ha2ardous
<br />materiais technical report fot the Perry Streetf3ridge projeot (prepared by AGI Tethnolagies),
<br />LFCi Axsaciates 1998 Phase I F.nvironmautal <lssessmerit ofthe Agripac property and Scienticl,
<br />NFS, Ine.1999Phase Il linuted site investigation prepared for Chiquita Bran ,~ L•t ~, ,:~. ~ .,..
<br />the AGltepert fur OBOT identified un~us of potential conc+_rn at the: (h:ga~t, si; , srd in 1 ~%y 1,
<br />seven exptamtory tasf pits wee e~cavatedrarid tho test results indicated l« o ~ ~ u f 1 _. m I_ ur t
<br />"' products present in the first two feet. 'L'he Scientech reI}art Inn the C`h .l~ i ^ site Ir •:~.; cd
<br />additional soil and grgtmdwatea tesuog at sites of concern tklscd on th.. AGI up^n. Ilcncr::
<br />EnvitonmcmtdCot>SUttantsconduetedadditionalfieldinvestlgat{onsirf soil mid drow,d wamr in
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