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••••• pKAFT DOGUMENT- Nac! Msstlt+l~Cknetib~r Gov~rtttmmt Affatcti Gomml~w. 7~00 AM. Ghaee~bs~ -""' <br />/ Untque assthettcs co.uld be the ~m'oeti sffecttve way to rr+ake the North Block a S81ern <br />"rrtuet see." '1'he Yortland avi~ 8~(I~Ing beh(nd Portlarrd~a serve5 as an example of a vtsual <br />draw. . ~ ~ <br />/ Beyond ccr~+pat~btitty with ths ~an~i~ port(on of the sc~uare, the North Block should lnvite <br />pedest.r(an trafiic. Cou~t:house~.•5quare 'could be the most walked block (n 9alem. <br />Whatever goee ap on tihe Nortti ~61ock should be pedestrlan friend~y to encourage foot <br />traffic on the slte. ~ . ~ ~ <br />Deslred. i0utcome #~4: 5afety <br />5afety cont(nues ta poll ss one of~~Che ~most (mportant values for 5a(em ctt(zen5. We hope <br />the Noi-th Block wtll enhance ~afeCy for,ths dawn~own area. <br />/ NYe are concerned with batih peceona~ BafeLy a~'td trafflc safety. <br />/$alert+ and other communl~tee ~have. ~xpd'lenaed problems wfth tt~t(m(dat(ng ladivtdualr <br />congregat(ng by pub(ic tr2~ns(t ~acit{tiies: We hope the North Biock deveiopmerrt wtli hetp <br />draw a broad crosr, r,ectlon of'Saterrt.~o tihe a~'ea, whfch mtght make euch groups tess <br />tlke~y and less tnttmEd~t(rtg. , ; . ~ ~ <br />/ 7he Trart~ft D(s~r(c~ appears to have gt'eater poltcing authorf~y on tih(s block Lhan the GfCy <br />of 5afem. We encourage tih(s:authoci~y be, used o,ve~ the er-tlre block no~C f ust the bus <br />dei(very rectton. ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ <br />'pes(red~0~drrre #5: Mtnlmlze Nal~e <br />We belleve the North Block can be des~gned ~o'reduce nolse from Lhe re~ of Ceurthouse <br />Square. A socondary beneftt of good. d8 ,tgn can be a reductlon of CourLhouse 5quare nolses . <br />for adja~ent bus(nesses. ' ~ ~ . . ~ <br />Deslred O+~coma~A~'6:'C3overrrrnerrt fle~dbt(IL'y/Ec{ufty Y~Ive <br />the Couttty and transit Di~~r(ct have-lhve5ted heavt~y. in p'rep~rin9 the North Block stte. 5fnce <br />lease rates are predettrrn~ned. to be ~market rate and not rrtarket ra~e plus cost recovery, <br />these governmer~t enttt{e5 have an ~-~ec~ulty.. va(ue .Iri the North Block. 'f'hts equtty value can <br />efther be a benefit to a devetoper and;:futiure: tenar~s of tihe build(ng or tF~e govarnment <br />enttttes can choase to benefit ~ram ~eir.egulty InYeetment. <br />Tliere is Iikely a fut'•ure need~~fot expaFtiled offlce.~pacE for ~he Gounty and Tranri~.Dfstrict. lf <br />these governmer~t enttUes aotnmt~.to~a'cei,trat[zed s~raca ~'ate9y the North Block would be <br />a destrabte place tio expand. . <br />v~s v~.~.ta+ s,i - r,~~ a <br />