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Memorandum To: SALEM TRANSIT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MARION COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS From: John Whittington and Billy Wasson, Project Managers Date: February 7, 2000 RE: Courthouse Square North Block Draft RFP Attached you will find a draft RFP to seek proposals for the North Block at Courthouse Square. This draft is an update of a version that was prepared in December 1998 by the Transit District staff and legal counsel. We have redrafted it to try to respond to what we have heard expressed by policy makers at previous joint Board meetings. At this point, the document remains very much a draft, and we are seeking input from the Boards to develop a final version, should the Boards elect to move forward with a North Block RFP. Please note the following conditions contained in the draft RFP, which we believe reflect the Boards' consensual position on the issues as of this writing: It expresses no preference for any particular type of land use It limits the parking available to the developer to 56 spaces (and does not offer the possibility of making additional spaces available from the County/Transit supply) It notes that the use or uses should be compatible with the transit mall and CH2, and emphasizes a need for good pedestrian connections to surrounding areas It stipulates that the developer will enter into a ground lease with Transit/County...it does not offer a land sale as an option It does not permit sale or display of obscene materials, packaged alcohol, or tobacco products It provides favorable consideration to projects that reduce parking demand on the site and in the immediate area The RFP also describes a very structured evaluation and selection process. The strict language was drafted by legal counsel, and staff has not trifled with it. We are concerned somewhat with its complexity, however, and would intend to work with legal counsel to make the language and procedure a little mare clear and user friendly while maintaining the precise and well-defined methodology that a good selection process requires. Staff's objective at the Feb. 7 joint Board meeting will be to receive the joint Boards input on the draft RFP, and elicit direction on how you would like to proceed.