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II ~~ Berrey/Frey Ethics Repo~t , "President Caraballo exnressed disarir~ointment in the Rress coverage of yesterday's Public Hearina on , this subject. and said he was extremely disapoointed that the ~ress was not in attendanoe at this time to listen to the Board's further discussion of the issues. Notwithstandin4rxess coveraae this moming. the ~roject was deemed a viable ~ject by more lhan a substantial mai~y of the individuals testifying at the Public Hearinqyeste~day.. " The lengthy d'isc;uss'ion went on to reiterate tha~ ' ~ The basic concept (fnr Courthouse Square) had not changed since its inception in November 1995 and that what had c~anged was hati the public/private oompone~ts were aRanged; ' • That it was e~q~ected to be a$20-$25 m~lion projec~ ' • A delineation of transit, c~ounty, and private spaoe; • The be~efits of Transit owned lease spaoe to oover TransiYs ongoing 08~M costs; ' • That Transit would var.ate its cume~t Hi~ Street bcati~on and rebum ~ to the traffic and par~ing the City had requested; ' • That the project will provide better oppo~bunibes for operating and rider security; • That only half the buses wot~d pulse on High Str~et and half on (~xmdi Stre~ tliereby reduang the anpa~ on fraRic downtoHm; ' • That signalization would be changed on both Churoh and High at Court and Chemeketa Streets to provide for bus ing~ess and egress foom Cout~tltouse Square; ' • That visual and audible si~als would be ir~alled inr safety of pedestrians at the ing~ss/egress points on Church and High Streets; and, , • That TransiYs portion of the projed was being funded by Federal grants and local match that had already been set aside. ~ ' ~irector tCelley moved Uiat fhe Salem Area Transit Board adopt the revised P~~~Y P~ ~ Courthouse Square: ~doPt Resdutio~ #196-08 author¢iiig filing the FTA grant r+eques~ and, autfior¢e tlie Boarcl Preside~t to execute tlie Preliminary Intergovemment~ Ag~t witl~ Marion Camty' The motion passed unanimously with F~y abstaining; and Campbell and Miller absent ' September 26,1996 ~ The Transit Board met in ~ open Public session and adopted Resdutio~ #9G-09. "Direc~or Kelley moved that fhe Board of Diredors adopt Resdution ~196-09 autl~o~ing the Generel Manager ~ file such amended application ~d documentatio~ as may be neoessary to f~ihate an amendment b~ the , Transit Distrid g~nt t~ incorporate and n~enge fhe Countys grant ~bo one ~ant fnr the Co~xthouse Squat+e pr+Oject.s "Director Frey said he had a potential conflict-of-interest in this issue and would not discuss or ' vote on it" The motiorr passed unanimously with Frey abstaining. October 24,1996 ' The Transit Boatd, mee~n9 ~~9~' ~ Publ'~c session, acted on several issues t+elated to Cou~thouse Square: ~ • Page 5 r