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3. Consolidation makes the Board and administration more accessible to our <br />constituents; and, <br />4. The leaseable expansion space that FTA will finance in the consoli ated <br />project provides cash-flow which covers the increased costs of a ne facility. <br />Without the consolidation that opporlunity does not exist and the in reased <br />costs of both faci lities would fall on the taxpayer. <br /> <br /> <br />Consolidation of administrative staff with the downtown transit center is n~ <br />critical a need as the relocation of buses to a downtown off-street facility. ~ <br />to consolidate does represent a positive response to the issues noted above, <br />and it has been the Boazd's position that the consolidated transit facility co. <br />be the best option, as it was when the Board addressed this issue in 1985, 1 <br />1995. <br />Should these facilities be constructed on the Senator Block site? <br />Of all the issues that have been raised surrounding the Courthouse Squ <br />there are none that have been as thoroughly studied, or as uniformly an <br />consistendy concluded, as the issue of the Senator block location for a <br />facility. To state the findings succinctly: there are very few downtown <br />meet the essential criteria for siting a transit center; of the few that do, <br />in public ownership; one site is cleared, environmentally remediated, a <br />not require further demolition of existing businesses or development; c <br />the approval of the City traffic division, the City Council, the County, ~ <br />downtown association, the Chamber of Commerce, and other key parti <br />In consideration of the resources that have been applied to studying the <br />of location, and the consistent results of those studies....knowing firstt <br />disruption that ongoing site studies have on businesses that are in poten <br />areas....knowing the difficulty that pertains to gaining the degree of co~ <br />a location that currently exists for the Senator block....knowing that th <br />currently in District ownership and can easily and successfully accomn. <br />transit center (with or without Courthouse Square)....with the knowled; <br />facts, the District is firm in its resolve to continue the examination of tr <br />development options at the Senator block site. Should it prove unfeasib <br />develop Courthouse Square or any other transit center on the Senator b] <br />we will not proceed at that location. But until there is compelling reaso <br />discontinue development options at the block which meets so many ess <br />criteria, the District Board has directed staff to focus its effort, for the ( <br />Square project and any other ~ransit center development, at the Senator <br />Should the District construct its facilities in partnership with Marion <br />now proposed as Courthouse Square? <br />as <br />~ move <br />~s to <br />and <br />project, <br />es which <br />; site is <br />would <br />site has <br />~ <br />nd the <br />al study <br />ensus on <br />block is <br />date a <br />: of these <br />isit <br />; to <br />ck, then <br />to <br />itial <br />~urthouse <br />lock site. <br />~unty as <br />~ <br />