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TRANSIT BOARD PRECEPTS AND GUID <br />THE COURTHOUSE SQUARE DEVELOF <br />February 3, 1998 <br />A number of basic questions and issues have been discussed by the District <br />over the past several years as the Courthouse Square project has taken shape <br />following information presents fundamental questions that have been posed <br />board as it has deliberated on such issues as the transit center location and c <br />feasibility of joint development, project sizing and budgeting, and related is~ <br />highlights some of the positions and guidelines that have emerged over this <br />• Should the District relocate its current downtown transit center? <br />Several issues drive the response to this question. First, the current fa <br />physically inadequate to accommodate the volume of today's ridershi <br />system, and has been inadequate for the past year. Safery issues and ~ <br />concerns introduce serious operational shortcomings, and present disc <br />and potentially costly liability issues to the District. Additionally, the <br />under a mandate of the City of Salem to vacate the faciliry. This manc <br />based on political whim or the vagaries of an existing council-the b~ <br />request is an urgent and growing need for street capacity in the downt <br />--need which is only going to expand with the rapid population growth <br />The District has been successful in attracting nearly $8 million in Fed~ <br />funds to relocate a new downtown transit center. But the availability c <br />funding, by itself, is not sufficient reason to move ahead with a new tx <br />facility. The question certainly must be asked, however, if it would be <br />policy, given the needs and rationale for the facility that do exist, for t <br />to not proceed forward with a new center for the Salem/Keizer transit <br />timeframe which allows the use of the grant funding. <br />There exists a solid base of research and documentation dating back <br />"interim" development of Cherriot Station, and the District has indic <br />relocation of the station to a dedicated, off-street faciliry remains our <br />priority. <br /> <br />Dces the Board intend to change its "pulse" system of operation? <br />It has occasionally been suggested by lay persons in the community <br />some system other than a pulse system (whereby most or all routes ~ <br />id the public <br />The <br />the transit <br />and <br />ility is <br />- on the <br />,D.A <br />~ncerting <br />~istrict is ~ <br />ate is not <br />~is of the <br />~wn area, a <br />n our area. <br />ral grant <br />~ grant <br />msit <br />good public <br />~e District <br />ystem in a <br />the 1983 <br />;d that the <br />going to <br />: together <br />~ <br />