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Courthouse Square Special Project Oversite Committee
<br />April 15, 1998 Meeting Summary
<br />Present: Justice Peterson, Kathy Keene, Jerry Vessello, Maynazd Hammer, John
<br />McMillan, Randy Compton
<br />Staff/Citizens: Billy Wasson, John Whittington, Randy Franke, Mazcia Kelly, Mark
<br />Wieprecht, R.G. Andersen-Wyckoff, Randy Curtis, Ben Fethersto~, Bob
<br />Newton, Frank Dunn, Clarence Pugh, Glen Rader, Matt Graber, Craig
<br />Harris, Mike Ryan
<br />Agenda: SPOC Work Session
<br />1. Work Session
<br />T'he committee agreed to use the draft written by John McMillan to formulate their written
<br />response to the Boards. Each paragraph was reviewed and reworded as agreed upon by the
<br />members. The following is the draft in regular font, with the changes printed in italics:
<br />Final Report, Special Project Oversight Committee (Courthouse Sqnare)
<br />~ Marion Coun commissioners and the directors of the Salem Area Mass Transit District
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<br />established the committee in December, 1997, "to act in an advisory role overseeing all major
<br />policy decisions related to the continued development, design, and financing of the Courthouse
<br />Square project". The project calls for construction of a bus terminal and county and transit
<br />offices on 80 percent of the block in downtown Salem bounded by Church, High, Chemeketa, and
<br />Court streets.
<br />The committee has seen its role more narrowly. We decline to make a judgement on
<br />whether the Courthouse Square project should be constructed. Four of our six members The
<br />majority of the committee recommend only that the project go to its next stage: Final design at a
<br />cost estimated by county executives at $750,000 to $1 million. Only when that design is
<br />completed, rigorously and independentl,y analyzed, and perhaps modified will elected officials and
<br />the public be able to assess the costs and probable effects on public service, the committee
<br />unanimously believes.
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<br />rejeet-€eu . Following the process of final
<br />desigr~ and evaluation, the Marion county commissioners and the transit boards should decide
<br />whether to proceed to the process of seeking construction bids.
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