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- A CHRONOLOGY OF COURTHOUSE SQUARE AND RELATED SENATOR BLOCK ISSUES (prepared for the Courthouse Squaze "Oversight Committee" December 16, 1997) 1974 Marion County acquires ownership of the Senator Hotel Building. This purchase gives the county ownership of approx. 40 % of the block. This purchase creates the opportunity for the county to eventually redevelop the block for a public service building. 1977 A City staff review of the Downtown area results in the Senator block being identified as the best location for an offstreet transit center. 1978 The Senator block is identified as the "Proposed Transit Center" on the City's Community Development Department Comprehensive Plan map of Downtown Salem 1981 The City commissions a multi-disciplinary consultant study by a team to select a downtown-azea location for a transit center. Beginning with around 40 sites, the consultant team identifies two sites - tlie Washington Mutual site, and the north ( ~, portion of the Senator block, site "B-5," as the preferred alternatives. The study is `~--- overseen by the Downtown Development Boazd. The Downtown Development Boud, and possibly the Salem City Council (records aze presently being checked), adopts tlie "B-5" site as the prefened site for the downtown transit center. 1983 The City and the District mutually construct the Cheniot Station, located in High Street between Court and State, as an "interim transit center." The faciliry is intended to serve 5 to 8 years, until a permanent offstreet location is found and constructed. 1985 The Transit District commissions a multi-disciplinary consultaut study to analyze the feasibility of a joint development by the County, the District, and a private partner. Served by a broad-based advisory committee representing all downtown ' interests, the consultant team concludes that a development including a transit