[CPEO-BIF] DC Stadium

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cropp Proposes 'Compromise' on D.C. Stadium
Council Chairman Tells Mayor in Letter That Plan Would Ensure Enough 
Votes for Lease Deal

By David Nakamura and Thomas Heath
Washington Post
January 12, 2006; B06

D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp sent a letter to Mayor Anthony A. 
Williams yesterday detailing a plan that she said would guarantee 
council support for the stalled stadium project.

After a flurry of meetings with her colleagues, the mayor and Major 
League Baseball officials over the past few days, Cropp listed 10 
provisions that she said would ensure that at least seven of the 
council's 13 members would vote to approve a critical stadium lease deal.

...

The cost of land is uncertain because some landowners have gone to court 
to fight for more than the city has offered and because of the 
possibility of environmental contamination at the 21-acre site. 
Administration officials are trying to get private developers to agree 
to cover any overruns on land costs in exchange for development rights 
on adjacent property.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/11/AR2006011102301.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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