[CPEO-IRF] Fed-to-Fed in Georgia?

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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>

Date: 7 Nov 2005 23:07:05 -0000

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Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Fed-to-Fed in Georgia?

Federal government might want to keep doomed Atlanta bases

The Associated Press
November 7, 2005

WASHINGTON - The Department of Defense didn't want them, but a department of something else just might.

Georgia is losing four military installations as part of a base closure process that becomes official this week. However, the good news is local officials may be months _ if not weeks _ away from learning what the future holds for the prime real estate the Pentagon is leaving behind.

"We've lost, and we've lost absolutely utterly," said Tom Salter, who led the community group that tried to save some of the Atlanta bases on the closure list. "Unless somebody decides to get a revote, which is highly unlikely, it is a done deal."

With that reality, phase two of the process is just beginning.

Because three of the state's condemned bases are in the Atlanta area _ Fort Gillem, Fort McPherson and Naval Air Station-Atlanta _ Georgia may have less trouble than most states at finding takers for the land. In fact, its problem may be too many takers.

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Federal government might want to keep doomed Atlanta bases

The Associated Press - WASHINGTON

The Department of Defense didn't want them, but a department of something else just might.

Georgia is losing four military installations as part of a base closure process that becomes official this week. However, the good news is local officials may be months _ if not weeks _ away from learning what the future holds for the prime real estate the Pentagon is leaving behind.

"We've lost, and we've lost absolutely utterly," said Tom Salter, who led the community group that tried to save some of the Atlanta bases on the closure list. "Unless somebody decides to get a revote, which is highly unlikely, it is a done deal."

With that reality, phase two of the process is just beginning.

Because three of the state's condemned bases are in the Atlanta area _ Fort Gillem, Fort McPherson and Naval Air Station-Atlanta _ Georgia may have less trouble than most states at finding takers for the land. In fact, its problem may be too many takers.

Federal agencies get the first crack at taking over the land, and they have only a month to indicate whether they desire to buy it from the Pentagon. Gen. Philip Browning, who led the panel that shepherded the state through the process, said there are already rumblings about possible federal suitors for the Atlanta bases.

While nothing is official, Browning said the Federal Emergency Management Agency has expressed an interest in acquiring storage space at Gillem and developing a regional headquarters at McPherson. NAS-Atlanta could be an attractive hub for the National Guard, he said.

The Athens Navy school, also on the Base Closure and Realignment Commission's list, would likely yield its space to a Georgia college or university.

"When BRAC becomes law, then the clock begins," Browning said.

Although most communities would love for the federal government to retain the land of their doomed bases, Atlanta might be an exception because it would have had no trouble selling the property, likely at a higher price.

All four of the bases have community support groups that are developing reuse plans, involving various commercial and real estate interests. That kind of development would be subject to local taxes, while a transfer to another federal agency would not.

"Obviously the communities want the opportunity to have a realistic reuse plan," said Fred Bryant, executive director for the McPherson-Gillem Foundation. "Depending on what the federal organizations might pick up, that could negatively impact being able to reuse the property."

At Gillem, the independent BRAC panel required that about 300 acres be kept under Pentagon control as a special enclave. That would leave about 1,100 acres, Bryant said, either for the federal government to take over or the community to develop.

Once the federal government determines whether it wants any of the closed properties, the communities get to make their case for what they would like to do with them. Browning estimates the future of the bases could be known as early as January.

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