[CPEO-IRF] County view of Ingleside Naval Station (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

County OK to let base go to port

Officials still considering outside help

By Brandi Dean
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX)
December 8, 2005


Nueces County commissioners are still considering creating a local 
redevelopment authority to represent the county's interest when Naval 
Station Ingleside is closed, but they are willing to see the property 
returned to the Port of Corpus Christi.

The commissioners signed a resolution Wednesday requesting that the 
Secretary of the Navy comply with the port's reversionary rights, but 
also voted unanimously to hire Hurt, Nolton and Associates, Inc., a 
Washington D.C.-based consulting firm, to help the county deal with the 
closure. Commissioner Chuck Cazalas said it's possible that dealing with 
the base closure might include forming a redevelopment authority.

"It could include a local redevelopment authority. But at the same time, 
we support the resolution. I think they're all compatible," Cazalas 
said. The cost of hiring a consultant was not discussed Wednesday.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4299107,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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