[CPEO-IRF] Counties and Ingleside Naval Statiojn (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

San Pat asks LRA status for base land

Only one county can be designated to run development

By Fanny S. Chirinos
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX)
February 7, 2006


San Patricio County will seek federal government approval as the local 
authority in charge of redeveloping the portion of Naval Station 
Ingleside that won't belong to the Port of Corpus Christi.

Port officials assisted San Patricio County in drafting a letter that 
will be submitted today to the Department of Defense's Office of 
Economic Adjustment, asking that the county be named the local 
redevelopment authority, or LRA, for 155 acres of base property.

This effort pits San Patricio County against Nueces County, which also 
is seeking LRA status for the property. Naval Station Ingleside, 
designated last year for closure, is in San Patricio County. The LRA 
will be the gatekeeper for potentially millions of federal dollars for 
economic studies and redevelopment planning.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4447337,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org

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