[CPEO-IRF] Athens (GA) redevelopment process

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Redevelopment will have specific process


Opinion by Buddy Allen
Athens Banner-Herald (GA)
June 25, 2006

Over the past six months, local media have reported on several occasions 
about the closure of the Navy Supply Corps School and the potential 
reuse of the property. These reports have focused on one or more aspects 
of the base closure process, and while they, for the most part, have 
been factually correct, standing alone they lack the overall context and 
legal framework of the Base Realignment and Closure process. The purpose 
of this column is to provide an overview of the BRAC process as it 
relates to the Navy Supply Corps School and to Athens.

Federal law mandates that the Navy Supply Corps School close by March 
2011. The federal process for military base closure and reuse planning 
is complex and regulated by federal law. The Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Act of 1990, as amended, places responsibility for base 
reuse planning in the hands of the Local Redevelopment Authority. In 
June 2005, Athens-Clarke County's mayor and commission appointed a 
diverse group of 16 local residents to serve as volunteer members of the 
LRA. The LRA is recognized by the Department of Defense as the single 
voice of the community in responding to BRAC. The primary responsibility 
of the LRA is to develop a reuse plan for the NSCS that appropriately 
balances the community's desires and needs.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/062506/opinion_20060625077.shtml

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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