[CPEO-IRF] Concord (CA) viewpoint

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BRAC process route Concord's way to go

PETER MULLIN
VIEWPOINTS, Contra Costa Times (CA)
December 6, 2006


The Shaw Group Inc. forwarded Wayne Arny, deputy assistant secretary of 
the Navy in charge of installations and facilities, an "unsolicited 
proposal" Oct. 30 to acquire the 5,100 acres of the Concord Naval 
Weapons Station in exchange for performing other military construction 
projects for the Navy.

This proposal would shortcut the Base Realignment and Closure Act 
provisions (BRAC).

Shaw has sent a letter to members of the community indicating that it 
fully supports the city of Concord's planning process and "would fully 
support all the public benefit transfers approved by the City Council."

But the city of Concord isn't buying it and instead wants the process 
set forth in the Base Redevelopment and Realignment Manual to be followed.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/contra_costa_county/martinez/16175324.htm

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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
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