[CPEO-IRF] Concord (CA) base declared "surplus"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy agrees to 'surplus' base

By Tanya Rose
CONTRA COSTA TIMES (CA)
February 07, 2007	

CONCORD - After a three-month delay, the U.S. Navy announced late 
Tuesday night that it would "surplus" the shuttered Concord Naval 
Weapons Station, or formally deem it ready for development.

This is the statutory trigger point the city was waiting for -- now 
Concord leaders can begin the next phase of planning for the base's 
5,170 inland acres, which will eventually be filled with a mix of open 
space, housing and businesses.

The announcement came around 11:30 p.m., just after the City Council 
voted 3-2 not to support a planning delay that the Navy had requested. 
Councilwoman Laura Hoffmeister, Vice Mayor Bill Shinn and Councilman 
Michael Chavez voted against the extension.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/16644119.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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