[CPEO-IRF] Ingleside (TX) reuse committee

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Base panel makeup still disputed

Disagreement may be delaying federal funding

By Beth Wilson
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX)
March 1, 2007

The two-county argument about who should decide how to reuse Naval 
Station Ingleside will continue Friday.

The members of the Coastal Bend Redevelopment Planning Committee will 
meet at 8 a.m. at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center 
to consider who should serve on the committee. The issue is how many 
members should be from Nueces County or San Patricio County government 
entities, plus the Port of Corpus Christi, which owns most of the base land.

The two counties have been wrangling since last year, shortly after 
closure of the Navy base was announced. The committee currently includes 
nine members from San Patricio and Nueces counties, Corpus Christi, 
Ingleside, the Port of Corpus Christi and related business and industry. 
It was established to serve as a funnel for federal funds to offset 
economic losses expected when the base closes by 2010.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_5386752,00.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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