[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Lawton Army Reserve Base, Seattle, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ft. Lawton reuse plan on 'pause'

By Russ Zabel
Queen Anne News/Magnolia News (Seattle, WA)
April 24, 2007

This Fort Lawton building on 36th Avenue West near Fort Street is up for 
grabs.
	
The city was supposed to present a draft plan for future uses of the 
Fort Lawton Army Reserve base last week at a community meeting in 
Magnolia. However, there was no draft plan, announced Linda Cannon, 
deputy director of the city's Office of Intergovernmental Relations.

The problem, she explained, is that shortly after the April 19 meeting 
notices went out, the Army called the city expressing concerns about not 
being able to sell off as much of the property as possible to private 
developers.

"Until we're clear on that, we're just going to pause on starting the 
reuse plan," Cannon said. The city has had two initial conversations 
with the Army, and there will be more, she added.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=18256242&BRD=855&PAG=461&dept_id=513931&rfi=6

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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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