2007 CPEO Installation Reuse Forum Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 13 Sep 2007 00:48:15 -0000
Reply: cpeo-irf
Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Ft. Belvoir's (VA) Engineer Proving Ground
 
Board wants park land on EPG

By James Cullum
Fairfax County Times (VA)
September 12, 2007

Although Fairfax County has recently made some progress in getting the Army to do what the county wants with the massive shift of federal workers under the Army's planned base realignment, county supervisors have found a new ax to grind.

The board criticized the Army Monday for not honoring the original agreement made between the Department of Defense and the county when it turned the Engineer Proving Ground in Springfield over to the Army.

A joint motion from Supervisors Dana Kauffman (D-Lee), Gerry Hyland (D-Mount Vernon) and board Chairman Gerry Connolly (D-At large), stated that the county is entitled to a portion of the proving ground for parks space. The proposal also called on the Board of Supervisors to ask for the support of Congress.

The legislation in question, included in the 2003 Defense Authorization Act, reads, "The Secretary of the Army may convey, without consideration, to Fairfax County, Virginia, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of real property, including any improvements thereon, consisting of approximately 135 acres, located in the northwest portion of the Engineer Proving Ground at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, in order to permit the County to use such property for park and recreational purposes."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab5.cfm?newsid=18810331&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=511694&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
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