[CPEO-MEF] Beaufort buffer approved

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

County, military pair up for land purchase

By GREG HAMBRICK
Beaufort Gazette (SC)
November 9, 2004


Plans to preserve open space while curbing development pressures around
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort won final approval from the Beaufort
County Council on Monday.

Under the proposal, the county will pay $155,625 of the $311,250 cost to
buy development rights to 69 acres next to the air station in northern
Beaufort County. The Department of the Navy will pick up the rest of the
price tag, according to the agreement.

"It's a win-win situation," Council Vice Chairman W.R. "Skeet" Von
Harten said before the council voted 10-0 to approve third reading of
the plan.

Councilman Peter Lamb didn't attend Monday's meeting.

This is the first time the military has partnered with a local
government to buy land or development rights for surrounding properties
under a new program allowed by the Department of Defense.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.beaufortgazette.com/local_news/story/4166255p-3938017c.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
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