[CPEO-MEF] Virginia Beach adopts Oceana Naval Air Station (VA) plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Beach greenlights Oceana plan


By JON W. GLASS AND MARISA TAYLOR
The Virginian-Pilot
December 21, 2005


VIRGINIA BEACH — A unanimous City Council on Tuesday night approved a 
wide-ranging package intended to keep the jets flying at Oceana Naval 
Air Station.

The vote capped four months of work to satisfy the demands of the 
federal Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission, which required 
Virginia Beach to halt and roll back development around Oceana or risk 
losing the jets.

Acknowledging that the plan was not perfect, council members said it 
should preserve the Navy’s mission at Oceana, allow the city to grow 
economically and protect the rights of home owners.

Getting to that point, they said, was painful and divisive . They 
expressed hope that the city can now begin to move forward.

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For the entire article, see
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=97164&ran=100566

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