[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Corpus Christi (TX) port to receive equipment

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

U.S. recognizes port as LRA related to base
Status allows entity to receive surplus property

By Fanny S. Chirinos
Corpus Christi Caller Times (TX)
September 22, 2009

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Port of Corpus Christi has received federal 
recognition as a Local Redevelopment Authority. It is the second 
federally recognized redevelopment group in the area related to the 
pending closure of Naval Station Ingleside, but their purpose is not the 
same.

A brief letter dated Sept. 18 from the Defense Department to Port 
Chairman Ruben Bonilla stated the port was being recognized as a 
redevelopment authority. A local redevelopment authority is the 
mechanism for taking possession of military land or personal property 
from the Defense Department through an economic development conveyance.

The port sought recognition as a redevelopment group for the sole 
purpose of receiving surplus federal property. It hopes to receive 
office equipment and machinery no longer needed by the Navy after it 
departs the Ingleside base April 30.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/sep/22/port-has-authority-from-feds-to-receive-navy/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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