[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Homestead Air Reserve Base (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Homestead allows development near air base


By Christina Veiga
Miami Herald (FL)
January 21, 2011

In the Homestead city logo, green fields stretch into the horizon. A 
tractor chugs along in the distance, and a military plane streaks across 
the sky.

Last week, City Council members had to balance the needs of the tractor, 
the fighter plane and another sometime symbol of the city - the 
bulldozer. The council approved three exceptions to safety rules, 
requested by the military, to limit development near the Homestead Air 
Reserve Base

The council also agreed to support plans by the Homestead Miami Speedway 
to expand into wetlands beyond Miami-Dade County's Urban Development 
Boundary.

The speedway is looking to expand into 298 acres outside of the urban 
development boundary. County planners recommend approving the deal, as 
long as Homestead gives up 120 acres in nearby land for conservation. 
Council members on Wednesday voted to express their support for the 
track's expansion - but not the conservation stipulation, because it 
could devalue city land.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/01/21/2027260/homestead-allows-development-near.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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