[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ft. Monmouth (NJ) Revitalization Authority seeks transfers

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

FMERA seeking early sale of fort properties

Golf course, Howard Commons housing being considered

BY DAN HOWLEY
Atlanticville (NJ)
June 23, 2011
With Fort Monmouth’s closure rapidly approaching, officials with the  
Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) are stepping  
up efforts to sell off portions of the 1,129-acre property.

At the authority's June 15 meeting, Frank Cosentino, director of  
plans and programs for FMERA, explained that the Army is preparing a  
FOST(Finding of Suitability to Transfer) for three sites on the  
property: the Sun Eagles Golf Course, the Howard Commons housing  
area, both Eatontown, and the Fort Monmouth Marina in Oceanport.

"They must have a FOST, which is in essence a clean bill of health  
for each of the properties," he said.

Matrix Design Group, the consulting firm hired to help implement the  
fort reuse plan, is studying the sites, and the transfer of property  
from theArmy must be approved by the N.J. Department of Environmental  
Protection (DEP).


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For the entire article, see
http://atlanticville.gmnews.com/news/2011-06-23/Front_Page/ 
FMERA_seeking_early_sale_of_fort_properties.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
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