[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Future of the Fort Ord (CA) Reuse Authority

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Weighing in on future of FORA
Organization's extension, structure focus of forum

By JIM JOHNSON
Monterey Herald (CA)
December 2, 2011

Most of those who attended Thursday's forum on the future of the Fort  
Ord Reuse Authority seemed to agree it should be extended past its  
expiration date in 2014.

But there was broad disagreement about exactly how FORA's authority  
should be extended, and whether significant changes to its governance  
structure and its overarching vision should, or even could, be revised.

Public debate about FORA's future, and by extension the reuse of the  
former military base, began in earnest at the well-attended forum  
sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Monterey Peninsula at  
the Oldemeyer Center in Seaside.

After overview presentations from Carmel Assemblyman Bill Monning,  
Rep. Sam Farr's aide Alec Arago and FORA executive officer Michael  
Houlemard, a panel of public officials and local interest group  
representatives spent the majority of the forum discussing their  
positions on FORA's future. A small amount of time was allotted for  
audience questions.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_19455169

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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