[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: New Strategy for Alameda Point (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Council considers development proposal for Alameda Point



By Peter Hegarty
Contra Costa Times (CA)
March 22, 2012

Alameda city leaders are proposing an overall development strategy  
for Alameda Point that breaks up the former Naval Air Station into  
neighborhoods for possible future homes, stores and businesses.

The goal is to jump-start entitlements -- the legal process for  
securing the right to develop a property for a particular use -- in  
the wake of a deal between the city and the U.S. Navy for a no-cost  
conveyance of the base.

The aim is also to provide the city with greater control of Alameda  
Point's future, as well as to spur competition among potential  
developers since the city could include price, infrastructure and  
other issues as part of an agreement, instead of just a developer's  
qualifications, according to officials.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_20232814/council-considers- 
development-proposal-alameda-point

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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