[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Oakland Army Base [CA] development clears hurdle"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Oakland Army Base development clears hurdle

By Matthew Artz
Oakland Tribune (CA)
June 12, 2012

OAKLAND - A plan to redevelop Oakland's long-shuttered Army Base  
cleared a crucial hurdle Tuesday on its way to a final vote next  
week, but city negotiators say they will continue to work to ensure  
that the nearly $1 billion development will maximize job  
opportunities for city residents.

The City Council's four-member Community and Economic Development  
Committee voted 3-0 with one abstention Tuesday to forward the Army  
base deal to the full council. While two council members wouldn't  
commit to approving the deal without additional concessions, there  
seemed little will to risk letting the deal fall apart.

"I want a project," said Councilmember Jane Brunner, who has led  
efforts to secure local hire guarantees. "I want as much as I can get  
in that project, but I want a project."

The Army base is by far the city's biggest project -- and potentially  
the most vulnerable.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oakland-tribune/ci_20843349

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Lenny Siegel
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