Re: [CPEO-MEF] Military Digest, Vol 107, Issue 17

["Ormont, Wendy" <wendy_ormont@nps.gov>]

Thanks for posting the article. ÂThe NTC San Diego BRAC is a good case study of the mix between the master developer and the Federal public benefit conveyance programs. The city acquired a 49-acre waterfront parcel at no cost through the National Park Service's Federal Lands to Parks public benefit conveyance program for parkland/ open space and esplanade. Â Â

Wendy Ormont

Program Leader,

Federal Lands to Parks Program

National Park Service

202-354-6915

fax 202-371-5179

1201 I Street NW, 9th Floor

Washington, DC Â20005

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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:43:14 -0700
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Liberty Station is a San Diego success story

By Wayne Raffesberger
U-T San Diego (CA)
July 27, 2013

Twenty years ago this month, the sky was falling economically in San
Diego. After a nasty recession in the early 1990s that was
particularly devastating to local industries, along came the BRAC
(Base Realignment and Closure) process.

BRAC was a congressional effort designed to close military bases
deemed unnecessary by the Department of Defense. Rumors swirled
around town early that year that the Naval Training Center (NTC), the
core of the Navy's presence in San Diego, could be on the list for
closure. When the BRAC Commission held hearings in San Diego, every
politician in the state, from Gov. Pete Wilson down to local San
Diego City Council members, testified and urged the commission not to
close the base. They detailed economic losses that would occur,
losses of jobs, the danger to national defense readiness, and
numerous other arguments. No one seriously believed that an integral
part of the largest naval port in the world like NTC would actually
be closed.

But in July 1993, the BRAC Commission stunned everyone, recommending
closure of NTC. President Clinton agreed, virtually assuring
congressional assent, which occurred a few weeks later. Seventy years
of naval history at NTC began winding down, leading to the base?s
ultimate closure in 1997.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/jul/27/a-san-diego-success-story/

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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
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