[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Moffett Field (CA) leasing proposals due soon

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Feds review proposals to develop Moffett Airfield

By George Avalos

Oakland Tribune (CA)
October 18, 2013

MOUNTAIN VIEW -- The federal government is in the final stages of  
collecting proposals for a restoration of the iconic Hangar One at  
Moffett Federal Airfield and new development on a portion of the  
aviation facility, a project that's likely to become a new landmark  
in the region.

In addition to the upgrades of the giant hangar, the winning bidder  
will operate, manage and maintain the 1,056-acre airfield, according  
to the government's request for proposals for the project. The  
winning bidder would be able to develop commercial buildings such as  
offices or research facilities on 100 acres of the site, and possibly  
on the golf course.

...

Other obstacles have recently surfaced. The U.S. Environmental  
Protection Agency, in a Sept. 26 letter to NASA Ames officials,  
complained that the EPA wasn't provided with a chance to comment  
about the proposal.

"Several omissions and inaccuracies" are contained in the NASA and  
GSA request for proposals about the redevelopment efforts, John  
Chesnutt, chief of the federal facility section of the EPA's  
Superfund Division, wrote in a letter to NASA officials.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24338678/feds-review-proposals- 
develop-moffett-airfield

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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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