[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Novato, California "Receives Planning Application for former Hamilton Base landfill"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
City of Novato, California
March 19, 2015

City Receives Planning Application for former Hamilton Base landfill
Application begins master-planning process for multi-use recreation & park

On March 19, the City received a formal planning application for a development plan proposing a 55-acre multi-use recreational complex and community park at the former Hamilton Air Force Base landfill. The application marks the first step in a comprehensive public process that make take up to two years. The project has been a topic of community discussion for the last three years, but this is the first formal step taken by the developer, Marin Sports Academy (MSA), in the City’s planning process.

Per the application, the MSA proposal for "The Hamilton Fields Sports Park and Community Park" project includes a 12-acre community park, four baseball/softball fields, two multi-sports fields, a training center, and a 1,000-seat ballpark for high school and collegiate sports. Following the base closure in 1974, the 55-acre site—located at Hamilton Parkway behind the City’s skate park--was master planned and zoned for recreational use.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.cityofnovato.org/Index.aspx?page=637&recordid=1973&returnURL=%2findex.aspx

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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
http://www.cpeo.org




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