[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Seeno legal battle, affordable housing focus of Concord Naval Weapons Station [CA] hearing"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Seeno legal battle, affordable housing focus of Concord Naval Weapons Station hearing
The Concord City Council is expected to vote Jan. 28 on a contract draft

By RACHEL HEIMANN MERCADER
Bay Area News Group
January 10, 2023 

CONCORD — The future of the Concord Naval Weapons Station project, the Bay Area’s largest development, is on hold once again.

After a marathon meeting on Saturday, the Concord City Council hit the pause button on a crucial contract after raising concerns over the proposed amount and type of affordable housing, and the involvement of Albert Seeno III, who is currently in multiple legal battles with his father over control of the family’s building empire.

The City Council is now expected to vote on Jan. 28 on a term sheet — a draft of a contract — with Concord First Partners and a consortium of developers that includes Seeno III, to develop the 2,275-acre Naval Weapons site into thousands of homes, new schools, parks and commercial and retail centers on Concord’s north side over the next 40 years.

Councilmembers spent three hours of the daylong meeting, which ran from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., grilling Concord First Partners and city staff about the details of the contract, which differs from negotiations with the city’s previous master developer, Lennar, in that it now includes a longer construction timeline and more homes.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/01/09/seeno-legal-battle-affordable-housing-focus-of-concord-naval-weapons-station-hearing

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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