[CPEO-IRF] Broadway complex (San Diego, CA) "should be world class"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy complex should be world class, council says

By Mike Freeman
San Diego UNION-TRIBUNE (CA)
September 20, 2006

Take the time to make it world class.

That's the message the San Diego City Council sent yesterday to hotel 
owner Doug Manchester and downtown redevelopment agency officials 
regarding the Navy Broadway Complex, the controversial 15-acre 
waterfront site earmarked for offices, hotels and shops.

"This project is extremely important to our city," said Councilman Ben 
Hueso. "We don't have many waterfront opportunities. It's really a 
cultural desert. I'm hoping you can make this a world-class project."

In a somewhat unusual meeting, the City Council heard presentations and 
took public comments on the marquee project, which has been dubbed the 
San Diego front porch. The city held the four-hour session even though 
it has no say over the project, according to a legal opinion issued from 
the City Attorney's office.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060920-9999-7m20broadway.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org
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