[CPEO-IRF] Ingleside Naval Station (TX) reuse authority changes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Base closure council adds officials
State lawmakers, local union leader among additions

By Beth Wilson
Corpus Christi Caller Times (TX)
May 17, 2007


CORPUS CHRISTI - Nueces County leaders hope the latest proposal for a 
group to plan for the redevelopment of the area's military installations 
is acceptable to those included and the Department of Defense.

The group, a local redevelopment authority, must be federally recognized 
to receive federal funds designed to mitigate the job loses from the 
closure of Naval Station Ingleside and realignment of programs at Naval 
Air Station Corpus Christi and the Corpus Christi Army Depot.

Disagreement among neighboring jurisdictions about who should be in such 
a group has prevented the Coastal Bend from being recognized by the 
federal government and thus eligible for federal funds, which have been 
estimated at as much as $1 million.

Nueces County has proposed several different boards, and leaders 
Wednesday hoped this one would please all parties.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/news/2007/may/17/base-closure-council-adds-officials/

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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