[CPEO-MEF] Scott Air Force Base (IL) land use study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Officials to assess encroachment on base
Land use study could help protect Scott from closing

BY JENNIFER A. BOWEN
Belleville News-Democrat (IL)
July 9, 2006

O'FALLON - Officials from O'Fallon and surrounding communities will meet 
with Scott Air Force Base officials to discuss ways to help city and 
county planners curb encroachment on the base.

City officials will meet with Col. Alan Hunt, commander of the 375th 
Airlift Wing at the base, and with the base's community planner, Tim 
Stone, to discuss an upcoming Joint Land Use Study.

"We want to protect Scott Air Force Base any way we can, and this is a 
big step toward that," said Ted Shekell, O'Fallon's director of planning 
and zoning. "Encroachment is a big negative and something (the military) 
really considers during the Base Realignment and Closure process."

The next round of closures are expected to be held starting in 2012.

The Joint Land Use Study is a cooperative land use planning effort 
between the military and the surrounding communities and is designed to 
promote community growth and development that is compatible with an 
installation's training and operational missions.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/local/14999577.htm

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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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