[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Development near Yuma Marine Corps Air Station (AZ)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Critical question in development OK in MCAS' view

Editorial
Yuma Sun (AZ)
November 16, 2009

A proposed general plan change for a new planned community south of of 
the Marine Corps Air Station is stirring concerns that it could encroach 
on the military base and threaten its existence - which would be a huge 
economic blow to Yuma.

The planned community development, to be known as Estancia, was 
announced early this  year and could eventually have a population of 
some 50,000 people and occupy nearly 4,000 acres, but it is not expected 
work would even start on it for many years, according to project leaders.

For now, the group of south mesa property owners who have joined to 
create the planned development have been focused on getting the area 
annexed into the city of Yuma (something that has been accomplished) and 
getting the land use designation changed from agriculture to mixed 
designations for residential and commercial uses.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.yumasun.com/opinion/community-54247-planned-development.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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