National Action Plan on Military Base Closings. Recommedations from the Mayor's211 Task Force on Military Base Closings and Economic Adjustments to the President of 211 the United States and the 104th Congress

摘要

This brief report contains recommendations from the Mayors' Task Force on211u001eMilitary Base Closings and Economic Adjustments to the President of the United 211u001eStates and the 104th Congress. These recommendations are the result of two 211u001emeetings organized by the grantee and funded by EDA to assist mayors in preparing 211u001efor the round of base closings scheduled to be announced in February 1995. 211u001eApproximately 150 communities were represented at the two meetings. The 20 211u001erecommendations include the following: (1) Speed and improve federal funding 211u001eassistance to affected communities; (2) Streamline the process for transferring 211u001etitle and control of military base property to local governments; (3) Clearly 211u001edefine what constitutes a 'reuse plan'; (4) Qualify affected military bases for 211u001eautomatic consideration as enterprise zones; (5) Eliminate compliance 211u001erequirements with duplicative state and federal environmental regulations; (6) 211u001eRequire the federal government to remove obsolete structures and fixtures on 211u001eclosed bases; (7) Address hazardous waste cleanup of bases; and (8) Give 211u001econsideration to local job creation.