URGING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CLOSED MILITARY
BASES
WHEREAS, the closure of military bases has caused severe economic
impacts to communities across the country; and
WHEREAS, communities facing base closures have been assured by the
federal government that resources for remediation would be made available so
that economic revitalization can be achieved; and
WHEREAS, economic revitalization through reuse cannot successfully occur
until the responsible services of the Department of Defense commit adequate
resources to remediate, on an expeditious basis, the environmental
contamination at these properties to levels consistent with their future reuse;
and
WHEREAS, the federal commitment to fund the environmental remediation of
closed bases has been chronically inadequate with the result that these
critically needed properties remain an environmental blight on the surrounding
communities,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the United States Conference of Mayors
urges Congress and the Administration to adequately fund the environmental
remediation of closed military bases in a manner that fosters their prompt
conversion to productive civilian reuse.
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