QUESTION: If it were up to YOU, what would you do with the former Concord Naval Weapons Station property?
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QUESTION: If it were up to YOU, what would you do with the former Concord Naval Weapons Station property?
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Give it back to the Elk.
Build a community center displaying the rich history of the area with many interactive and immersive options.
Either use it as a base or leave it open space. We don’t need any more houses and congestion.
leave it just the way it is. I wouldnt and wont stay around to see the literal Sh!tshow the city already is and will be at that point and only magnifying it by 1000X’s when this projects completed. The congestion is already out of bounds. Grab your popcorn people and buckle up buttercup! it’s going to get interesting
Concord Internationsl Airport
Direct flight to all countries
Flying taxi cab to SF and Sacramento
40 terminals
I love the idea of building learing centers and more low income housing maybe we can all sign a petition
to have gavin newsom support and approve a new homeless help center and housing for them we can put the good land to good use or maybe a stadium
mr right,
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A homeless transitional housing apartment building is already planned for the property.
Costco sized gun store and shooting range
like the way you think
Have it declared open space or a park. From the very first meeting 20 years ago, almost 100% of the attendees wanted no housing or commercial development of the property, except for a things such as a new veterans building and a remote controlled aircraft runway. One woman demanded a transit village around the BART station with subsidized housing for her children to live in. The Concord City Council spoke with a unanimous voice to what the public wanted by repeatedly saying, “No, we have to build!!!” If development of the former CNWS was left up to Concord voters on the ballot, then the Concord City Council wouldn’t be getting their way with developing this property. The Concord City Council has had 20 years to lobby former Congressman George Miller III and Congressman Mark DeSaulnier to have this property declared open space, they chose not to do so, they instead chose development from day one because they believe this development will bring in more in sales tax and property tax revenue than the City of Concord will have to spend on services to all of these new residents and businesses. The residents of Concord have not been well represented by the Concord City Council when it comes to this property.
A) unhoused
B) Palestine refugees
c) Iran refugees
D) low cost housing
We can be just like Dearborn
I’m glad this was sarcasm!
Badge1104,
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The “unhoused” and “low cost housing” isn’t sarcasm, it’s reality, and they are already planned for in this CNWS project.
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The City of Concord already has a large number of Afghan refugees. Quite a few families qualified for affordable housing at Blue Oak Square, the affordable housing project at East Street x Concord Boulevard x Port Chicago Highway x Willow Pass Road. The area around Monument Boulevard also has a population of Afghan refugees.
A prison. Convicted criminals go it the front door, after serving sentence, an ICE van is at the back door removing convict to third world country…
Open space (bring back the elk) … re-initialize most of it as a military base (the bunkers for ammo, etc. sorage is priceless, open a long range shooting range.
Build a park that will rival Golden Gate Park. A park with something
for everybody. Museums, swimming pools, hiking trails, an outdoor
botanical garden and a conservatory. A couple of lakes with boat rentals,
two or three picnic areas, and maybe some fishing, then I’d top it all off
with a large roller coaster, and a playground for the kids.
It is a perfect site for a reservior. Would give Concord a secure water supply, you could have beautiful parks at the entrance, fishing, nature and let the surrounding area return back to its natural state. residents and nature both win.
I would review the original documents by which the land was seized by eminent domain. I would look for a clause that said that. if the land were ever to be relinquished by the US Government, it would have to revert back to the original landowner. I would make sure that the title to the land is actually clear. If not, then there’s a giant lawsuit to be had.
After that, make it a regional park and restore the elk.
I would love to see the existing navy housing remodeled and only sold to retired or active military of any branch only and then a massive walking trail.
Business side of me would say to make it a Silicon Valley hub to bring some big business and money to the area as well as some house for the employees only to purchase.
City_Guy,
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The former navy housing on the MOTCO base off of Kinne Boulevard was torn down by the Army many years ago, and the 59-acre former Coast Guard housing property off of East Olivera Road were sold to Las Vegas developers about 6 years ago.
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Interesting, you want “company towns” to be built on the former CNWS property. Company towns in the United States don’t have the best history. Should the employees be paid in company script too, that they can only spend at the company store.
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The City of Concord has tried to get Silicon Valley interested in Concord for many years, they aren’t interested in Concord at all!!!
Give some of it back to the Injuns.
Let ’em build a Casino.
Devote the rest to open space…. Elk, Antelope and some Buffalo.
We have too many people living in CCC already… no housing.
Set greed aside and keep some open space.
Any guesses on which Concord City Councilmember was the thumbs down voter?
Leave it as open space and perhaps an animal sanctuary.
A park with open space and lots of trees.
As the Beatles say, Let it Be.
The brontasaurus in the room is the superfund cleanup.
Easily a five, conceivably ten year project which no one cares to fund. To give you an idea, the trucks containing soil samples are not (by law) allowed to leave the site if the winds are above a certain speed. The breaking up of hundred of bombproof bunkers would also be a landmark undertaking.
That all being said, my highest priority would be constructing multiple cross roads between HWY4 and Kirker Pass to relieve Clayton Rd, Willow Pass, and Concord Blvd.
Bob,
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The cleanup of the land and groundwater has been going on for at least a decade already. Some land areas will not be cleaned up, they’ll either be covered with cement or they’ll be left alone and the area will be made off limits to the public to avoid any exposure.
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I suggested a bypass road from SR4 and Port Chicago Highway to Kirker Pass Road 20-years ago. It won’t happen!!! The area between Bailey Road and Kirker Pass Road has already been turned over to the East Bay Regional Park District. The best that we’re getting is a 4-lane roadway from Port Chicago Highway at Panoramic Drive, which is the entrance to the North Concord/Martinez BART Station, to Bailey Road. It’s estimated that the former CNWS property will house 33,000 individuals, have 28,000 non-construction related permanent jobs, and an unknown number of students attending the planned college/university. Basically, the 4-lane bypass road that we should have for todays traffic is planned for a decade or more in the future and is already out of date and insufficient for future traffic. This “roadway spine” will also be equipped with several traffic lights for cross streets to slow down traffic.
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Construction is expected to begin at Willow Pass Road behind the Dana Estates neighborhood in the next 5-years or so.
Plant region appropriate trees/foliage.