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| StanCOG board to discuss West Park bond funding |
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| Written by PI Staff | |
| Saturday, 10 November 2007 | |
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At a glance
The Stanislaus Council of Governments’ policy board will decide Wednesday whether to support efforts to seek state bond funding for a 4,800-acre proposed industrial park for Crows Landing’s former naval airfield. StanCOG aims to solve transportation problems and other regional issues in Stanislaus County and its cities. The policy board consists of elected leaders from each of the county’s cities and from the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors. PCCP West Park, which is negotiating with the county to develop the Crows Landing Air Facility, wants to create an industrial park at the airfield that would include an inland port, from which goods could be shipped back and forth to the Port of Oakland. The proposed resolution would support creating a rail link between Crows Landing and the Bay Area, a key component of the West Park plan.  Pi Photo File That effort would be in conjunction with the San Joaquin Council of Governments, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, Altamont Commuter Express, Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the ports of Stockton and Sacramento, according to a StanCOG staff report. StanCOG collectively labels those groups as the Northern California Regional Planning Agencies The StanCOG resolution also supports an application for environmental bond money in conjunction with the California Air Resources Board and/or the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The proposed resolution would also encourage StanCOG staff to be involved in efforts on a joint Northern California Trade Corridor Bond application. The state has $2 billion in state infrastructure bond money that eventually will be made available from the California Transportation Commission, and another $1 billion in environmental money that will be made available through the Air Resources Board. Both sets of funding are for trade corridor-related projects. West Park plans to offer matching funds as it seeks bond money from both sources. Also, the county plans to contribute the value of 170 acres on the airfield’s former north-south runway, which would be used as an inland port. The policy board initially planned to discuss a similar resolution Sept. 12, but county Chief Executive Officer Rick Robinson pulled the item after Port of Oakland staff had recently announced they did not consider West Park’s project as a top priority. A similar resolution received support from StanCOG’s consolidated planning, citizens’ advisory and technical advisory committees last week. The citizens’ advisory vote was 7-0 in favor of the resolution, while Patterson City Manager Cleve Morris and Newman City Manager Mike Holland dissented on the 8-2 Technical Advisory Committee vote.
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