Community Redevelopment Authority and Available Surplus Buildings and Land at Military Installations Designated for Closure: Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Community Redevelopment Authority and Available Surplus Buildings

and Land at Military Installations Designated for Closure: Naval Air

Station, Barbers Point, Oahu, Hawaii

SUMMARY: This notice provides information regarding (a) the local

redevelopment authority that has been established to plan the reuse of

the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, HI, (b) amend total amount of

surplus property that is located at that base closure site, and (c) the

timely election by the local redevelopment authority to proceed under

new procedures set forth in the Base Closure Community Redevelopment

and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John J. Kane, Director, Department of

the Navy, Real Estate Operations, Naval Facilities Engineering Command,

200 Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332-2300, telephone (703) 428-

0436, or J. M. Kilian, Director, Real Estate Division, Pacific

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-

7300, telephone (808) 471-3217. For more detailed information regarding

particular properties identified in this Notice (i.e. acreage, floor

plan, sanitary facilities, exact street address, etc.), contact Mr.

Dennis Yamamoto, Deputy Staff Civil Engineer, Naval Air Station,

Barbers Point, HI 96862-5050, telephone (808) 684-8201.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1993, the Naval Air Station, Barbers

Point was designated for closure pursuant to the Defense Base Closure

and Realignment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-510, as amended. Pursuant

to this designation, in October 1995, approximately 2,146.9 acres of

land and related facilities at this installation were on declared

surplus to the federal government and available for use by (a) non-

federal public agencies pursuant to various statutes which authorize

conveyance of property for public projects, and (b) homeless provider

groups pursuant to the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42

U.S.C. 11411), as amended. On June 17, 1997, a second determination was

made that additional land and facilities at this installation are

surplus to the federal government.

Notice of Surplus Property

Pursuant to paragraph (7)(B) of Section 2905(b) of the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended by the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, the

following information regarding the redevelopment authority for and

surplus property at the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, Oahu, HI is

published in the Federal Register.

Redevelopment Authority

The local redevelopment authority for the Naval Air Station,

Barbers Point, HI, for purposes of implementing the provisions of the

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended, is the

Barbers Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission. The Barbers

Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission was created by the

Hawaii State Legislature to implement the redevelopment of the Air

Station. A cross section of community interests is represented on the

Commission. Day to day operations of the Commission are handled by an

Executive Director. The address of the local redevelopment authority is

Barbers Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission, P.O. Box

2359, Honolulu, Hawaii 96804. Telephone (808) 587-2843, facsimile (808)

587-2843 or (808) 587-2899.

Surplus Property Descriptions

The following is a listing of the additional land and facilities at

the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point that are declared surplus to the

federal government.

Land

Approximately 5.7 acres of improved and unimproved fee simple land

at the Naval Air Station, Barbers Point, on the island of Oahu, State

of Hawaii. In general, all areas will be available upon the closure of

air station anticipated for July 1999.

Buildings

The following is a summary of the facilities located on the above

described land which will also be available when the station closes in

July 1999. Property numbers are available on request.

--Office/administration building; Comments: Approx. 17,530 square feet;

Paved areas. Comments: Includes roads, sidewalks, and parking areas;

Utilities. Comments: Telephone exchange, telephone, electric, water,

and sewage utility systems on the property.

Election to Proceed Under New Statutory Procedures

Section 2 of the Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-421) gives the local redevelopment

authority at base closure sites the option of proceeding under new

procedures with regard to the manner in which the redevelopment plan

for the base is formulated and how requests are made for future use of

the property by homeless assistance providers and non-federal public

agencies. On December 2, 1994, the Governor of Hawaii submitted a

timely request to proceed under the new procedures. Accordingly, this

notice fulfills the Federal Register publication requirement of Section

2(e)(3) of the Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless

Assistance Act of 1994 in so far as the additional surplus land and

facilities are concerned.

Expressions of Interest

Pursuant to paragraph 7(C) of Section 2905(b) of the Defense Base

Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, as amended by the Base Closure

Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994, State and

local governments, representatives of the homeless, and other

interested parties located in the vicinity of the Naval Air Station,

Barbers Point, shall submit to the said local redevelopment authority

(Barbers Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Commission) a notice of

interest, of such governments, representatives and parties in the above

described additional surplus property, or any portion thereof. A notice

of interest shall describe the need of the government, representative,

or party concerned for the desired surplus property. Pursuant

paragraphs 7 (C) and (D) of said Section 2905(b), the redevelopment

authority shall assist interested parties in evaluating the surplus

property for the intended use and publish in a newspaper of general

circulation in Hawaii the date by which expressions of interest must be

submitted.

Dated: July 2, 1997.

D.E. Koenig, Jr.,

LCDR, JAGC, USN, Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97-17899 Filed 7-8-97; 8:45 am]

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