Military Base Reuse Northern California

The Principals of Urban Community Partners have been working on military base reuse projects since 1996.

They have acquired land and developed two housing projects at Hamilton Air Force Base in Marin County and have negotiated the disposition, entitlements and construction of East Garrison, a new mixed use, mixed income, walkable master planned community on the former Fort Ord, Monterey County. Currently Urban Community Partners are project managing the entitlements for the Monterey Horse Park, a new mixed use project anchored by a major international equestrian facility. The Monterey Horse Park is also located on the former Fort Ord.

Urban Community Partners is well versed in the complexities necessitated by the base conversion process. The following is a partial list of issues Urban Community Partners has undertaken regarding their Base Reuse projects:

• Negotiated Development & Disposition Agreements
• Negotiated Development Agreements and Property Deeds
• Managed the preparation and processing of Specific Plans and Design Guidelines
• Obtained Historic Preservation Permits
• Managed Environmental cleanup plans
• Obtained Endangered Species Permits
• Obtained Water allocation permits
• Developed and maintained Master Schedules and Budgets
• Developed Phasing Plans, Proformas and long term financial strategies
• Managed preparation of Infrastructure Plans and Permits
• Created Master Sales and Marketing plans
• Coordinated Public Outreach and obtained community consensus
• Coordinated and negotiated inter-agency agreements: Memoranda of Understanding, Land Use Options, School Use Agreements, Annexations, Community Facility District set up procedures and manuals, Affordable Housing Agreements, and a multitude of other documents.

In the course of their Base Reuse work Urban Community Partners have directed multi-disciplinary consultant teams and have worked with local, state and federal government agencies including, The Army and Navy, DTSC, SHPO, FORA, CDFG, FDFW, DOE, HUD, Department of Education, EPA, BCDC, Cal Trans, MST, TAMC, and many others.