What is planned for reuse of the former Fort Ord area?
A. The Base Reuse Plan broadly defines the type of uses that can occur on the former Fort Ord and designates general areas where the different uses can occur. It is similar to a general plan document of a city or county. Individual projects are not planned and approved by FORA — by law, that responsibility and authority lies with the land use jurisdictions (cities and county) that will receive the property. FORA does have the responsibility to assure that all projects approved by the land use jurisdictions are consistent with the Base Reuse Plan, through a “consistency determination” process . The Reuse Plan provides for a wide range of uses — education; residential; visitor-serving; recreation; open space; habitat conservation for endangered species of plant and wildlife; retail, office, commercial and light industrial; and areas for community service facilities. The Plan requires improvements that must occur and mitigations for uses that will occur — such as replacement of old infras
