Monterey, CA Veterans Cemetery Moves One Step Closer To Being A Reality
by Richard Kuehn on 03/21/13
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The on-again, off-again process of getting approval to build a veterans cemetery on the old Fort Ord site moved one step closer to being a reality this week. The Seaside City Council on Monday unanimously approved the transfer of 32 acres of land to the state Department of Veterans affairs. Another 46 acres which is in Monterey County just outside of Seaside, is scheduled to be transferred as well, although the Monterey County board of supervisors will need to vote on that. There are another 100 acres of land that are to be sold in order to set up an endowment to pay for ongoing operations at the cemetery. It's about time. This project has been in the works for more than a decade and we need a local veterans cemetery badly. The only opposition came from an attorney for Keep Fort Ord Wild, a group critical of development projects on the old Fort Ord site. She said the meeting by the Seaside Board of Supervisors violated the state open meeting law and that she believes the land transfer required environmental review.
