BRIEF: Growth management is topic of meetings

Aug 18, 2008 (El Paso Times - McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) -- SEAP | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Aug. 18--EL PASO -- City officials will have a series of community meetings this week to discuss managing growth caused by the federal government's Base Realignment and Closure, or BRAC.

The city's Development Services Department and the Science Applications International Corporation, better known as SAIC, will have the meetings to discuss the city's Military Regional Growth Management Plan, which is a "key component in proactively addressing the opportunities and challenges expected with the implementation of BRAC," said Julie Baldwin-Munoz, spokeswoman for the city's Development Services Department, in a news release.

The meetings will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at El Paso Community College's Transmountain campus, 9570 Gateway North; Wednesday at the Marty Robbins Recreation Center, 11620 Vista Del Sol; and Thursday in the council chambers of City Hall, 2 Civic Center Plaza.

The Military Regional Growth Management Plan addresses several areas, including:

--Assessment of existing conditions.

--Future land use.

--Circulation and traffic.

--Public utilities and infrastructure.

--Education.

--Health and social services.

--Public safety and emergency services (fire, police, ambulance).

--Quality of life.

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