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GlobeSt.com UPDATE: Miami-Dade Considering New Bid for Base

MIAMI-An elected official argues the Air Force should give the county 1,800 acres of surplus property at the abandoned Homestead Air Force Base, considering the impact of the Sept. 11 national tragedy on the Miami-Dade economy.

By David R. Corder | Updated on October 17, 2001

MIAMI-Although it recently deferred a vote on the matter, the Miami-Dade County Commission has referred to committee a proposal to drop a federal lawsuit against the Air Force and urge the Air Force to give the county 1,800 acres of surplus property at the abandoned Homestead Air Force Base.

The commission filed a civil petition last March in U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, to quash an Air Force plan that offered to give the county only 717 acres for the possible site of a mixed-use commercial development.

Earlier in the year in an administrative ruling, the Air Force declared portions of the abandoned base as environmentally sensitive, thus thwarting a bid by the county to turn the property into a commercial airport.

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