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City, Citizens Split on $18M Museum Expansion

SAUSALITO, CA-The City of Sausalito is not eager to develop Fort Baker and expand the Bay Area Discovery Museum, but a recent poll shows that Sausalito residents are all for the $18 million project.

By Michelle Savage | Updated on May 30, 2002

SAUSALITO, CA-The Bay Area Discovery Museum has released results of a poll showing that while Sausalito city officials may be against plans to develop Fort Baker and expand the museum on the property, a majority of Sausalito residents take a different stance.

Last year, the museum halted an $18 million enhancement project after Sausalito officials filed a federal lawsuit against the National Park Service to stop the Golden Gate National Recreation Area’s Fort Baker Plan, a $60 million project that would transform the historic and nearly abandoned military base into a business conference center and leisure destination. Park officials are under pressure to bring in revenue and make the site self-sufficient.

The lawsuit was filed because some in nearby Sausalito feared thousands of motorists driving through their quaint city streets on the way to the proposed 350-room hotel and 25,000-square-foot conference facility at Fort Baker, which lies just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. The plaintiffs alleged that the agency’s planning process violated various federal statues protecting the environment.

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