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October 7, 2006
CB2 Composes 13-Page Wish List For Ratner
Courier-Life
Stephen Witt
After describing the project in written testimony, CB 2 lashed the Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) that FCR signed with eight community-based organizations.“”For the record, Community Board 2 believes that the parties negotiating and signing the CBA are not representative of the entire community and the negotiations lacked transparency, making the term ‘community’ benefits agreement a misnomer,” wrote CB 2 Chair Shirley McRae in the testimony.
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The CB 2 letter did acknowledge that the rail yards part of the project may not be attractive, “but it is incorrect to characterize a functioning, integral part of the regional rail system as blighted.”
Posted by amy at October 7, 2006 9:12 AM