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Article: Baylands at center of Brisbane council race
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- Oakland Tribune
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- October 17, 2009
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BRISBANE -- Change is an infrequent visitor in Brisbane, a quaint
city of 4,000. But it's coming, and it's on the minds of all five
City Council candidates.
The next four years will be decisive in planning and launching a
long-anticipated mixed-use development on the Brisbane Baylands, a
600-acre former landfill partly contaminated with toxic trash.
Landowner Universal Paragon Corp. hasn't offered a formal vision for
the site -- the city will first consider a crucial environmental
impact report in 2010.
Three incumbents -- Sepi Richardson, W. Clarke Conway, and
Michael Barnes -- want to hold on to their seats to see that process
through. Two challengers -- newcomer Emile Manara and longtime ...