Naples meeting focuses on trash, crime, health

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Naples meeting focuses on trash, crime, health
By Lisa M. Novak, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, May 30, 2008

NAPLES, Italy — At a town hall meeting on the Navy Support Site in Gricignano on Wednesday night, close to 100 residents of the Navy community discussed health, crime and trash — issues never far from the minds of many Naples inhabitants.

The discussion started with the health assessment under way by Navy Region Europe. Attendees were told the Navy is building a meteorological monitoring station on the base, as well as setting up nine air monitoring stations throughout the Naples region, according to Capt. Bruce Anderson, deputy of Navy Region Europe.

For water and soil sampling, the Navy is still collecting surveys from off-base residents. Completed surveys were due May 23, however only 186 were returned as of Wednesday, according to Anderson.

Surveys will be taken indefinitely, until the command has enough to constitute a valid sample of the 1,800 homes on the local economy, Anderson said.

The topic of crime, particularly in the neighborhood of Lago Patria, was next on the agenda. Last week, Capt Floyd Hehe, base commander, told the housing office to stop negotiating leases in Lago Patria.


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