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VDA briefing: local-school funding, two state bills and dorm plans highlighted
Summary
Mike Cooper briefed the commission on military-community items including funding for Eisenhower Elementary, reinstatement of a lapsed military planning commission (Senate Bill 392), a property-restriction bill in conference (Senate Bill 893), and potential intergovernmental partnerships to build dorms for nearby bases.
Mike Cooper, the presenter for the quarterly VDA update, told the commission the city and the base have an 80/20 split in place to fund work at Eisenhower Elementary and said those dollars are lined up so the school system can begin construction.
Cooper described a recent scramble to reinstate a five-year statutory body: “OSNPC has been dismantled. It ended in December of 2025… it needed to be reinstated before May of 25,” and he said state leaders acted to restore the military planning commission to its prior form.
Cooper also…
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