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Audience member takes on TCA chairman template_bas template_bas Tracking the Coastal Commission meeting on the proposed Foothill South tollway through San Onofre State Beach. By David Reyes, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer February 7, 2008 The toll road agency's chief executive Thomas E. Margro was put through the wringer Wednesday with aggressive questioning by Steve Blank, a retired businessman and university instructor from Menlo Park.
Blank bombarded the agency's use of a potential accident at the San Onofre nuclear power plant to justify construction of a toll road as a secondary evacuation route in south Orange County to Interstate 5.
Blank: "Has the federal government decided the evacuation plan for the San Onofre power plant is inadequate?"
Margro: "I'm not aware that they've done that."
Of the Transportation Corridor Agencies $100-million offer to reduce the effect of the road on San Onofre State Park, Blank asked how the TCA concluded it would cost state parks $70 million to pay for a new lease at San Onofre with the Navy. The lease expires in 2020.
Blank: Who will be the secretary of the Navy in 2020?"
Margro: "I don't know."
Blank: "The $70-million estimate for the park as possible fair market value is interesting. Did the Navy ask for this figure?
Margro: "No."
Blank: "Did the Department of Parks?"
Margro: "No."
Blank: "How much was the original lease for in 1971?"
Margro: "$1."
Blank: "Is it possible they might ask again for $1?"
Margro: "It's possible."
Here Margro argued that the new law requires fair market value and the intent of the offer was to help state parks renew the lease when it expires. But in another exchange, Blank asked, "Who estimated this? Was it just the TCA's number?"
