Department of the Interior: Transfer of the Presidio From the Army to the
National Park Service (Letter Report, 10/26/93, GAO/RCED-94-61).

The proposed uses of the Presidio Army Post under the Park Service's
preferred alternative are generally consistent with the goal of creating
a Golden Gate National Recreation Area.  The extent to which the costs
to rehabilitate the Presidio's buildings and run the Presidio will be
offset by tenant payments and philanthropic donations, however, is
unknown.  Thus, the level of future annual appropriations needed to
manage the Presidio cannot be estimated with any certainty at this time.
Given the costs and the potential impact of the Presidio's
rehabilitation on the Park Service's deferred maintenance and
reconstruction backlog, close oversight by the Department of the
Interior and Congress is warranted.  In addition, once an alternative
for managing the Presidio is decided upon, the Park Service needs to
establish a plan that will (1) prioritize the objectives, (2) identify
their associated costs and funding sources, and (3) estimate their
completion dates.  GAO summarized this report in testimony before
Congress; see: Department of the Interior: Transfer of the Presidio From
the Army to the National Park Service, by James Duffus III, Director of
Natural Resources Management Issues, before the Subcommittee on National
Parks, Forests and Public Lands, House Committee on Natural Resources.
GAO/T-RCED-94-64, Oct. 26, 1993 (11 pages).

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-61
     TITLE:  Department of the Interior: Transfer of the Presidio From 
             the Army to the National Park Service
      DATE:  10/26/93
   SUBJECT:  National parks
             National historic sites
             Federal facility relocation
             Facility transfer
             Federal property management
             Facility management
             Federal agency reorganization
             Cost sharing (finance)
             Appropriated funds
             Repair costs
IDENTIFIER:  Golden Gate National Recreation Area (CA)
             Presidio of San Francisco (CA)
             San Francisco Bay (CA)
             
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