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Tech Focus Group Recap-Summaries
Tech Focus Group Recap-Summaries
Tech Focus Group Recap-Summaries
Key Elements
Themes
• Organizations like the South Sound Military and Communities Partnership (SSMCP) should be
encouraged as best practice. The formation of a task force or joint venture improves
coordination between local governments, communities, and installations.
• Housing stock creation, availability, and cost is an important factor. Military housing
requirements, housing allowances impacting local housing costs (ie. Basic Allowance for
Housing), and the role of the Corps of Engineers’ housing report should be considered in the
local planning process.
• Given critical safety concerns, coordination of clear zone standards with state licensing
authorities and other city entities could reduce Land Use Petition Act (LUPA) exemptions (for
religious intuitions) and the presence of incompatible uses, like day cares, in the Accident
Potential Zones (APZ).
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Themes
• Yakima Training Center (YTC) is a vital partner in regional emergency management strategies.
There is a range of needs and strategies for wildfires and hazardous waste management/other
impacts from Hanford. There is a need and interest in greater collaboration for emergency
management with greater planning coordination and more awareness of who has jurisdiction.
• It is important to communicate the sensitivity and necessity of shrub-steppe preservation at YTC
and Hanford for threatened/endangered species, and how the military aids the effort.
• Federal programs are noted as useful information for the YTC-area: Joint Land Use Study (JLUS),
Installation Natural Resource Plan (INRMP), and Air/Range Installation Compatible Use Zone
(R/AICUZ) studies, and the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI).
• The military uses airspace over Yakima and Kittitas counties, with unique vulnerabilities to
compatible siting issues. There is a need to raise awareness for compatibility at installations and
airspace, and to promote early notification processes in advance of development; county/tribal
communication strategies for cultural resource management protocols around proposed
development may be an example for improving compatibility consultation.
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Themes
• Local jurisdictions, such as Airway Heights, have had success implementing Joint Land Use Study
(JLUS) recommendations through development regulations. These efforts have supported
relationship-building and compatibility around Fairchild Air Force Base (FAFB).
• An ongoing and more formalized process and funding is important to sustaining long-term JLUS
implementation and relationships/coordination between jurisdictions, tribes, and FAFB. (South
Sound Military & Communities Partnership mentioned as a useful case example for maintaining
momentum for coordinated JLUS implementation.)
• There is a need to understand different realms of authority, requirements, policies, and
protocols for tribal, federal, state, local bodies.
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Themes
• The community remains active around compatibility issues. Having completed a Joint Land Use
Study (JLUS), the Guidebook can be valuable to the area by including success stories or lessons
learned from other communities that have implemented JLUS recommendations.
• Bremerton continues to work on transportation, traffic, and parking issues since the JLUS,
including studies with recommendations on residential neighborhood parking permits.
Key Elements
Themes
1. Jefferson County is a small community with little employment for the surrounding installations.
However, they are affected by nearby operations as flight paths and noise disturbance is noted
throughout the county. Because of this, military operations are perceived differently than in
those communities and concern is often heightened due to community size.
2. More recent increases in operations have created noise disturbance issues, especially over the
Olympic National Park, which could be an environmental concern.
3. Although the Kitsap JLUS process included Jefferson County, not much implementation has
occurred within the county. Community members are interested in a type of implementation
committee and want information on how that may work.
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WASHINGTON STATE GUI DEBOOK ON MILITARY & COMMUNITY COMPATIBILITY
Key Elements
Themes
• Island County has made progress on compatibility, especially with the Air Installation
Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) study and the Encroachment Action Plan. Planning efforts have
used elements from these plans to further compatibility on Whidbey Island.
• The Navy’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) due for release this November is a cause of
concern for the community due to possible expansion of military operations and impacts.
• Coupeville has existed thus far without noise attenuation codes. With greater noise expected,
the community is concerned about how to address impacts or how code updates might help.
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WASHINGTON STATE GUI DEBOOK ON MILITARY & COMMUNITY COMPATIBILITY
Key Elements
Themes
• Everett’s City Director of Government Affairs’ role as Navy liaison is noted as a potential best
practice to foster communication with Naval Station Everett (NSE), County, Port, and Economic
Alliance Snohomish County, having annual meetings with Department of Defense officials
in/near Washington DC to understand NSE mission and community conditions.
• Jurisdictions surrounding NSE have not completed a Joint Land Use Study (JLUS). Everett
considered sponsoring a JLUS, but potential mission change at NSE will affect the timing of any
proposed JLUS. Resources on the JLUS process would be useful.
• Resilient traffic corridors, support facilities, and housing to support emergency management
(including seismic vulnerabilities) and base travel times are important considerations near NSE.
• Desire was expressed for the Navy to communicate actions farther afield than immediate
city/county, such as greater coordination with schools, other special districts, or City of
Marysville (which supplies housing and experiences sound impacts).