Compatible Development Surrounding

Joint BaseMcGuire/Dix/Lakehurst

Ocean County Planning Board Annual Dinner

Captain JC Harding, U.S. NavyExecutive Officer, NAES Lakehurst

22 October 2008

Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst

Agenda

• NAES Overview• Joint Support Transformation• Joint Base New Jersey Vision• Compatible Development Assessment• Compatible Development Challenges• Partnering Opportunities

NAES History

19211921--1961 1961 LighterLighter--ThanThan--Air EraAir Era

19151915--1921 1921 Ammunition Proving Ground EraAmmunition Proving Ground Era

19741974--PresentPresentCarrier Aviation Support EraCarrier Aviation Support Era

19611961--19741974Cold War AntiCold War Anti--Submarine Warfare EraSubmarine Warfare Era

NAES Mission

Provide facilities and base support services that enable and enhance Navy

combat power and ensure the most effective, efficient and cost-wise shore services and support to over 20 tenant organizations from the Navy, Army, Air

Force, National Guard, Naval Reserve and other DoD, federal, state and county

tenants.

NAES Facilities

• Acreage: 7,430 acres• Airfields: two 5,000 ft active runways;

one 12,000 ft dedicated R&D test runway; one 3,500 ft assault landing zone strip

• Facilities: 275 buildings• 20 engineering and laboratory buildings• Training facilities• 5.7 acres of manufacturing/reworking/prototyping

NAES Demographics

AIR FORCE130%

NAWCAD127046%

NON-DOD572%

OTHER NAVY32511%

ARMY1646%

STATE & COUNTY

34212%

MISC2569%

NAES40114%

NAES

NAWCAD

OTHERNAVYARMY

AIR FORCE

NON-DOD

STATE & COUNTYMISC

Total Permanent Population 2828

Plus 112 Military Families

Growing number of engineers & contract

specialists

NAES Economic Impact

OCEAN COUNTYOCEAN COUNTY’’S LARGEST SINGLE EMPLOYERS LARGEST SINGLE EMPLOYER

•• $369.95M$369.95M – Total Impact to New Jersey• $ 67.47M – Operating Exp: Supplies, Construction, Maint, Utilities.• $176.08M – NJ Payroll.• $126.00M – Estimated Spouse Income.• $ .40M – Lakehurst School District Federal Impact Aid.

•• $781.03M$781.03M - Total Impact • $ 10.09M – MILCON, renovation.• $442.50M – Operating Exp: Supplies, Construction, Maint, Utilities.• $202.04M – Total Payroll.• $126.00M – Estimated Spouse Income.• $ .40M – Lakehurst School District Federal Impact Aid.

Source: Compiled for FY 2002 by Rutgers University, Center for Urban Policy Research for the NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs

Joint Support TransformationNaval Air Systems Command

• World leader in Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) and Support Equipment (SE)

• Aircraft Platform Interface (API) Mission:• Assure that fixed and

vertical wing aircraft operate safely and effectively from aircraft carriers, air capable ships and expeditionary airfields worldwide

Joint Support TransformationAir Force

• C-17 Assault Landing Training• Realistic Assault Landing Zone (ALZ) at Lakehurst• Enables integrated training with Air Force Expeditionary School• $14M contract awarded Sep 2007• ALZ completed 19 May 2008• Training commenced June 2008• Eight East Coast airlift units presently authorized to train• Payback period approximately 2 years

Joint Support TransformationNJ Army National Guard

• Army Aviation Support Facility (AASF)• Consolidate rotary wing assets from Mercer County and Picatinny

Arsenal airports• Approximately 20 Blackhawk UH-60A and Huey UH-1H Aircraft

aboard NAES by late 2009• $3M facilities upgrade contract complete

• Consolidated Logistics and Training Facility (CLTF)• Phase I - $27M MILCON awarded, underway Oct 07 • Provides multi-functional maintenance and readiness facility for

Northeast Regional ARNG units• Utilize adjacent live fire and maneuver ranges at Fort Dix• Phase II - $34M FY08 in President’s Budget

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Vision

BRAC 2005: Realign Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and transfer Installation Management functions to the Air Force.

• Only tri-service Joint Base of 12 (one of three pilot JB study sites)

• Active duty, Guard & Reserve missions

• 42,073 acres

• 101,000 acres federal/state/locally protected

• 15.7M sf of facilities

• 5,176 military

• 4,264 civilians

• 7,112 transients (students, reserves)

• 8,916 dependents

• Additional Navy/Marine units from Willow Grove closure in 2011

Joint Base Strategic Perspective

Flying Time to DCHelicopter – 70 min.Turboprop – 30 min.

Jet – 20 min.

Joint Base - MDL

Location100+ miles from DC midpoint of NE corridor

Access to major population centers & all transportation modes

25% of US population within 300 miles

Unique World-Class CapabilitiesRestricted airspace

Live-fire training ranges

Secluded, secure spaces and runways, available land, buildings

Industrial & RDT&E facilities

Air Refueling and Global Airlift

Joint active, reserve and National Guard mobilization and training

Current & Pending HLS TenantsState, Federal, DoD Homeland Security units

already aboard

Compatible Development AssessmentWhat is Encroachment?

• Unconstrained incompatible development in the vicinity of military installations that threatens or directly impacts their current, planned or potential future operations.

Current Mission – What the Station does todayPlanned Mission – What the Station plans to do in the futurePotential Mission – What the Station and the Joint Base is capable of absorbing in the future based on current capabilities and level of encroachment

What is Compatible Development?

• Compatible development planning enables communities to grow but does not restrict the mission of nearby military bases.

• Compatible development for municipalities is the same as encroachment prevention for the bases.

• Compatible development should yield Sustainable Military & Civilian Communities

Compatible Development ChallengesHistoric Population Growth

Compatible Development ChallengesProjected Growth

Compatible Development AssessmentInstallation Effects

• Aviation effects - Managed by the development of Air Installation Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ)

• Non-Aviation Effects - Other effects of installation operations required to support the mission

• DOD Air Facility Influence Zone (DAFIZ) - Provides “big picture” assessment

Compatible AssessmentCommunity Effects YardstickYardstick

Residential Residential HousingHousing

HospitalHospital

SchoolSchool

Office Office ParkPark

Shopping Shopping CenterCenter

Industrial Industrial ParkPark

Light Light IndustryIndustry

Golf Golf CourseCourse

Public Public ParkPark

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Compatible Development AssessmentRegional Effects

Assessing the nearby overlapping effects of the installation and community is a start, but does not go far enough. Sustainable growth must consider the future limits of the region as a whole.

• Infrastructure (roads, schools, housing, sewage, services) loading

• Water supply and quality

• Current Mission – Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment (ALRE) & Support Equipment (SE) Life Cycle Support, Military Training and Air Operations

• Planned Mission – More Robust ALRE Support & Testing, Increased Training and Ten-Fold Increase in Air Operations

• Potential Mission – More Military Training, Additional Rotary Aircraft, and Rail Transportation of Military Cargo

Compatible Development AssessmentCurrent/Planned/Potential Mission

Compatible Development ChallengesNAES Big Three Issues

• Increased Mission• Air Operations and New Aircraft Flight Paths –

ground level noise up to 65dB• Joint Base McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst Standup

• Roles, responsibilities & relationships• Development within the Pinelands Regional

Growth Areas surrounding the Joint Base

Partnering OpportunitiesNavy Actions

• Continuing outreach to boroughs, townships and counties to identify incompatible land use

• Encroachment Partnering (EP) Project• State, County or other public partners needed• Many potential uses, but Land Use must be

compatible with Air Operations• Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) for Joint Base New

Jersey - completion early 2009

Partnering OpportunitiesOutreach Initiatives

• Town Hall Meetings• Footprint “Exchange”• Encroachment Partnering• JLUS• Ordinances• Land Use Notification

Questions and Comments

Sustainable growth mustconsider the future limitsof the region as a whole.