Implementing Regional Growth Planning

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Speakers

Jeff Fanto, Growth Project Coordinator, Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners, Fort Walton Beach, FL

Denny Morris, Executive Director, Crater Planning District Commission, Petersburg, VA

Don Belk, Regional Planner, Ft. Bragg Regional Alliance, Fayetteville, NC

Implementing Regional Growth Planning in Northwest

Florida

Jeff FantoGrowth Project CoordinatorFort Walton Beach, Florida

Who’s Coming to Town?• Two significant BRAC gains for Eglin Air Force Base

– U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group, from Fort Bragg, NC• Total anticipated growth to the area: 6,000 ±

– F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Initial Joint Training Site• 3 U.S. Services (AF/USMC/USN); multiple international partners (possible)• Total anticipated growth to the area: 4,000 ±

• $800 million MILCON associated with these gains– New 7 SFG Cantonment on Eglin Reservation + training ranges

– New academic campus/additional hangar/ramp space for JSF on

Eglin main; additional construction on outlying fields

Who’s Coming to Town?

• Two significant BRAC gains for Eglin Air Force Base– U.S. Army’s 7th Special Forces Group, from Fort Bragg, NC

• Total anticipated growth to the area: 6,000 ±

– F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Initial Joint Training Site• 3 U.S. Services (AF/USMC/USN); multiple international partners (possible)• Total anticipated growth to the area: 4,000 ±

• $800 million MILCON associated with these gains– New 7 SFG Cantonment on Eglin Reservation + training ranges

– New academic campus/additional hangar/ramp space for JSF on

Eglin main; additional construction on outlying fields

Regional Response• Two significant study efforts undertaken

– Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) – Government-centric– Growth Management Plan (GMP) – Community-centric

• Okaloosa County led both efforts; regional growth focus – Two separate structures

•JLUS – Policy Committee (Executive) and Technical Advisory Group (Staff)•GMP – Eglin Installation Growth Committee w/ Executive Committee (Executive) and 10 separate functionally aligned subcommittees (Staff)• Participating jurisdictions passed resolutions to support structure/leadership

– County hired local project coordinator to oversee both efforts

– OEA Technical/Resource assistance

Results/Recommendations• Joint Land Use Study

– Arranged by jurisdiction, provided specific recommendations for each issue/incompatibility identified– Bundled similar recommendations to facilitate implementation

• Additional studies/analyses• Technical assistance• Locally enacted recommendations

• Growth Management Plan– Defined specific growth areas to better focus on large study area

• Milton area (SR Co)• Crestview, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville/Valparaiso, Destin areas (Ok Co)• Mossy Head area (Walton Co)

Implementation• Growth Plan identified the need to streamline

– JLUS and GMP structures alone involved over 200 local participants; many served both processes

• Too many ‘moving parts’ resulted in lack of involvement, lack of focus, ineffective overall activity

– Created Northwest Florida Military Sustainability Partnership• Based on JLUS planning construct with Executive Committee (EXCOM) and Military Growth Advisory Group (MGAG)

– EXCOM chaired by Okaloosa County commissioner, other jurisdictions ‘join’ by formal Interlocal Agreement; each participating community gets one primary/one alternate member

– EXCOM meetings open and subject to Florida Sunshine laws

– MGAG participants include community staffers, installation representatives, State representatives, local citizens, interest groups

– Currently consists of 10 jurisdictions plus Eglin Air Force Base

Implementation (con’t)

• JLUS identified the need to better understand long-term land use impacts in military overflight areas

– Largely rural areas north and east of Eglin reservation underlie Low Level Flight Corridors/Training Routes, Cruise Missile Corridors, and Northwest Florida Greenway Corridor

• These areas constitute prime future growth corridors for all three counties

• Overpopulation/excessive growth/density could limit corridor utility

• Delicate balance between military mission/compatibility and property rights– State of Florida places compatibility burden on the community not the military

– Local jurisdictions don’t want any ‘takings’ claims; largely communication issue w/property owners

and elected officials

– Small Area Study commissioned April ‘11; results due March ‘12

Deliverables

Policy Tools

• Comprehensive Plan Policy Updates

(New/Amendments)• Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Changes

DeliverablesRegulatory Tools

Zoning Map / Zoning Code• Light and Glare Ordinance• Noise Attenuation Ordinance• Disclosure Ordinance and Procedures• Noise Attenuation Design and

Construction Standards• Frequency Spectrum Ordinance

Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) Cluster Zoning Acquisitions / Easements

DeliverablesEconomic Development Framework

Effect of Land Use Policy/Regulatory Changes on:

• Demographic Composition• Socioeconomic Attributes• Economic Development Clusters

Aviation/Aerospace and Defense Financial Services Information Technology Life Sciences Construction services Agriculture and Aquaculture

Deliverables•Memorandums•Task 2: Data Collection: Data Gaps

– Planned Capacity Analysis – Build out

•Task 3: Mission Conflict– Planned Capacity Analysis (Update)– Demographic and Economic Conditions– Existing Policy / Regulatory Analysis

•Task 4: Alternative Compatibility Approaches

Contact InfoJeff Fanto

Growth Project CoordinatorOkaloosa Board of County Commissioners

1804 Lewis Turner Blvd, Suite 200Fort Walton Beach FL 32547

Office 850-609-3014Cell 850-259-1440Fax 850-651-7058

jfanto@co.okaloosa.fl.uswww.tri-countybrac.com

Crater Planning District Commissionand

BRAC Synchronization OfficeU.S. ARMY GARRISON, FORT LEE,

VIRGINIA

Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Update

Association ofDefense Communities

July 20, 2011

BRAC Moves to Fort Lee

Air ForceCulinary School

Lackland AFB, TX

Air ForceCulinary School

Lackland AFB, TX

Ordnance Munitions & Electronic Maintenance School,

Redstone Arsenal, AL **

Ordnance Munitions & Electronic Maintenance School,

Redstone Arsenal, AL **

TransportationSchool

Fort Eustis, VA

TransportationSchool

Fort Eustis, VA

Defense Commissary Agency -- Hopewell, VA; Virginia Beach, VA & San Antonio, TX

Defense Commissary Agency -- Hopewell, VA; Virginia Beach, VA & San Antonio, TXAir Force Transportation

Management SchoolLackland AFB, TX

Air Force TransportationManagement School

Lackland AFB, TX

Ordnance SchoolAberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Ordnance SchoolAberdeen Proving Ground, MD

SCoE

Navy Culinary SchoolGreat Lakes, IL

Navy Culinary SchoolGreat Lakes, IL

Defense ContractManagement Agency

Alexandria, VA

Defense ContractManagement Agency

Alexandria, VA

SCoE

Bottom Line: “No COE will train more specialties than Fort Lee”

Most ComplexBRAC Move in DA

185 of 371 Courses Moving

Represents 50% of Total Courses

TRAIN 38% of the TOTAL ARMY

Train a Total of:61 Enlisted MOSs

23 Warrant Officer Specialties15 Officer Areas of Concentration

Most ComplexBRAC Move in DA

185 of 371 Courses Moving

Represents 50% of Total Courses

TRAIN 38% of the TOTAL ARMY

Train a Total of:61 Enlisted MOSs

23 Warrant Officer Specialties15 Officer Areas of Concentration

Post BRAC 33 Sustainment Courses remain dispersed throughout CONUS at 8 other locations

Post BRAC 33 Sustainment Courses remain dispersed throughout CONUS at 8 other locations ** Ordnance Munitions & Electronic Maintenance School is

currently located in Huntsville, AL.

10 Aug 10

Fort Lee 2011

Data as of 21 Dec 10

Home of:• U.S. Army Combined Arms Support

Command (CASCOM)• Sustainment Center of Excellence

(SCoE)• Army Logistics University (ALU) • U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Lee • U.S. Army Quartermaster School • U.S. Army Ordnance School• U.S. Army Transportation School• 49th Quartermaster Group• Defense Commissary Agency• Defense Contract Management

Agency• USAF Transportation Management

School• Joint Culinary School

Does not include Retirees or Family Members of Retirees

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Future Demographics

Military population = 5,240 Civilian Employees = 5,327• Contractor Employees = 2,132• Family Members = 22,096• Average Student Daily Load =

9,372

Total change to 44,167

5907 Acres14 Million SF

City ofPetersburg

City of Colonial Heights

City ofHopewell

• Local Efforts – OEA grants for growth planning– 2008/2010 Growth Management

Plan– Municipal Planning Organization

• Fort Lee’s contribution to regional economy– FY03 = $860M - FY03 Taxes

$57M– FY13 = $1.7B - FY13 Taxes $95M

Fort Lee

Community Efforts and Impacts

OEA, Office of Economic Adjustment, DOD’s primary source for assisting communities that are affected by Defense program changes Source: Virginia Employment Commission – Economic Services Division 2007 & update: 2010

The Region is projected to experience a one-time rise in tax revenue of $1.4 million during FY2011 and the beginning of FY2012.

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Community Efforts and Impacts• Estimated impact on the local area by 2013 is approximately $1.7 Billion

annually.• Employment external to but attributable to Fort Lee in 2013 is estimated

to be more than 14,000 jobs (not including the 11,730 projected permanent full time employment associated directly with Fort Lee).

• Estimated tax impacts to grow from $57+Million (FY 03) to approximately $95 Million in 2013. Total taxes (2007 – 2013) could approach $580 Million, with $200 Million of that amount in local revenue.

• Multipliers include increased household income & inter-industry purchases, while accounting for spending leakages outside local area.

DoD Retired Population supported by Fort Lee 36K Retired Personnel 55K Family Members of Retired Personnel