From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 24 Aug 2005 23:59:18 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-irf |
Subject: | [CPEO-IRF] Oceana Naval Air Station (VA) motion |
Here is the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission's approved motion on the future of the Oceana Naval Air Station, Virginia. Motion Number: 193-4A Overview: A Motion to Make Additional Recommendation 3, Naval Air Station, Oceana, Virginia, to appear at Chapter XI, Section 193 of the Bill. Realigns Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, VA by relocating the East Coast Master Jet Base to Cecil Field, FL, conditioned on prior actions by the State of Florida. - that the Commission find that when the Secretary of Defense failed to recommend the realignment of Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, he substantially deviated from Final Selection Criteria 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the Force Structure Plan; - that the Commission add to the list of installations to be closed or realigned the recommendation: - "Realign Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia by relocating the East Coast Master Jet Base to Cecil Field, Florida, - if the Commonwealth of Virginia and the municipal governments of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Chesapeake, Virginia fail to enact and enforce legislation to prevent further encroachment of Naval Air Station Oceana by the end of March 2006, to wit: - enact State-mandated zoning controls requiring the cities of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake to adopt zoning ordinances that require the governing body to follow Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone (AICUZ) guidelines in deciding discretionary development applications for property in Noise Level 70 dB Day Night Average Noise Level DNL or greater; - enact sate and local legislation and ordinances to establish a program to condemn and purchase all the property located within all the Accident Potential Zone One areas for Naval Air Station Oceana as depicted for 1999 AICUZ Pamphlet published by the U.S. Navy. - codify the 2005 Final Hampton Roads Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) recommendations; - legislate requirements for the cities of Virginia Beach and Chesapeake to evaluate undeveloped properties in Noise Zones 70dB DNL or greater for rezoning classifications that would not allow uses incompatible under AICUZ guidelines; - establish programs for purchase of development rights of the Inter-facility Traffic Area between NAS Oceana and NALF Fentress; Enact legislation creating the Oceana/Fentress Advisory Council" at Chapter XI, Section 193 of the Bill, and; - and if the State of Florida: -appropriates sufficient funds to relocate commercial tenants presently located at Cecil Field, Florida, - appropriates sufficient funds to secure Public Private Ventures for all the personnel housing required by the Navy at Cecil Field to accomplish this relocation, and; - turns over fee simple title to the property comprising the former Naval Air Station Cecil Field, including all infrastructure improvements that presently exist, to the Department of Defense on or before December 31, 2006, if the Commonwealth of Virginia and the municipal governments of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Chesapeake, Virginia decline from the outset to take the actions required above, or within six months of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the municipal governments of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Chesapeake, Virginia failing to carry through with any of the actions set out above, whichever is later. The State of Florida may not encumber the title by any restrictions other than a reversionary clause in favor of the State of Florida and short-term tenancies consistent with the phased relocation of the Master Jet Base to Cecil Field. - If the Commonwealth of Virginia and the municipal governments of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Chesapeake, Virginia fail to take all of the prescribed actions, and the State of Florida meets the conditions established by this recommendation, the units and functions that shall relocate to Cecil Field will include, but are not limited to, all of the Navy F/A-18 Strike Fighter Wings, aviation operations and support schools, maintenance support, training and any other additional support activities the Navy deems necessary and appropriate to support the operations of the Master Jet Base. at Chapter XI, Section 193 of the Bill, and; - that the Commission find this additional recommendation is consistent with the Final Selection Criteria and Force Structure Plan. Additional statement of the Commission: The BRAC 2005 report language shall state: "It is the sense of the Commission that the Secretary of Defense deviated from the BRAC criteria by failing to consider NAS OCEANA for closure or realignment. The long standing and steadily worsening encroachment problem around NAS OCEANA, without strong support from State and City governments to eliminate current and arrest future encroachment, will in the long term, create a situation where the military value of NAS OCEANA will be unacceptably degraded. The remedies presented to the Commission thus far have been unconvincing. It is also the sense of the Commission that the future of Naval Aviation is not Naval Air Station Oceana. The Commission urges the Navy to begin immediately to mitigate the noise encroachment and safety issues associated with flight operations around the Virginia Beach area by transitioning high intensity training evolutions to other bases that are much less encroached such as Navy Outlying Filed Whitehouse, Florida or Kingsville, Texas. The Secretary of Defense is directed to cause a rapid, complete, due diligence review of the offer of the State of Florida to reoccupy the former NAS Cecil Field and to compare this review against any plan to build a new master jet base at any other location. This review is to be completed within six months from the date the BRAC legislation enters into force, and is to be made public to the effected states for comment. After review of the states comments, which shall be submitted with 120 days after publishing the review, the Secretary of Defense shall forward to the oversight committees of Congress the review, the states' comments and his recommendation on the location of the Navy's future Atlantic Fleet Master Jet Base." -- Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Installation_Reuse_Forum mailing list Installation_Reuse_Forum@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/installation_reuse_forum | |
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