Our Projects | Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

State	Installations	Program Area	Federal Grant Award
GA	Fort Gordon	Installation Readiness	$268,396.00
Enables the Central Savannah River Area Regional Commission to update an outdated compatible use plan to include implementation measures to mitigate impacts to military training on Fort Gordon. The plan focuses heavily on concerns related to night sky preservation and noise mitigation concerns caused by increased civilian development. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
GA	Robins Air Force Base	Installation Readiness	$389,773.00
Enables the Middle Georgia Regional Commission, in partnership with four counties and seven cities, to conduct a compatible use study involving the area surrounding Robins Air Force Base. The study primarily focuses on land use, transportation network, airspace, security, and environmental and cultural resources. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
KS	Fort Riley	Installation Readiness	$466,420.00
Enables the Flint Hills Regional Council in partnership with 11 jurisdictions surrounding Fort Riley to conduct a compatible use study that reviews existing land use regulations, infrastructure, power reliability, and wind turbine legislation. The effort will also include a transportation study and a housing study specific to Junction City. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
MD	Military Installations in Maryland	Installation Readiness	$1,120,992.00
Enables the Maryland Department of Commerce to guide compatible development by producing applicable mapping tools; procedures for jurisdiction coordination; a compatible land use guidebook; and a website for making land use decisions. The effort will also assess potential legislation regarding land use that supports long-term sustainability of military operations throughout the state. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
ME	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Installation Readiness	$252,390.00
Enables the Town of Kittery to implement recommendations from a recent joint land use study to mitigate impacts to operations at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to include managing the flow of workers to and from the shipyard, and studying the expansion of housing options within a reasonable commute of the base. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
MI	Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center	Installation Readiness	$234,626.00
Enables the Northeast Michigan Council of Governments to implement prioritized recommendations from a recent joint land use study to mitigate encroachment at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center to include establishing an enduring communication and outreach program; creating military overlay zones; and updating the Grayling Area Transportation Study. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
MS	Naval Air Station Meridian	Installation Readiness	$341,439.00
Enables the Meridian Airport Authority to refine a study designed to reduce bird aircraft strike hazards at Naval Air Station Meridian. The study focuses primarily on vultures and involves tagging, blood analysis, telemetry documentation, and 3-D mapping. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
NJ	Naval Weapons Station Earle	Installation Readiness	$231,500.00
Enables Monmouth County, in partnership with five municipalities, to implement specific recommendations from a recent joint land use study involving Naval Weapons Station Earle which involve leveraging the reuse of Navy channel-maintenance dredge materials at five coastal areas to protect the base and conduct deeper review of specific areas in need of additional and/or modified zoning restrictions. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
OH	Youngstown Air Reserve Station	Installation Readiness	$399,725.00
Enables Trumbull County to complete a study that identifies compatibility concerns and preserves the operational capabilities of Youngstown Air Reserve Station. The study intends to focus on the impact of ambient lighting to nighttime flight training; a feasibility study for the relocation of Mathews High School; a storm water assessment involving King Graves Road; and the drafting of legislation that would allow local governments the zoning authority to regulate agricultural structures in the clear zone and amend building code to require sound attenuation measures. Fiscal Year 2020 Award
TX	Joint Base San Antonio	Installation Readiness	$1,020,678.00
Enables the Alamo Area Council of Governments to refine a compatible use study for the wider Joint Base San Antonio footprint to include the addition of Martindale Army Airfield and completing a comprehensive plan specific to operations at Kelly Field. The study intends to identify existing and future potential encroachment concerns as well as develop a strategy to mitigate those that threaten sustained military operations at these locations. Fiscal Year 2020 Award