WELCOME! Public Informational Meeting November 12, 2003 Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study

BACKGROUND Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study

THE ARIZONA MILITARY REGIONAL COMPATIBILITY PROJECT Statewide endeavor – airports, installations, and the Goldwater Range  Statewide endeavor – airports, installations, and the Goldwater Range  Department of Defense JLUS grant  Western Maricopa County/Luke AFB was phase one, Davis-Monthan AFB, Auxiliary Field #1 and others are phase two  State’s role as convener to engage all parties and cross jurisdictional boundaries

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study PRIMARY PROJECT OBJECTIVE “This Project is an undertaking of statewide impact designed to find resolutions to land use compatibility and encroachment issues through collaborative effort and strong implementation.” “This Project is an undertaking of statewide impact designed to find resolutions to land use compatibility and encroachment issues through collaborative effort and strong implementation.”

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study WHO IS INVOLVED?  State of Arizona, Department of Commerce  Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment  City of Surprise and Maricopa County  Luke Air Force Base  Policy Advisory Committee (PAC)  Stakeholders and Public  Consultant Team (Parsons)

56 th FIGHTER WING AUX 1 OPERATIONS Mike Hanson, Planner 56FW/CVE Community Initiatives Team

56 FW MISSION STATEMENT “Train America’s Finest Pilots and Maintainers. Deploy Mission Ready Warfighters”

F-16 PILOT PRODUCTION Replenish CAF with over 800 trained F-16 Pilots this fiscal year –Instruments –Air to Air Tactics –Air to Ground Operations –Night Systems Qualifications 175 avg. daily student load –9 Courses / 40 Tracks –Basic / Transition / Instructor Use Aux –944 FW / Continuation Training

INSTRUMENT APPROACHES TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation) – Non Precision –Course guidance only – no glide path ILS (Instrument Landing System) – Precision –Course and glide path PAR (Precision Approach Radar) – Precision –Aux-1 has one of just a few PARs in CONUS –Common recovery method in theater

AUX-1 APPROACHES

TRANSITION AIRSPACE

AUX 1 15 miles NW of Luke AFB – activated 1 Jul ,000 operations annually / 27 per O&M day

AUX-1

AUX-1 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT

ILS APPROACH VIDEO

AUX-1 ILS

AUX-1 PAR

SUMMARY AUX-1 AND ENVIRONS ARE VITAL TO LUKE TRAINING MISSION FUTURE MISSIONS / AIRCRAFT POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA IS BECOMING A FACTOR AUX-1 TRAFFIC CAN’T BE ABSORBED ELSEWHERE

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STUDY AREA

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study COMPATIBILITY CRITERIA  Avoid concentrations of people exposed to noise and safety hazards  Noise Criteria:  Limit exposure of people and noise-sensitive activities to high noise levels  Safety Criteria:  Limit concentrations of people and safety- sensitive activities in areas of highest probable accident impact

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study STUDY DIRECTION / RECOMMENDATIONS  Surprise General Plan Amendment is basis for defining compatible land use around Auxiliary Field #1; City is proceeding with review/adoption of GP Amendment.  Luke Air Force Base will proceed with updated noise study for future Auxiliary Field #1 operations.

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study STUDY DIRECTION / RECOMMENDATIONS  Recommend that State law be revised to allow counties to manage growth and development in the same way as cities.  Maricopa County to maintain current planned land use and zoning around Auxiliary Field #1 until annexed by City of Surprise or until County Comprehensive Plan and zoning revised to more compatible use.

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study STUDY DIRECTION / RECOMMENDATIONS  Provide compatible land uses that will support Auxiliary Field #1 with successor aircraft, and recognize that mission may change, involving takeoffs / landings at the Field.

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study STUDY DIRECTION / RECOMMENDATIONS  Define a “Vicinity Box” for Auxiliary Field #1, and recommend that notification be required consistent with provisions for other military airports.  Define APZs at both ends of the Auxiliary Field #1 runway.

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study STUDY DIRECTION / RECOMMENDATIONS  Recommend that an ongoing body be designated to address ongoing land use coordination and implementation issues for Auxiliary Field #1 – possibly as a subcommittee of the Luke West Valley Council.

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study  LANTIRN pattern is to be relocated no later than December ’04 to an unknown location; Luke Air Force Base LAFB to pursue analysis for LANTIRN operations as part of future studies. STUDY DIRECTION / RECOMMENDATIONS

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study NEXT STEPS  Develop Implementation Strategies  Draft JLUS Report  Final JLUS Report  Begin Implementation  Ongoing Coordination

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study TO STAY INVOLVED  Newsletter  Comments  Comment Cards   Web Site  Draft JLUS Report

Auxiliary Field #1 Joint Land Use Study THANK YOU – WE APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION TODAY