Collaboration. Encourage cooperative land and airspace use and resource
planning among the military and surrounding communities. Collaboration is
necessary as a way to both avoid incompatible community growth and
development and identify ways of reducing operational impacts on lands within
the JLUS Project Area.
Actions. Provide a set of mutually supported tools, activities, and procedures
from which local jurisdictions, agencies, the military, and other stakeholders can
select, prepare, adopt, and implement recommendations developed during the
JLUS process. The actions include operational measures that mitigate
installation impacts on surrounding communities, as well as local government
protocols that reduce community impacts on military operations. The proactive
strategies help decision makers resolve current issues and prioritize future
projects within annual budgeting cycles.
Why Prepare a JLUS?
Although military installations and nearby communities may be separated by a fenceline,
they often share use of natural and manmade resources such as land, airspace, water,
and infrastructure. Despite the many positive interactions among local jurisdictions,
agencies, and the military and because so many resources are shared, the activities or
actions of one entity can unintentionally impact another, thus, resulting in conflicts. As
communities develop and expand in response to growth and market demands, they can
potentially locate incompatible development closer to military installations and
operational / training areas. Examples of incompatible development include residential
development near firing ranges being impacted by noise and tall structures, such as cell
towers, being located within helicopter flight routes and causing vertical obstructions.
Uncoordinated incompatible development can generate new or exacerbate existing land
use conflicts and other compatibility issues, often referred to as encroachment. Such
encroachments, as the baseline of discovery in this study, can have negative impacts on
community safety, economic development, and the sustainability of military activities
and readiness. These issues and their potential impacts can pose a significant threat to
military readiness activities, and identifying and addressing them is currently one of the
military’s greatest operational challenges.
AZARNG Economic Benefit
The Arizona Army National Guard and Silverbell Army Heliport account for over
3,350 direct, indirect, and induced jobs, generating over $865 million in economic impact
throughout the State of Arizona, according to the Military Affairs Commission
2017 Economic Impact of Arizona’s Principal Military Operations. As of May 2017, the
AZARNG consists of six major commands and has an assigned end‐strength of
approximately 5,300 soldiers who are trained and prepared for response to state and
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