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NORTH CAROLINA STATE OUTREACH. David MacKinnon Project Manager. Governor Easley’s Mandate . “We are committed to making North Carolina the friendliest military state in the nation…”. OEA North Carolina Activities. Advisory Commission on Military Affairs (Governor)
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE OUTREACH David MacKinnon Project Manager
Governor Easley’s Mandate “We are committed to making North Carolina the friendliest military state in the nation…”
OEA North Carolina Activities • Advisory Commission on Military Affairs (Governor) • Attend meetings, provide information, & monitor activities • Encourage resolution of incompatible development issues • Governor’s Office • Urge coordinated state agency support to JLUS implementation measures • Raise issues from community JLUS projects • JLUS Communities • Participate in joint meetings • Urge consensus on implementation issues & resolution measures • League of Municipalities/Assoc. Co. Comm. • Encourage support of statewide compatible development initiatives • Joint Select Committee on Military Affairs (Legislature) • Present DoD concerns about encroachment • Encourage legislation to address incompatible land use issues
North Carolina Advisory Commission on Military Affairs • Advisory to the Governor • Organized July 2002 • 21 voting members from military base communities • 9 ex-officio appointments from State agencies & military bases • 4 committees (strategic & economic plans, academic policies, state/local relations, quality of life issues) • COL Doug Phelps (NC National Guard) staff director • Areas for Exploration • Economic impacts of military activity • Defense procurement opportunities • Enhanced military base relationships • Improved quality of life of military personnel
Legislative ProposalsRecommended by Advisory Commission March 2003 • Delineate “buffer zones” – areas subject to high noise & aircraft accident potential • Real estate disclosure – property in buffer zones & low level flight routes • Land use plans in proximity to bases • Sound attenuation – high noise areas • Limit infrastructure improvements – buffer zones • Acquire critical property –buffer zones & beyond when appropriate • NO ACTION TAKEN BY GOVERNOR
Joint Select Committee LegislativeMandate November 2003 • How to create & maintain an environment that is conducive to the location of military personnel & installations in the State • How to control residential & urban development encroachment on military base & training areas including • restrictive zoning in areas around military bases & training areas • how encroachment affects deed registration • protecting the areas around military bases & training areas by purchasing development rights & buffers using all available State trust funds & other available funding mechanisms
Local Government Military Base Advisory Committee • County & Local Government Members • NC Association of County Commissioners • NC League of Municipalities • Held Meetings Summer-Fall 2003 • OEA brief on DoD encroachment concerns--August 2003 • Endorsed Several Helpful Measures • sound attenuation in structures affected by base operations • local deed disclosure & transfer of development rights authority • other land use compatibility measures
Bills Submitted to LegislatureAction Expected by July 2004 • Mandatory Planning Referrals to Bases • all jurisdictions • any land use or zoning changes • properties within 5 miles of the base perimeter • Military Base Land Preservation Fund • property development rights or title • needed to protect base from incompatible development • $5 million capitalization; $65 million bond authority • willing owners • Four Quality of Life Proposals • partial gas tax return to bases for QOL improvements • State educational benefits to Reservists, spouses, dependents • job preferences to military spouses
State Agency Actions • Clean Water Management Trust Fund • joint acquisition (with TNC) of 2,500 acres adjacent to Camp Lejeune • refused local project funding near Ft. Bragg because local governments refused to endorse the JLUS • working with conservation partners to secure APZ land northeast of Seymour-Johnson AFB in Goldsboro/Wayne County • Department of Transportation • large parcel acquisition to enhance RCW habitat near Ft. Bragg using wetlands mitigation funds