WASHINGTON STATE GUI DEBOOK ON MILITARY & COMMUNITY COMPATABILITY

PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING #2 SUMMARY

MEETING DATE MEETING TIME NOTES ISSUE DATE
10/17/18 2:30-4:00 PM 11/8/18

PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC) ATTENDEES PROJECT TEAM (PT) ATTENDEES

NAME ORGANIZATION NAME ORGANIZATION
✓ Bill Adamson South Sound Military Community Partnership ✓ Deanah Watson Commerce
✓ Erik Ashlie-Vinke Economic Alliance Snohomish County ✓ Claire Miller Commerce
Jim Baumgart Office of the Governor Dave Andersen Commerce
Grant Beck City of Yelm Mark McCaskill Commerce
Jim Bolger Kitsap County ✓ Julie Bassuk MAKERS
✓ Dan Cardwell JBLM Bob Bengford MAKERS
LTC Chris Cavin JBLM & YTC ✓ Beth Batchelder MAKERS
✓ Patty Charnas Jefferson County
Richard Corff Trust for Public Land
✓ Allan Giffen City of Everett
Rich Hadley Forward Fairchild
✓ Jeff Johnson Fairchild Air Force Base
✓ Noelle Madera Yakima County
✓ Larry Morrell Whidbey Waterkeepers
✓ Kim Peacher Navy Region Northwest
✓ Steve Powers City of Oak Harbor
✓ Jacob Rain WMD Emergency Management Division
✓ Jacqueline Reid Snohomish County
Valerie Reuther CCA & Whidbey Waterkeepers
✓ Allison Satter City of Bremerton
✓ Tiffany Speir City of Lakewood
✓ Tom Tolman JBLM & YTC
✓ Brian Tyhuis Navy Region Northwest
✓ Hiller West Island County
✓ Jeff Wilson City of DuPont

ITEM NOTES ACTION?

A. Technical Slides 1-8 provided a summary of the Technical Focus Groups (TFG)
Focus Group conducted and the major take-aways noted. Other TFG take-aways noted:
Take-Aways • Mitigation and implementation funding tools/resources are needed as
compatibility planning continues, especially post-JLUS.
• Information on statewide installations should be included.
• It will be good to include requirements for compatibility planning,
including requirements for local and military jurisdictions through plans
such as AICUZ and JLUSs; the AICUZ uses the term “Land Use
Compatibility Strategies and Recommendations”, removing control from
military and letting local jurisdictions decide, an element often relying
on the current political climate.
• Information should be added regarding how to adopt compatibility plan
recommendations.
• It will be good to describe the “rhythm” of military planning, and/or
federal spending cycles, in relation to local planning processes.
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B. Community General Notes

Workshop Notes and Suggestions on community workshops:
Preparation • Desired Outcome: To positively affect community/military relationships.
• PAC suggestions –
a. It is important to define compatibility.
b. When people raise a hand with questions, ask “does anyone
have questions about what we’re doing tonight?” or similar.
c. Have avenue to write concerns down but don’t answer specific
concern questions.
• Regarding statewide installation map, the font needs to be similar for all
labels; Boardman should be included.
• Other military benefits slide #15 –
a. JBLM provides equipment that DuPont doesn’t have through a
mutual aid agreement (possible best practice).
b. Joint partnerships in emergency services are good to highlight
as these can be more meaningful than business benefits.
c. JBLM has an existing agreement with local jurisdictions. This
was beneficial during the 2018 train crash. Traffic was able to
be rerouted through the base (possible best practice).
d. It will be good to note ways to work together. Installation
participation in the Cascadia Rising planning and events is a
good example of beneficial coordination.
e. It will be good to mention that military personnel volunteer in
communities.
• Uniformed military representatives are requested to attend community
workshops to provide clarification and information, and answer
questions the community may have related to a base or range.
• It will be necessary to provide a method for people to voice concerns at
each workshop in addition to comment sheets, such as an email address
or phone number.
• Regarding advertising the workshops, once press releases have gone
out, the project team will forward them to the PAC members for
circulation along with other key links.
Guidebook Introduction Notes
• Slide #17 regarding the definition of compatibility has too much jargon.
It is best to use graphics to illustrate the point. Additionally, we need to
change references to “civilian” to “community” (i.e. Civilian Guidebook).
• It will be beneficial to explain how the local community impacts internal
base operations (traffic, lighting, etc.) and to discuss encroachment
using pictures to convey the message.
• It was suggested to use the example of industrial development near a
residential area to describe compatibility planning and multi-directional
relationships.

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