Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2025 Council Approved Budget to Appropriate Certain Previously Received United States Air Force Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program Funds to the Clear Zone Account for Expenditure
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
See Discussion.
Discussion:
The resolution facilitates the continuation of the ongoing process of mitigating non-compatible land use, development, and encroachment around Langley Air Force Base (LAFB) flight approach zones, as defined in the 2010 Joint Land Use Study (JLUS). Pursuant to an encroachment grant agreement executed with the Commonwealth of Virginia, entered into and administered prior to the involvement of the United States Air Force, the City acquired multiple properties using State funding from the Federal Area Contingency Trust (FACT) fund and matching City funds. Currently, the City must still fulfill its obligation to grant restrictive easements on one or more of those parcels to the United States of America, acting through the Air Force.
The Air Force, subsequent to those acquisitions, paid to the City $648,025.11 from its FY2018 the Readiness Environmental & Protection Integration (REPI) Program. The REPI Program is a key tool for combating encroachment that can limit or restrict military training, testing and operations, and protecting these military missions by helping remove or avoid land-use conflicts near installations and addressing regulatory restrictions that inhibit military activities. The Air Force was not a party to transactions to acquire those properties, but is willing to pay to the City and State half of the current appraised value of those properties, with the effective result being reimbursing both the City and State for twenty-five percent (25%) of the original acquisition costs. The Air Force has authorized the City to use those REPI funds to pay for current appraisals and site assessments.
Once the current values are determined...
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