Title
Resolution to Amend the Fiscal Year 2022 Council Approved Budget to Accept and Appropriate the Military Installation Resiliency (MIR) Project Study Grant through the Department of Defense (DoD), Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) Community Planning Assistance Program Services JB Langley-Eustis Implementation II
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this resolution is to accept and appropriate federal grant funds and allocate matching funds for the MIR Program Grant. This grant award is in the amount of $156,033 in federal funds and requires a local cash match of $17,337 for a total grant award of $173,370 to go towards the MIR project study to supplement the West JBLE-Langley Entry Control Facility (ECF) Alternatives Analysis study. This MIR project will conduct a Stormwater and Environmental Due Diligence study and assessment of the preferred site for the ECF.
Discussion:
This grant award will fund a supplement study for the West JBLE-Langley ECF by conducting a Stormwater and Environmental Due-Diligence assessment/report. As a part of the JBLE-Langley ECF Alternatives Analysis project, JBLE-Langley AFB, the City of Hampton, NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), and other project stakeholders have begun to strongly consider a site located along Commander Shepard Boulevard and north of the airfield. Based on several conversations with City of Hampton, JBLE-Langley AFB, and NASA LaRC staff, it was determined that the subject site has a relatively complex and integrated stormwater drainage system that is of interest to all parties. It was also noted that this system extends across Commander Shepard Boulevard to the west and as far south as the Southwest Branch of the Back River. This supplemental stormwater and environmental due diligence task will provide the opportunity to assess the existing system as well as investigate preliminary stormwater treatment technique alternatives. Additionally, based on a preliminary review of...
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