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Consultants present installation readiness review; recommend 20 priority actions and implementation committee
Summary
A year-long installation readiness review presented to the council reduced 79 initial recommendations to 20 priority actions, including wastewater planning, emergency-management capacity, police training/coordination, and pursuing REPI and other funding sources; the consultants proposed forming an implementation committee to manage next steps.
A consultant presenting an installation readiness review told the Box Elder City Council on Jan. 20 that a year-long assessment of local planning, hazards and installation-city coordination identified a broad set of actions to improve resilience and readiness as the installation’s mission grows.
Presenter identified in the transcript as Meredith described a three-part process: a community-led literature and stakeholder review, tabletop exercises involving local and installation stakeholders, and technical/steering-committee work to turn findings into recommended actions. The team initially identified 79 recommendations and distilled them to 20 priority recommended actions intended to be actionable and fundable.
Key priority areas highlighted included wastewater and water-supply planning, transportation and pavement/route plans, staffing and capacity for emergency management and police, and updating a comparative reuse study to account for new installation missions and airspace changes. The reviewer also described potential funding sources for individual actions, noting that each of the 20 priority actions had one or more potential funding sources and often an identified local champion or partner. The presentation mentioned the REPI funding cycle as one federal mechanism that could support land-protection or border-related projects connected to the installation.
The consultant recommended creating an implementation committee composed of members of the steering and technical committees plus municipal department leads (planning and zoning, public works, police, etc.) to shepherd the work over the coming years. The review’s implementation plan tied recommended actions to feasibility and estimated costs and suggested timing to avoid overloading grant-writing capacity in any single year.
The presenter said report copies were provided to Rob (city contact) and others, and indicated the team will finalize any editorial changes and deliver final copies. Council members were offered opportunity for questions and the presenter offered follow-up contact and materials for staff review.
