Dyess AFB JLUS Appendix

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by  Matrix Design Group

Appendix
This study was prepared under contract with the City of Abilene with financial support
from the Office of Economic Adjustment, Department of Defense. The content reflects
the views of the key JLUS partners involved in the development of this study and does
not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of Economic Adjustment.
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December 2017
This study was prepared under contract with the City of Abilene, TX, with financial support from the Office of Economic Adjustment,
Department of Defense. The content reflects the views of the City of Abilene and the jurisdictions, agencies, organizations, and other
stakeholders involved in the development of this study and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of Economic Adjustment.
Appendix A – Stakeholder Meetings ................................................................................................................ A-1

Appendix B – View-Caps Historical Insight ..................................................................................................... B-1

Appendix C – Public Health, Safety, and Welfare Statement ......................................................................... C-1

Appendix D – Public Survey Results ................................................................................................................ D-1

Appendix E – Public Workshop 2 Issue Importance Exercise Results ......................................................... E-1

Appendix F – Public Comments ....................................................................................................................... F-1
Public Workshop # 1, October 3, 2016.......................................................................................................... F‐2 
Public Workshop # 2, March 6, 2017 .......................................................................................................... F‐13 
Public Workshop # 3, October 18, 2017 ..................................................................................................... F‐15 

Appendix G – Committee Comments .............................................................................................................. G-1
Committee Draft – Work In Progress – Background Report Chapters 1‐4 .................................................. G‐2 
Committee Draft – Background Report Chapter 5..................................................................................... G‐55 
Final Committee Draft Background Report Chapters 1‐5 –  
comments from April 27, 2017 TAC meeting and comments submitted by committee members ........ G‐160 
Final committee comments on Final Background Report – July 2017 .................................................... G‐216 
Committee Comments on Draft JLUS Recommendations – August 2017 ............................................... G‐250 
Comments on Committee Draft JLUS Report and Implementation Plan – October 2017 ...................... G‐292 

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Dyess AFB JLUS Appendix A – Stakeholder Meetings 
The following page identifies stakeholder interviews, meetings, and discussions that occurred during the 
JLUS process that were separate from the original public workshops, JLUS Technical Advisory 
Committee, and Policy Committee meetings identified in the project Scope of Work. 

An information meeting and introduction to the JLUS process was held with View / Caps property 
owners on April 7, 2016 

The primary data gathering and informational meetings and interviews were held the week of June 13, 
2016.  The stakeholder groups below are those that were interviewed during this time. 
Monday, June 13, 2016 
 Dyess AFB 
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 
 Dyess AFB 
 View / Caps Community Property Owners 
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 
 Taylor County 
 City of Abilene 
 Abilene Chamber of Commerce / Military Affairs Committee 
 West Texas Council of Governments 
Thursday, June 16, 2016 
 City of Tye 

During the week of October 3, 2016, two interviews were held with local real estate professionals to 
discuss the outlook of local real estate trends to assist in the development of potential strategies for the 
JLUS. 

During the week of March 6, 2017, meetings were held with project stakeholders to discuss preliminary 
JLUS strategy ideas.  The following groups were met with on March 7, 2017.  The attendees at these 
meetings were representatives from the JLUS Technical Advisory Committee and Policy Committee. 
 View / Caps property owner representatives 
 City of Tye 
 Dyess AFB 

During the week of April 24, 2017, meetings were held with project stakeholders to continue discussing 
the development of JLUS strategies.  Meetings were held with the following groups to discuss and refine 
strategies. 
 View / Caps property owner representatives – April 27, 2017 
 City of Abilene staff – April 28, 2017   
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Dyess AFB JLUS Appendix B – View‐Caps Historical Insight 
The following pages were prepared and compiled by residents of the View and Caps Communities to 
provide background and historical insight into their experiences prior to the development of the Dyess 
AFB Joint Land Use Study.  The text is presented in the original, unaltered format as provided by View‐
Caps representatives. 
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Dyess AFB JLUS Appendix B – View‐Caps Historical Insight 
This historical timeline is offered for inclusion to the Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) report in an
effort to explain the intentions and motivations behind involvement and actions taken by the
Caps community on behalf of Caps and the surrounding area during the JLUS process. It is this
communities’ strongest desire to ensure there is no doubt within anyone who reads this history
that our intent is to simply provide the history of the struggle between property owner rights and
those who would limit or eliminate them. It is not our intent to cast aspersions on people or
entities or to use it as a tool to continue an argument, but to simply put events in writing and
ensure they are part of the JLUS record. It is felt that this is the best way to have the
communities’ concerns documented and ensure current and future decision makers understand
this area and its concerns over property rights better enabling them to make more informed
decisions. We are a proud and patriotic community that is concerned about our area residents
and we work hard to ensure we are included and heard when decisions are to be made
concerning our properties and community. We share the same concerns as Taylor County,
Abilene, Dyess AFB, and other surrounding communities and want to be a part of the decision
making processes from conception to finish. No citizen who wants to participate should ever be
excluded and we appreciate the efforts of all those involved in this current effort who are helping
to make this happen in a more inclusive and productive manner.
Caps is an unincorporated community south of Dyess Air Force Base (AFB). Caps and the
surrounding area are within the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City of Abilene within
Taylor County, have a great amount of property within Dyess’ southern airfield safety zones
(Clear Zone, Accident Potential Zones 1 & 2) and the hypothetical noise contours developed by
the Department of Defense (DoD). It is the belief of many within this community that they have
had to endure the repeated threats of erosion to their property rights due to overzealous
individuals and Abilene City officials willing to do anything in the effort to assure the future of
Dyess AFB or its favor. It is widely felt these overzealous entities routinely displayed no qualms
subjugating or restricting property rights of ETJ property owners and often dealt with them with
contempt and disdain in attempting to show local, state, and federal agencies that they have
secured the future of Dyess AFB.
Outwardly the rationale used to try and institute property restrictions in this area have varied, but
the overall intent has always been to institute restrictions to show steps have been taken to inhibit
future growth within the area and prevent any possible future encroachment issues between
Dyess AFB and the local communities.
While area residents may agree and support the overall intent, they often disagree with the
degree and depth of restriction attempted. Additionally, partially due to the extreme measures
attempted and the contemptuous treatment by some making the decisions, area property owners
object to individuals or organizations that have no stake in the area making decision that suit
themselves often without asking for input from those most affected and often disregarding any
negative impacts to the actual property owners. It should be noted that despite findings within the
Dyess AFB AICUZ, it is a widely held belief among officials within Taylor County, Abilene and
Dyess AFB that there was no activity within the community causing any encroachment concerns
before or during the JLUS process.
These communities within the ETJ are not anti-military, anti-Dyess, or even anti-Abilene. The
area is filled with citizens who enjoy their freedoms and thank God and those in our military for
providing them. They appreciate Dyess as part of the community and all it provides and are
proud to call it a neighbor. The distrust and marginalized feelings within this community stem
from decades of real and perceived slights and abuses over a variety of issues as well as being
treated with irrelevance by people whom area residence are unable to vote for because though
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