Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 09-22-2009 regular — reading text

areas is minimal on property owners and therefore does not include a detailed land use analysis. support of the test and training mission at Eglin. The mis- sions at the test sites range from Command Centers that control the activation of flight termination systems for items 7. 3.3 Low Level Helicopter and Tiltrotor Training being tested ( Test Site A -3) to the launching of surface -to- The low level helicopter and tiltrotor training area covers the air missiles such as the Air Intercept Missile and the Patriot entire city limits and as a result influences a broad range of missile ( Test Site A -15). In the airspace above the island land uses. The result of land use in this area may be per- and seaward for three nautical miles is a Controlled Firing ceived as a nuisance resulting from low level helicopters Area. Figure 7 -3 also includes the Controlled Firing Areas and tiltrotors flying overhead and increasing sound and in the Fort Walton Beach Vicinity. These areas are defined having other effects associated with ow flying helicopters airspace blocks that contain activities that would be poten- and tiltrotors. tially hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. 7. 3.4 Radio Frequency Interference Successful and safe completion of the mission on land and The analysis for radio frequency interference in the City is a the adjacent waters requires the control of the airspace, simple one. The entire City lies within the 50 -mile buffer water, and land that are part of the mission scenario. Ac- from Eglin which the Air Force has identified as the area of cess restriction ensures the safety of people not participat- influence with respect to radio frequency interference. ing in the mission as well as maintains mission integrity. An example of successful frequency mitigation involves the Restricting access becomes increasingly problematic as the number of residents and civilian boat traffic increase. Po- use of garage door openers. The military negotiated with Section 7 - FORT WALTON BEACH O TETRA TEC H 39-  k, z 3 S 2 mss; t Ho;•:' a, y 4 ?` t! R x y a i1 gr U ARRIP: