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ID2

Installation Development and Design (ID2)

Air Combat Command

10 January 2011

[Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho]

Base Operations Facility, Mountain Home AFB

Mountain Home AFB, Idaho : Installation Development and Design (ID2)

Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

Introduction Document Scope, Applicability and Audience

HQ ACC/A7P

Applicability Audience Development and Design - A Holistic Approach

HQ ACC/A7P

Installation Installation Goals Development and Design - Requirements and Evaluation Metrics HQ ACC/A7P Requirements Installation Requirements HQ ACC Development and Design Review Board (D2 Board) Evaluation Metrics HQ ACC D2 Board Evaluations Installation Evaluation Metrics and Evaluations Organization of the Document

Installation Image

Development Considerations Reuse Opportunities Infill Opportunities Circulation Utilities Land Use Constraints Green Infrastructure

Illustrative Plan Illustrative Plan

Table of Contents

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1.2

1.3

1.4

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3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7

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Mountain Home AFB, Idaho

Development and Design Guidelines Sustainable Design & High Performance Green Buildings Sustainability Recommendations Site Development Parking Open Space and Recreation Landscape Plantings Architectural Design Building Zones

Architectural Order

Architectural Elements Materials

Appendices Acronyms and Abbreviations Installation Functional Constraints and Considerations Mountain Home AFB Technical Design Guide Environmental Specification - Environmental Procedures

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5.2

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6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Document (RD) investigations, and Concept Charrette Document (CCD) packages. The ID2 will be summarized in the installation Electronic General Plan (eGP).

Architect-Engineer (A-E) Scope of Work descriptions, Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitations, Design- Bid-Build (D-B-B) and Design-Build (D-B) contracts shall explicitly identify HQ ACC/A7P sustainable development and high performance green building design requirements and objectives as functional requirements.

The ID2 shall not be referenced in Design and/or Construction solicitations as establishing mandates relative to facility aesthetics, character or form. All Design and/or Construction solicitation packages shall include contract provisions citing the ID2 as containing broad considerations and require Government review of design proposals in the source selection trade off and evaluation process.

Contractor’s responsiveness to ID2 considerations shall carry weight as a significant evaluation factor in determining the overall acceptability and value of the proposal to the Government.

Audience This document provides criteria and considerations used in planning, development, and design of projects that are in addition to technical criteria readily available to professional architects, planners, engineers and interior designers. This document and companion information sources shall be used as primary reference in all planning/siting considerations, building renovation projects, and new construction projects.

HQ ACC/A7P

Current guidance removes design process short-circuits by realigning constraints, changing mandates into a performance framework and limiting prescriptive requirements to those critical in meeting Command and Installation functional requirements. Prior editions of design guidance, both at the Command-level and the Installation-level, relied heavily on mandates and prescriptive formula relating to the building form, aesthetics, and materials and this often narrowed design phase investigations into plan arrangement exercises.

Installation-level development and design guidance focuses on identification of regional and local design characteristics, common building methods and preferences, architectural context, landscape standards, infill and building density opportunities, future vision, and establishing installation centric preferences and strategies. Building aesthetics and character cannot be fully established prior to conducting the concept charrette as aesthetics develop and evolve in response to multiple drivers.

Designing and then evaluating aesthetics and architectural character is highly subjective and has to be approached on a project by project basis.

Companion information to this document is provided in the form of an Installation 3D mass model, photographic log database and the Installation Sustainability Assessment (ISA). The Installation 3D mass model is dimensionally accurate and reflects overall building massing, height, and form. The photographic log database includes all structures on the Installation with the exception of family housing units and utility sheds. The ISA serves to provide current state snapshot of the Installation’s ‘green posture’ and will serve as a way to measure changes over time; indicators should change for the better over time as more green design strategies and processes are put into place.

Applicability Publication of this document serves to cancel and supersede previous Installation-level design guidance. All external references to Installation-level guidance documents shall now be considered referring to the Installation Development and Design Handbook (ID2). The ID2 serves to inform Future Year Development Plan (FYDP) site selections, Area Development Plan (ADP) designs, Requirements

[1.1] Document Scope, Applicability and Audience

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Introduction approach forms the functional and technical foundation for all performance requirements, development considerations and design constraints made, referenced or otherwise used in this document.

“Green Design” is synonymous with “Quality Design”. Quality design strategies produce results that conserve energy, make efficient use of resources, produce visually appealing structures, reduce environmental degradation, create built environments that are livable, comfortable, safe, enduring, and productive, and shrink the environmental impact of our operations.

Installation This Installation Development and Design (ID2) guide is intended to provide an overall direction regarding future development of the Base areas and buildings at Mountain Home AFB. Included are principles of design that will give order and functionality to the built environment. Sustainable design principles are foremost in the list of criteria that are being emphasized in this guide, and these principles will strongly influence building design and aesthetics.

There is plentiful undeveloped land within the Base’s perimeter. The Base’s built-up area consists of fairly homogeneous zones of development. Each

HQ ACC/A7P

The Command’s vision is to lead by example and serve as a role model for sustainable development and high performance green building design in the Air Force, DoD and the federal government. When “Green Design” is infused into every facet and decision, we’ll see both immediate and long range benefits including healthier working environments, reduction of our carbon footprint, and enhancing the enduring quality of facilities while lowering the total cost of facility ownership. To this end, development and design strategies must consider myriad factors and influences, and assure solutions are appropriate to the site, sensitive to the built and natural context, reflective of functional needs, responsive to aesthetic considerations and embody green building design.

Green design is not optional. Implementing green building design (functional constraints) objectives are required to produce a complete and usable facility or a complete and usable improvement to an existing facility. A green building design

Mountain Home AFB

[1.2] Development and Design - A Holistic Approach

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Introduction of these zones has adequate space for the further development of additional facilities, large enough to accommodate another complete wing if needed.

Future development should occur first on the many infill sites within the built-up area since the infrastructure needed is already in place, providing an economical and ecological solution to future facility siting needs.

There is a heritage of masonry structures here, primarily concrete masonry. Many innovative project designs have been accomplished using this material.

(see figure 1.1). The preference is for designs that are highly-responsive to functional and contextual conditions, which allows building solutions to be uniquely well-suited to their purpose. Designers will find guidance on site development and facility design in this ID2 that will allow flexibility to create one-of-a-kind solutions that are both practical and inspirational while retaining a positive relationship with the existing built environment.

Mountain Home AFB is located in a semi-arid environment with an annual precipitation of 8-10 inches. Due to this minimal rainfall, the Base and surrounding area relies on a local underground aquifer for its domestic water supply. It is reported that the overall depth of the aquifer is declining up to a foot per year due to the high rate of water withdrawal by the Base and nearby private agricultural operations.

Wise water use must become the basis of operations for the Base, and a way of life for residents of Mountain Home AFB. This means careful use of potable water for human consumption, with the treatment of sanitary sewage effluent to allow its re-use for landscape irrigation.

Being a semi-arid region, this Base needs to have amenities that let the airmen and their families find respite from the region’s bright sunshine and summer heat. Many of the Base’s operational buildings include good examples of sunshade covers over exterior patio areas, which allow outdoor activities to take place on many more days of the year. Buildings at Mountain Home AFB need to be responsive to sunlight, bringing it into interior environments as natural lighting while mitigating the undesirable effects of glare and heat gain.

This Base is located in an area that is remote from other communities. The nearest town, Mountain Home, Idaho, is 12 miles away. Because of this distance, there is an increased need for recreational activities and outdoor amenities on Base to serve its residents. Parks, biking and walking paths, and other such improvements need to be readily available to single airmen, as well as airmen with families. These types of amenities create a sense of community and encourage healthy and active lifestyles.

Installation Goals Incorporate sustainable development and green design principles into every facility and site design project at Mountain Home AFB.

Use the Sustainable Design Scorecard and Air Combat Command design guidance to create solutions that meet federal requirements for conserving water and energy, and for sustaining the environment.

Innovations that go beyond these requirements are encouraged.

Make the places where people work and play at Mountain Home AFB functional and pleasant places to be.

Embrace the principles of good architectural and site design to create highly functional and inspirational solutions. Interiors should be full of natural light, and have thoughtful interior material and color selections. Building layouts should meet the functional requirements as efficiently as possible, and that functionality should be inherent in the building’s shape and form. Site development around buildings should tie them into their surroundings, allowing the buildings to fully function as part of the Base community.

Figure 1.1 366th Component Maintenance Complex (Avionics Building)

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Introduction Make re-use of infill sites a priority in locating new buildings.

Leverage existing roadways, parking areas and Base utilities by locating new facilities on currently vacant infill sites. Where appropriate, consider removing infrequently-used roadways to create larger infill sites.

Create a sense of pride in the community at Mountain Home AFB.

Every project should be considered relative to its visual affect on the community at large. Include participation of people who will be affected and seek the opinions of users in all design projects. Seek to have every project be thoughtfully designed to blend with the neighboring facilities.

Foster a quality of life that encourages healthful outdoor activities.

Make outdoor activities a priority. Accommodate bike use with proper trails. Link outdoor activities with pathways to encourage more pedestrian use (see figure 1.2). Extend indoor activities outdoors by having courtyards and plazas that invite indoor activities outside.

[1.3] Development and Design, Requirements and Evaluation Metrics

HQ ACC/A7P Requirements Command level requirements are described in ACC Instruction, Installation Development and Design (publication forthcoming). It establishes sustainable development and high performance green building design objectives as primary functional constraints, prescribes HQ ACC/A7P review and oversight processes, identifies architectural and engineering design considerations, and promulgates performance and prescriptive constraints.

Installation Requirements The Installation Development and Design Handbook (ID2) aligns with Command-level guidance and is intended to be a vital component in developing strategies appropriate to smart growth development and the building site, sensitive to the built context, reflective of building program and scale, responsive to object/background importance, and fully implementing sustainable development and high performance green design objectives. The ID2 describes constraints and identifies objectives necessary to accomplish “Quality Design”. Topics and focus areas include: Installation context, architectural context, an Illustrative Plan, overarching development and design guidelines, site selection and development considerations, landscape design issues, architectural design objectives and technical constraints.

Technical Constraints can be generally categorized either as “Non-Negotiable”, such as compatibility with existing fire-alarm communication system or existing keying system, or as “Negotiable”, such as a brick blend generally used. “Non-Negotiable” constraints will not directly or indirectly predetermine building aesthetics, character or form or limit/restrict investigation of high performance green building design strategies.

Figure 1.2 Pedestrian Walkways Connecting Adjacent Buildings

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Introduction

HQ ACC Development and Design Review Board (D2 Board) Evaluation Metrics Projects meeting threshold levels established in the ACC Instruction (publication forthcoming) will be evaluated by the HQ ACC Development and Design Review Board (D2 Board). D2 Board evaluations seek to validate conformance with requirements established in Command-level guidance, conformance with requirements established in this document and adherence to principles of “Quality Design”, such as optimizing benefits from site selection, optimizing energy use, protecting and conserving water resources, utilizing environmentally preferable products, enhancing indoor environmental quality and optimizing operational and maintenance practices. All development and design solutions must embody an “appropriate response” and reflect a responsible use of public funds.

Evaluations of aesthetics and architectural design are inherently subjective and the D2 Board reserves latitude in evaluating design strategies on a project by project basis. Design aesthetics, architectural character and appropriate building form cannot be prescriptively determined in advance of conducting a concept development charrette as these characteristics arise only after consideration and synthesis of all design drivers. Setting aesthetic preconditions short-circuits design development and will be avoided.

HQ ACC D2 Board Evaluations D2 Board evaluations may produce recommendations (non-mandatory), directives (mandatory), or a combination of both. In extreme cases, D2 Board directives may include project stoppage in order to address continued or critical failure in meeting functional constraints.

Directives must be implemented, unless in very rare and extenuating circumstances, a waiver is first endorsed by the D2 Board and then approved by HQ ACC/A7. Waiver requests must be submitted by the BCE Squadron Commander and clearly document the basis for non-compliance and describe actions that will be taken to offset the deviation. Issuance of a waiver does not establish precedent or basis for justifying other projects non-compliance.

Installation Evaluation Metrics and Evaluations Installation metrics are those used by the D2 Board with additional interest in evaluating implementation of installation-centric technical requirements. Installation evaluations may result in recommendations (non-mandatory), directives (mandatory), or a combination of both.

[1.4] Organization of the Document The Installation Development and Design Handbook (ID2) is organized into five main chapters:

Chapter 1 Introduction Familiarizes the reader to the need, scope, applicability, requirements and organization of the document.

Chapter 2 Installation Image Provides insight into the existing conditions found on Base, specifically in areas where new development can be accommodated.

Chapter 3 Development Considerations Provides information regarding opportunities and constraints found within the development areas.

Chapter 4 Illustrative Plan Provides a view of potential development opportunities in the next 10 - 20 years.

Chapter 5 Development and Design Guidelines Highlights approaches to SD&HPGBs, Site Development, and Architectural Design.

Appendices Identifies specific technical considerations and constraints and other supporting materials.

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[2.1] Installation Image The mental image that people form of a town or military installation is the information they use to navigate its streets and comprehend its physical layout. This information serves as the basis upon which they develop either a positive or negative impression of its visual appearance. Study of an installation’s image refers to an assessment of how legible a place is to residents and visitors. Can a person easily go from place to place based upon their understanding of its street patterns, noticeable landmarks, and other visual cues? Do an adequate number of landmarks exist to help a person organize their mental map? Does the visual character of this place cause a person to like or dislike it?

Answering these questions provides insight into how to make installations better places in which to work, live and recreate. It benefits visitors as well, by making wayfinding easier. It provides insight into how an installation’s appearance can be improved by changes to its public spaces (shopping, community services, parks), by adding landmarks, and by improving the visual character of its primary and secondary streets. Every community improvement project - for example a street reconstruction, new building, or park rehabilitation - can contribute to creating a more mentally coherent and attractive community. In most cases, projects undertaken to provide safer roads or construct a new, more efficient facility can also contribute to an improved community image.

This image analysis, along with the other guidance included in this ID2, when aggregated, are intended to assist Installation leadership and project designers in improving the visual image of Mountain Home AFB. Examining the design of all new facilities in the larger context of the Base’s image will assist designers in creating new buildings which complement existing forms and urban patterns (see figure 2.1).

Installation Image Analysis Mountain Home AFB has a relatively simple street system that responds to two important physical elements. The north-south section of Gunfighter Avenue, from the Main Gate to its intersection with Falcon Street, serves as the main entry road and the eastern organizing element. This road bisects the Installation’s developed area, separating the family housing areas to its east from the orthogonal grid of streets extending off of the flight line to its west.

The runway, with its northwest/southeast orientation, causes this street grid to intersect the main entry road at an angle of approximately 45-degrees.

Three roads extend from the flight line to the north-south section of Gunfighter Avenue. Two of them are Aardvark and Phantom Avenues. An extension of Gunfighter Avenue forms the third. Near its intersection with Falcon Street, Gunfighter Avenue makes a 45-degree bend and extends west to Alpine Street along the flight line. Of the three streets, Aardvark and Gunfighter appear to serve as primary paths, and Phantom Avenue has the appearance of a minor pathway or more neighborhood street.

The eastern end of Aardvark Avenue, near Gunfighter Avenue, has been realigned to match up with the beginning of Mellen Drive. While this change creates a safer intersection, it obscures the fact that two different street patterns come together at this point.

A similar condition occurs where Gunfighter Avenue crosses Falcon Street. Here the change in Gunfighter’s direction occurs just before the intersection, when most motorists are slowing down for the upcoming traffic signal. At both intersections, no visual cue exists to inform a person that they are changing direction and passing from one street pattern to the other. Because Aardvark carries a high percentage of people working or visiting the flight line/industrial area, creating a landmark feature at this intersection would be appropriate. Such a landmark would also assist people wishing to find the beginning of Mellen Drive. This landmark might be a static heritage display or a sculpture related to flight.

Figure 2.1 Extend Interior Uses to Outdoor Spaces

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Installation Image

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At the intersection of Gunfighter and Falcon, a prime location to site a landmark would have been on the location of the Family Readiness Center. Since this location is occupied, an alternate option might be to create a symbolic gate through which motorists pass as they continue along Gunfighter Avenue.

This “gate” might be civic-scale columns flanking the road west of the Falcon Street intersection, which could include the Gunfighter logo or other symbol indicating that a person is approaching the Wing Headquarters.

Alpine and Liberator Streets are primary paths, intersected by Aardvark and Gunfighter Avenues.

Alpine Street runs along the facility-side of the flight line. It runs along the Installation’s strongest architectural edge, which is formed by the large hangars, maintenance buildings, fire station and other operations buildings that serve the flight line. Land uses along the opposite side of Alpine are less dense, with several of the infill sites on this side. An overhead power line runs along the street’s eastern side. Newer structures along Alpine include landscape plantings, softening the area’s industrial feel. Future development along Alpine should include landscape plantings and building setbacks similar to those that exist (see figure 2.2).

Liberator Street connects to the Base’s commercial vehicle gate at its north end. It has the most industrial image and “feel” as a result of the overhead power lines that run along both sides of the street for some distance. There are also a number of other utility and industrial uses adjacent to it, from about Evander Way south to Phantom Avenue. South of Phantom, the street is flanked by a ballfield and vacant land before arriving at the Wing Headquarters building.

The headquarters building’s placement, together with a communications building across the street, momentarily constricts the previously open travel corridor until 2nd Avenue is reached. Vacant land abuts both sides of the street until one arrives at the vehicle maintenance complex, which is effectively the south terminus of Liberator Street.

Desert Street appears to function more as a neighborhood street, yet has a wide variety of land uses adjacent to it. The fitness center with its sportsfields, and the airmen’s dormitory complex, flank it for one block. The emerging community services complex that includes the former BX and commissary, as well as the child development center and base theater, are located along the next block.

At the intersection of Desert and Gunfighter Avenue, the base chapel, Wing Headquarters complex and the Heritage Area occur. By continuing south on Desert to where the street name changes to Alder Street, one arrives at the Gunfighter Club. This concentration of housing, community service and other land uses implies that Desert Street, while not a primary path, should still be treated as an important public route. Creating a consistent image along this street would be one way to reinforce its importance to the community. Part of the spine trail proposed in Section 3.3 would follow Phantom Avenue in this area of importance.

Implementing an attractive streetscape design along Desert Street would improve its aesthetics and increase pedestrian use. Elements in the streetscape design could include shifting the sidewalks away from the street edge where possible; periodically spacing clusters of large trees to provide shade;

visually screening parking lots adjacent to the street corridor; and providing shade structures with seating scattered along the corridor or in adjacent green

Figure 2.2 Walkway/Paths with Integrated Landscaping

2-4 Mountain Home AFB, Idaho : Installation Development and Design (ID2) spaces. These improvements would create a more pedestrian friendly street, which may, in turn, assist the Base in encouraging and supporting more active lifestyles (see figure 2.3).

Similar streetscape improvements could be implemented along Mellen Drive and Phantom Avenue. Periodically spaced shade structures could serve as local landmarks and provide resting places for persons using the proposed spine trail following Mellen Drive (see figure 2.5). Along with carefully-placed clusters of shade trees, the shade structures would improve the area’s street aesthetics and make it more memorable. Strengthening the outer edge of the new family housing areas by expanding the windbreaks is an improvement that could be considered (see figure 2.4). This would provide a strong outer boundary for these neighborhoods and better define them.

Figure 2.4 Use of Windbreaks to Create Boundaries and Protect Trails

Figure 2.3 Attractive Landscaping along Street and Walkways

Figure 2.5 Fire Station: Shade Structure Example

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Large parking lots exist in front of the current and former commissary and BX. Adding clusters of trees in a few locations as recommended in the “Green Infrastructure in Parking Lots” section in Chapter

5.2 would break up the large expanse of pavement in front of the buildings. The former commissary and BX are being redeveloped for new community uses, which most likely will have parking demands which are lower than their previous uses. Removal of a portion of the unneeded pavement can provide space for both tree clusters and a corridor for the proposed Base spine loop trail.

Improving the image of Mountain Home AFB will make the Base more memorable, distinguishing it from other installations and creating a sense of place. The Base’s location within an intermountain basin near the Snake River, yet surrounded by several series of distant mountains, should be considered when crafting an image. Taking cues from this larger landscape, and building upon the Installation’s positive elements, can create a sense of place unique to Mountain Home AFB.

Figure 2.6 Native Plants Planted in Cluster Groupings

Development Considerations

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Mountain Home AFB has a history of reusing existing buildings by re-purposing structures often built for other uses. A recent and on-going example is the Sagebrush Inn (see figures 3.1 and 3.2) conversion project where two former dormitory buildings (2318 and 2320) are being converted into temporary lodging using a hotel suite concept. Other examples exist where former dormitories were converted to office or educational space. Along the flight line, several hangars and other structures built for specific aircraft or past missions have been adapted to other uses in support of the Base’s current mission.

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[3.1] Reuse Opportunities Reusing existing buildings that are structurally-sound and can be adapted to current needs conserves natural resources, reduces the volume of demolition debris sent to landfills, and decreases the extent of land needed for development on an installation.

Using existing buildings for new purposes also reuses the existing infrastructure serving these sites. In-place roadways and utility services can continue to be used to support the new uses.

Reuse of existing parking lots and service drives associated with these buildings provides the additional benefit of avoiding the need to increase the amount of impervious cover. Avoiding additional pavement will prevent additional heat island effects and storm water generation, and preserve existing greenspace.

Facility reuse is the “greenest” approach to construction of facilities and one that fully accounts for the “real” cost that construction places on the natural environment. Often facility reuse is the most cost effective method of providing new space on base, if the proposed use can be accommodated in the existing structure. Matching a new use to available building stock may require re-thinking how the space needs are accommodated. Likely it would be different than how space would be laid-out in a new building. Good design can build on these differences to create new space that incorporates the heritage of the building’s past use with the space uses of today.

Figure 3.2 Sage Brush Inn Conversion Project

Figure 3.1 Buildings 2318 and 2320 North

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Buildings Not Considered for Reuse Not every building is a candidate for reuse. Building condition, size, configuration and location may make reuse impractical or at odds with installation-wide planning goals. Examples of this situation exist at Mountain Home AFB. When the new Logistics Resources Center is constructed, several older structures will be demolished. These include Buildings 1325, 1206, 1211 and 1212. Buildings 1351-1354, 1207-1209, 1300 and 1301 will be taken down under the CE Maintenance Facility MILCON.

Building 1205 will be demolished using SRM funding.

Buildings 1325 and 1351-1354 (see figure 3.5) are on the northern outer edge of the Base’s industrial area.

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Current Reuse Projects Old Commissary (2610) - This large (50,000 SF) single-story building is being converted to serve a variety of community service organizations. Locating a number of organizations in the same building will improve efficiency and reduce travel time for military families accessing the organizations’ services and decrease on-base traffic associated with these services.

The former BX (2607) is located next to the Old Commissary (see figure 3.3). This building has been re-purposed to serve a number of community and base support uses including the Envision Store. The former Mini-Mart/Class 6 store (2630) directly across the parking lot from the Old Commissary has been renovated for use by the Child Development Center.

West of this building is a former Credit Union building (2620) which has been removed.

The large parking area that once served the former BX, Commissary, Mini-Mart/Class 6 store and Credit Union will be decreased in size to better match the buildings’ new uses. Installation staff reported that up to 60% of the existing parking lot will be removed as a result of the building occupancy changes. This decrease in paved area provides a design opportunity to improve the visual quality of this community services area by using new landscaping to separate and screen parking, and create safe and convenient pedestrian connections between buildings (see figure 3.4). Installing green infrastructure will provide additional shade, cleanse and infiltrate on-site storm water, and moderate heat island effects due to transpiration and pavement shading. The potential may also exist to site a new building within the redeveloped parking area, depending upon its size and use.

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Figure 3.3 Buildings 2607, 2630, and 2610

Figure 3.5 Buildings 1325 and 1351-1354

Figure 3.4 Former BX/Commissary Potential Redevelopment to Accommodate Proposed Base Trail North

3-3 Mountain Home AFB, Idaho : Installation Development and Design (ID2) to the center of the flight line/industrial area. These vacated structures will be removed. The vacant land will be held available for use for new facilities should a change or expansion of the mission for Mountain Home AFB occur. Reusing these sites when new structures are required will help control expansion of the size of the Base.

Buildings 1206, 1207, 1209, 1210, 1211 and 1212 (see figure 3.6) are former warehouse/support buildings dating back to the creation of the Base. The location of these buildings is adjacent to the new Logistics Readiness Center. Rather than reuse these outdated and functionally obsolete structures, the land under these buildings will provide space for a portion of the POV parking for the Logistics Readiness Center as well as space for other future facilities.

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Figure 3.6 Buildings 1206, 1207 and 1209-1212 North

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Other planned projects include a new Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) (see figure 3.8) on Alpine Street between Aardvark and 7th Avenues. This facility will displace a recreational vehicle storage lot which is being moved closer to the Base campground.

POV parking for the new LRC will be located on the former site of an obsolete warehouse. Further south along Alpine Street, a future MXG facility (see figure 3.9) is planned between Building 840 and Gunfighter Avenue.

The current Civil Engineering facility will be replaced by staging construction of a new building within the confines of the existing CE complex. Current Buildings 1300, 1301 and 1208 will be removed to allow phased construction of the new complex (see figure 3.10). This concept facilitates the continued use of other existing CE facilities, which will remain.

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[3.2] Infill Opportunities

Several newer buildings and housing areas completed at Mountain Home AFB demonstrate an understanding of the value of infill projects. On the flight line, the new Airfield Operations building (261), Fire Station (206) and Squadron Operations buildings (210 and 278) were sited on infill locations. Similarly, the Avionics Maintenance building (920) is located across the street, on an infill site.

All programmed MILCON projects at Mountain Home AFB are planned to occur on infill sites along or adjacent to the flight line, increasing the density of facilities in this area. A new Deployment facility will be located on the site currently occupied by Building 1229. Building 1224, immediately to its south, will be demolished in the future to provide a site for a new OPS/AMU facility (see figure 3.7). After it is demolished, the site of the former Parachute Shop (263) will serve as an infill site for a smaller structure along the flight line, whose use is yet to be determined.

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Development Considerations

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Infill Opportunities

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Priority Infill Site #2 This site abuts a portion of Infill Priority Site #1, along the south side of Gunfighter Avenue. This 6.3 acre site is bounded on the west by Alpine Street, with 3rd Avenue on its southern edge (see figure 3.12).

A Communications facility is located east of the vacant property. If it were feasible and desirable to close the portion of Gunfighter Avenue from Alpine to Liberator Streets, this site could be combined with the future MXG and/or Infill Priority Site #1 to create a large development site. Further study would be needed to determine the impact on local transportation patterns and the extent of utility relocation that might be necessary to combine Infill Priority Sites #1 and #2.

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Several large infill sites have been identified and held to serve yet unidentified future needs. Base CE personnel have reviewed these sites for infill and classified them into two groups. The sites in the first group have been assigned priorities regarding their reuse. All future uses on these sites would be related to the Installation’s mission. The second group of sites includes land that could be used for mission-related activities, community and family housing purposes.

Priority Infill Sites

Priority Infill Site #1 This site includes the remainder of the block that contains Building 840 and the planned MXG facility.

This 16.8 acre site is bounded by Phantom Avenue on the north, Liberator Street on the east and Gunfighter Avenue on the south (see figure 3.11).

Wing Headquarters (512) is diagonally across the street from the site’s southeast corner. A number of communications facilities are located along a portion of the south side of Gunfighter Avenue. This adjacent land use may influence the types of facilities that should be placed on this key site.

This is a key site because of its significant size and its central location along the flight line. These two factors should be taken into consideration when future uses are considered for this location. New facilities that do not require this extent of property should be located on other adjacent but smaller sites.

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Figure 3.11 Priority Infill Site #1

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Priority Infill Site #4 The current Eagle View housing area dates back to the early development of Mountain Home AFB (see figure 3.15). The housing units were built as four-plex structures that have been remodeled into duplex units. Sound levels that occur in this historic housing area exceed those allowed in newly constructed family housing areas. Should the Base mission expand or aircraft operations increase, it may become desirable to relocate the families from this housing to other housing units further from the flight line. Reuse of the Eagle View housing units for another use is unlikely. Once cleared, the former Eagle View housing area could be combined with vacant land to its west, which would form a 26.6 acre site that would extend approximately 1,300 feet south of 2nd Avenue between Walnut and Bomber Streets. This site would adjoin the Combined Club

(195) on the east, the Golf Course on the south, the 726 Air Control Squadron, and Infill Priority Site #3 on the west, and the Wing Headquarters complex (510 and 512) on the north. While this is the largest of the identified infill sites, its location on the edge of the Base’s developed area makes it less attractive for development than the other sites.

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Priority Infill Sites #3 Installation CE staff prioritized two sites as being of equal importance for redevelopment. Infill Priority Site #3a is located southwest of the Wing Headquarters building (512) between 2nd and 1st Avenues, with Liberator Street acting as its eastern boundary and Alpine Street as its western boundary (see figure 3.13). The former B-1B Bomber Squadron Operations building is located south of this site.

Like Infill Priority Sites #1 and #2, the western edge of this site abuts the flight line, suggesting that the use of this 12.2 acre infill site should have a strong connection to the flight line mission.

Infill Priority Site #3b (see figure 3.14) is located north of the Wing Headquarters building (512) behind the adjacent Communications buildings (1501 and 1506). Building 1506 will be removed in the future to increase the size of this infill site. Other land uses on the block that contains this irregularly shaped site include a baseball field, the Base Theater (1613), and two other Operations buildings (1609 and 1610).

Since this 13.0 acre site is located next to the Wing Headquarters, it may be appropriate to reserve this site for future needs that are associated with the headquarters function.

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Figure 3.14 Priority Infill Site #3b

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Secondary Infill Sites

New Education Center Infill Site A relatively large infill development site (see figure 3.16) exists between the Old Commissary (2610) and the current BX (2607) and Commissary (2610). Two existing residential structures (2603 and 2604) will be demolished to provide a redevelopment site that is 10.0 acres in size. Falcon Street runs along the long dimension of this rectangular site with Phantom and Gunfighter Avenues at each end. The west side of this site abuts the former BX and Commissary site, which is being redeveloped to house several community services. The Installation intends to locate the new Education Center on this easily accessible infill site.

The new Education Center should be designed to respond to the redevelopment occurring on the former BX and Commissary site.

Northern Industrial Infill Sites Three sites exist adjacent to the intersection of Bomber Street and Evander Way (see figure 3.17).

This area currently contains vacant and soon to be vacated buildings which are not suitable for reuse and will be demolished. The three site’s total area is about 22.6 acres and they are located on the northern edge of the industrial area. In the future, these sites could be used for a yet to be determined industrial use, if the Base mission is expanded or after the prioritized sites have been redeveloped.

Wing HQ Parking Infill Site A large infill development site exists to the southeast of the existing Wing Headquarters building (512) site (see figure 3.18). This parking infill area should be utilized in order to meet Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection standards for vehicular traffic that currently are not being met by the existing parking lots and drives.

Family Housing Areas Building Series 4400 and 4200 The older housing area that includes building series 4400 will be demolished after new family housing is constructed to replace it. Building series 4200 is located south of the 4400 series and it appears that this housing area was partially demolished in the past, leaving a few units near the south side of its site. When the 4400 series is demolished, current plans are to create a park on this site, to extend the

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[3.3] Circulation

Vehicular Circulation The street pattern at Mountain Home AFB takes its cues from two major influences, the flight line and the base entry road. The street gird for facilities associated with flight line and base operations form a rectilinear pattern that extends northeast from the runway. The base entry road appears to have been extended directly south from an existing highway, now Idaho State Highway 67, which cuts diagonally from the town of Mountain Home to Grand View, Idaho. The base entry road served as the termination of the grid, intersecting it at an angle of approximately 45 degrees.

The majority of the Installation’s original flight line, industrial area, airmen housing, bachelor officer quarters and first family housing area (now called Eagle View) conformed to this grid pattern. Later family housing areas varied from the original roadway pattern, designed to respond more to the base entry road with its strong north-south orientation.

A 1957 Installation Master Plan (see page 3-10) drawing indicates that, with the exception of the street patterns in the newer family housing areas, most of the existing circulation patterns present today date back to the Installation’s establishment.

Minor irregularities like the north-south offset along Alpine Street at 11th and 12th Avenues, and the jog in Gunfighter Avenue near Building 512, were present in the Base’s original layout.

Gunfighter Avenue, which is the main base entry road, serves as the major circulation spine for non-commercial traffic entering and leaving the base.

Aardvark and Phantom Avenues, along with the southwest extension of Gunfighter Avenue, provide connections from the main base entry road to the flight line and industrial area. Recent traffic signal and intersection improvements at the intersection of Aardvark Street and Gunfighter Avenue have established Aardvark as the primary route to the flight line and industrial area.

No traffic signal exists at Phantom Avenue, making it difficult to make the left turn required to get onto Gunfighter Avenue when leaving the Base. This intersection could be realigned to intersect Gunfighter at a right angle, similar to the new intersection at Gunfighter and Aardvark Avenues. In making this change, Phantom Avenue could be made to align community open space that exists in the Heritage Area, which is to the west across Falcon Street.

Drainage improvements will also be made in the area to eliminate flooding and improve stormwater flow to the south, along the golf course edge.

While a need may exist to use a portion of the 4400 building series site for additional sports fields, consideration should be given to using a portion of this area, along with some of the adjacent 4200 building series site, as an area for future family housing. Two relatively recent family housing areas are located to the east. The recently completed Temporary Housing facility is immediately north of the site on Eagle Drive. To buffer the proposed family housing from the more intense land use of the BX and Commissary, sports fields or open space could be located along Gunfighter Avenue and Falcon Avenue. Roads in the new family housing area could be reoriented to correspond to the pattern of the adjacent new housing connecting to Eagle Drive and Falcon Street. In-filling this site with a mixture of family housing, recreation facilities and open space would extend the Base’s family housing area to the commercial and community services area to the west, as well as create a connection to the Heritage Area.