PRESENTATION OF AGENCY'S MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TO THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89-00244R000200400017-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: January 13, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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SUBJECT: Presentation of Agency's Master Development Plan
and Environmental Assessment to the National Capital
Planning Commission
1. On 7 January 1982, the Agency's Master Development Plan and
Environmental Assessment were presented to the National Capital
Planning Commission (NCPC) for approval. The following persons were
present to represent the Agency:
James McDonald, Director of Logistics
LChief, Building Planning Staff, OL
J Building Planning Staff, OL
Building Planning Staff, OL
2. Robert Gresham, presented the NCPC staff position and
recommendations on the project and stressed the Agency's willingness
throughout the planning process to work with all local regulatory
and advisory groups. Mr. Gresham summarized the staff position by
recommending approval of the project and requested that additional
landscaping be provided along the VEPCO transit lines. He also
requested that the Agency continue to work with the Virginia
Department of Highways & Transportation (VDH&T) and local community
groups to resolve conflicting positions on roadway improvements.
3. Mr. McDonald spoke on behalf of the Agency and stressed the
community involvement in the planning effort. He stated that
despite those efforts, the Agency found itself in a dilemma in
trying to resolve roadway improvements to Routes 123 and 193. Mr.
McDonald suggested that VDH&T should take the lead in developing a
consensus plan and an accurate cost estimate. He advised that if
this was accomplished by June 1982, it would not delay the Agency's
planning and funding processes.
4. Mr. A. D. Lewis, NCPC member representing the Secretary of
Defense, stated that agreement on roadway improvements could be a
prolonged procedure and that a project of this importance should not
be held hostage for such agreement. Several other Commission
members echoed Mr. Lewis' and Mr. McDonald's remarks concerning
roadway improvements and spoke in favor of the project.
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5. Several persons from local community groups, including the
President of the McLean Citizens Association, were scheduled to
speak, but all chose not to attend.
6. Official NCPC action is scheduled for 21 January 1982, and
it is anticipated that the action will be affirmative.
STAT
Building Planning Staff, OL
Distribution:
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OL/BPS
(11 Jan 82) STAT
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Ladies and gentleman of the commission, I again thank you
for the opportunity to speak to you on behalf of the Director of
Central Intelligence.
When I spoke to you in October, I stated our goal is to
achieve consolidation at Langley without sacrifice to our
reputation as a good member of the local community. Having now
had the opportunity to review the detailed documents submitted
and to listen to the comments of those involved in the review
process, we hope that it is recognized that our words have been
backed by action. We have endeavored at every step to be
informative, cooperative, and constructive.
However, despite our efforts to resolve all issues to
everyone's satisfaction, we find ourselves at this late date
caught up in an issue that transcends this particular project and
that presents a continuing problem for this Commission in dealing
with development of the Northern Virginia area. That issue is
how to plan for future growth of transportation.
The guidelines of the Commission and the Council of
Governments stress instituting traffic management strategies such
as those proposed in our plan. These guidelines are based on the
assumption of near zero growth in capacity of the local road
system over the coming years. This assumption appears reasonable
to us based upon guidance provided us by Virginia Department of
Highways and Transportation representatives who have emphasized
the State's inability to fund further road improvements.
For the record: Copy of this speech given at the 7 January Hearing
at NCPC given to Public Affairs prior to departing
for the meeting.
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The dilemma for the Agency and the Commission is that both
Virginia and Fairfax County responses to our plan indicate a lack
of faith in and, therefore, an unwillingness to accept traffic
management strategies as a principal means of accommodating
growth. Therefore, the State of Virginia has put forward an
alternative road improvement proposal that is consistent with the
State's view of traffic management. The State proposal to
position fly-overs at the entrance to the CIA compound has
obvious advantages for the Agency and is acceptable to us. The
unanswered question is whether these improvements are acceptable
to the surrounding community. Somewhere between the Agency's
proposal and the State's proposal there is certainly a solution
acceptable to all parties. We see no reason why this solution
cannot be found given a little more time and continued
cooperation.
Since we are dealing with a set of roadways designed,
installed, and maintained by the State of Virginia, we believe it
is proper to look to VDHT to now take the lead in formulating the
final solution to the road improvements problem. If an agreed
upon design and a budgeting cost estimate for these improvements
can be reached by June, this temporary impasse will have had no
impact on Federal planning.
In closing, on behalf of the Agency I would again thank all
of those who have participated in the development of this Master
Plan. We believe the good faith and cooperation shown during the
planning have resulted in a better product for the Agency. Thank
you.
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