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La Paz • !"a$ PHOENIX METRO Gila Arizona (USA) Yuma !"`$ Maricopa ?Í GILA BEND !"`$ !"a$ CASA GRANDE Pinal YUMA SAN LUIS (SAN LUIS POE) M e x i c o , , Study Area , •~ AJO WHY (AJO STATION) ?Í SONOITA LUKEVILLE (LUKEVILLE POE) ?Ï Pima TUCSON METRO , !"d$ Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument 0 50 Miles Base map: ESRI online resources 2010 North ° " International Border • NOGALES Santa Cruz (MARIPOSA POE) Fi gure 2. Project vici n ity. W\07-033013\NEPA\EA\Fig2 Environmental Assessment 3 Ajo Housing Development Project
The need to staff the POE for 24-hour service has been the driving factor behind the expansion of the POE. The former operation schedule at this POE was from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The POE has a requirement to expand its operation to help the traffic and allow for 24-hour processing and screening of passengers and vehicles, which cannot happen until the POE can be properly staffed. Improvements to the POE to add two inbound lanes and an outbound canopy are under construction and are scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011. The Ajo Station in Why is scheduled for an approximately 68,000-square-foot expansion/addition, with an estimated completion date of December 2011. The expanding capabilities and facilities will result in increased staffing of up to 410 employees in the near future. This staffing will consist of Office of Border Patrol (OBP) and Office of Field Operations (OFO) personnel (Coachman 2010). The OFO field office in Tucson, Arizona, submitted a request to the CBP Facilities Management and Engineering Division (FM&E) in 2007 for a solution to resolve the limited availability of housing at the Lukeville POE. The FM&E, the OBP, and the OFO partnered to conduct a Housing Program Feasibility Study completed by Garrison Architects in 2009. The study evaluated the existing conditions and needs, possible alternatives, and viable alternatives, and recommended a Preferred Alternative. The study is documented in CBP Housing Program Feasibility Study, Ajo, Arizona—Complete Report (Garrison Architects 2009). The alternatives and the evaluation of social, economic, and environmental impacts in this EA are based on the data developed in the 2009 CBP Housing Program Feasibility Study and a subsequent market survey, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Market Survey of Housing for the Area of Ajo and Why, Arizona, May 2010 (CBP 2010). The existing government-owned housing is limited to 17 units: four three-bedroom single-family mobile homes in Ajo owned by the CBP, three three-bedroom single-family homes at the Lukeville GSA Housing Complex owned by the CBP, and 10 three-bedroom single-family homes at the Lukeville GSA Housing Complex owned by the GSA. There is a waiting list of CBP officers seeking rental properties that has not been met by the local market. Less than 30 percent of the Border Patrol personnel use the local Why or Ajo rental markets. Most personnel use distant housing markets in Gila Bend, Casa Grande, Tucson, and the metro Phoenix area. The lack of available or suitable housing in the area results in staff commuting more than 100 miles one way to the metro Tucson area or up to 175 miles one way to the metro Phoenix area. The unreasonably long commute has resulted in staff retention issues (CBP 2010). Due to the current construction of a border fence in the Ajo/Lukeville area and other projects, including the Ajo Solar Energy Project, numerous contractors in the area are renting available apartment and hotel accommodations, temporarily contributing to the lack of available housing in the area. The Ajo–Why–Lukeville area currently includes four apartment complexes (three in Ajo, one in Lukeville). There are typically no vacancies. A housing market review in July 2009 (Garrison Architects 2009) found 10 homes for sale and 19 in foreclosure. In May 2010, a follow-up market review (CBP 2010) located 13 listings, most in foreclosure or being auctioned. A number of the listings noted “fixer upper special” or indicated substantive work would be required. The present Ajo area market is insufficient for the CBP housing demand and is not supplying quality housing desired by CBP employees. Environmental Assessment 4 Ajo Housing Development Project
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