Missile and Space Park

Missile and Space Park

The overall purpose of the Proposed Action is to provide a tangible reminder of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC’s) past heritage and ongoing work on current and future space systems. The proposed Park is intended to function as an educational display and ensure the preservation of important representative artifacts documenting the SMC’s history. Additionally, the Park would serve as a gathering place for SMC personnel and visitors to enjoy the outdoors, improving morale and welfare at the base. The overall need for the Park stems from a relative lack of on-base services and amenities available to SMC personnel, retirees, and visitors. Los Angeles AFB is a non-flying base and space is limited; therefore, the base offers comparatively fewer morale, welfare, and recreation (MWR) opportunities than bases with larger land areas available for use by USAF personnel and their families. In addition, there are no other USAF installations in the Los Angeles Basin, further limiting options for USAF retirees and families to access services to which they are entitled (e.g., medical clinic, base exchange, recreation center, etc.). Establishment of the Park would fulfill a need by providing enhanced opportunities for these individuals to enjoy and engage in activities at the base.

El Segundo

Los Angeles

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marin Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality