In 2023, the City applied for and was awarded a grant from the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation to assist in the updating of the 1996 Joint Land Use Plan (JLUP). Since its completion in 1996, the JLUP has guided compatible development within the City of Yuma and Yuma County, ensuring development adjacent to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (MCAS Yuma) and the Barry M. Goldwater Range did not negatively impact the mission of the installation. In 2019, MCAS Yuma completed an updated Air Installations Compatible Use Zones update (2019 AICUZ), which recommended development restrictions far greater than the previously, mutually agreed upon 1996 JLUP. 

Since the adoption of the 1996 JLUP, the operations of MCAS Yuma and the needs of the area communities have evolved. Thus, facilitating the need for a new, mutually agreed upon plan which will help protect the operations of the military installation, while also enabling and fostering growth within the area communities. Therefore, this initiative aims to create a community-driven, strategic planning process between Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (MCAS Yuma), the City, and other area communities, with the intent of identifying new, long-term compatible development opportunities which will continue to reduce operational impacts on lands adjacent to military reserves. The City anticipates the outreach efforts and development of the plan to take approximately 15 months to complete, with an anticipated completion date of June 2025.

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