Office of Economic Adjustment

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ADDRESSING DEFENSE CHANGE
Office of Economic Adjustment Department of
Defense David MacKinnon Associate Director
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Defense Change Drivers

• Base Realignment and Closure Actions
• whole and partial base closures
• influx of personnel and missions
• mission changes that cause personnel reductions
• Force Structure Transformation
• Army modularity (e.g., Brigade Combat Teams)
• Integrated Global Presence and Basing Strategy
  (IGPBS)
• personnel returning from abroad
• Normal Departmental Restructuring

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Statute and Policy Context

• BRAC Laws
• P.L. 101-510, as amended
• P.L. 103-4160, P.L. 103-421
• DoD BRAC-Related Regulations
• 32 CFR 174 (final pending)
• 32 CFR 176 (homeless outreach), HUD also
• DoD Guidance
• Base Redevelopment and Realignment Manual
• Executive Order 12788, as amended May 2005
• Defense Economic Adjustment Program
• Evolutionary Policy and Procedures

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Major BRAC 2005 Actions
? Galena FOL
? Eielson AFB
? Elmendorf AFB
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Kulis AGS
? Grand Forks AFB
? McChord AFB
Umatilla CD ?
? Brunswick NAS
Selfridge Army Activity
? Mt. Home AFB
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Gen. Mitchell ARS ?
? Niagara Falls IAP AGS
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W.K. Kellogg AGS
Great Lakes NS ?
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Otis ANGB
Willow Grove NAS
? Rock Is. Arsenal
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? Deseret CD
Pittsburgh IAP AGS ?
? Ft. Monmouth
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Newport CD
DFAS Denver ?
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Aberdeen PG
? Ft. Riley
? Crane NSA
Concord NWS
DFAS ?
Ft. Carson
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Onizuka AFS ?
Army Res. Pers. Ctr.
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• ? Ft. Meade
• ? Natl Geospace-IAA
• ? Bethesda NNMC
• ? Walter Reed AMC
• ? NCR Leased Space
• ? NDW
• ? Ft. Belvoir
• ? Quantico MCLB

Ft. Knox
? Riverbank AAP
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? Kansas AAP
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Ft. Lee
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China Lake NAWS ?
Ft. Monroe
Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB
Little Rock AFB
Barstow MCLB ?
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Cannon AFB ?
Ft. Sill
Ventura City NB
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? Athens NSCS
San Diego NMC
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Sheppard AFB
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? Red River AD
Lone Star AAP ?
Broadway Complex ?
Maxwell AFB ?
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? Ft. Bliss
Ft. Benning
Mississippi AAP
? Atlanta NAS ? Ft. McPherson ? Ft. Gillen
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Eglin AFB
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Orange NRC ?
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Pensacola NAS
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Pascagoula NS
? Ingleside NS
New Orleans NSA
SYMBOL KEY ? Base Closure ? Realignment ? Growth
? Brooks CB ? Lackland AFB ? Ft. Sam Houston
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Corpus Christi NAS
Installation names in red font indicates growth
OEA 01/06
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Statutory Planning ProcessClosures

• Establish a local redevelopment authority (LRA)
  with broad-based membership including
  jurisdictions with zoning authority over the
  property
• Conduct outreach to homeless providers and public
  and non-profit organizations eligible for surplus
  Federal property
• Prepare a base redevelopment plan that balances
  homeless needs with economic and community
  development needs

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Statutory Planning Timeline
LRA
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Illustrative LRA Organization Structure
Sources of Assistance
Potential Members
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MILITARY DEPARTMENT ------------------------
BASE TRANSITION COORD ------------------------ OFF
ICE OF ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
PRIVATE SECTOR
LOCAL REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (LRA)
STATE GOVERNMENT
------------------------- Executive Council
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS (where applicable)
FEDERAL AGENCIES
LRA STAFF
BASE PLANNING COMMITTEE
HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE
ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE (works w/ RAB)
HOUSING HOMELESS COMMITTEE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
HEALTH COMMITTEE
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Local Planning IntegrationClosures

• The OEA-recognized LRA is responsible for
  preparing the base redevelopment plan
• Some bases are in multiple jurisdictions so LRA
  membership must be inclusive
• Local and regional comprehensive plans are the
  redevelopment planning context
• LRA-adopted redevelopment plans must be
  incorporated in local comprehensive plans and
  zoning
• Local planners should participate in the base
  redevelopment planning process

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Planning OpportunitiesClosures

• Large Basesconsultants
• LRAs usually contract out for base reuse planning
  services
• base land and facility assessments
• economic development market potential assessment
• specialized base redevelopment studies (e.g.,
  airport master plan)
• environmental data evaluation and understanding
• environmental assessments and impact statements
• public involvement and outreach
• Small siteslocal planners
• 100 plus Army, Navy and Marine Reserve Centers
• most are 5-10 acres

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Growth Impacts
BRAC 1995 Action
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Planning NeedsGrowth

• Analysis
• public facilities and services capacity
• schools, utilities, medical services, libraries
• transportation impacts, needs
• housing supply
• gap identification
• resource identification
• Growth Management and Implementation Strategy,
  including Monitoring
• comprehensive plans and zoning updates
• compatible land uses consistent with installation
  mission
• local capital improvements programs

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Planning OpportunitiesReductions

• SWOT analysis
• Workforce skills/training capacity analysis
• Economic development market assessment
• Business diversification opportunity analysis
• Strategic economic development plan

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HELPDefense Economic Adjustment Program

• Assist substantially and seriously affected
  communities, businesses, and workers
• Created by Executive Order 12788, amended May
  2005
• Staffed and managed by OEA
• Functions through the advice, assistance, and
  support of the Presidents Economic Adjustment
  Committee (EAC)22 Federal agencies

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Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA)

• Assist communities to plan and carry out local
  adjustment strategies
• Assist communities to engage the private sector
  in ventures to plan and/or undertake economic
  development and base redevelopment and
• Assist communities to partner with the Military
  Departments as they implement BRAC actions in
  support of DoD mission

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OEA Economic Adjustment Assistance

• OEA is a DoD Field Activity. In coordination
  with other resources of the Federal Government,
  OEA shall assist communities with

• Technical Expertise
• 45 years of experience
• project managers and teams
• publications, videos, web site
• Federal agency program coordination
• Community Planning Grants
• base redevelopment organization and planning
• growth management coordination and planning
• economic diversification strategies
• compatible land use planning

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Presidents Economic Adjustment Committee

• Members
• Twenty-two Federal agencies
• Chair DoD, Co-vice chairs, DoL DoC
• Members designate staff to
• Serve as a liaison with OEA staff
• Coordinate agency support and participation in
  economic adjustment assistance projects
• Assist in resolving Defense-related impacts on
  Defense-affected communities
• Member agencies are to
• Support, to the extent permitted by law, the
  economic adjustment assistance activities of the
  Secretary of Defense
• Afford priority consideration to requests from
  Defense-affected communities for Federal
  technical assistance, financial resources, excess
  or surplus property, or other requirements, that
  are part of a comprehensive plan use by the
  Committee
• Track BRAC related activities
• EAC reports annually to the President and to
  Congress

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Property Disposal Process
Other DoD or Federal Agency
Transfer
Identify Other Defense Federal Needs
6 Months
Remaining Property Declared Surplus
LRA Identifies Homeless, Local Government
Other Eligible Interests
Incorporate in Base Reuse Plan
3-6 Months
Property Identified for Public Benefit
Conveyances (Aviation, Education, Health,
Homeless, Recreation, Port, Economic Development)
Negotiated Sale Property Disposal Decisions by
Military Departments
Non-Profits Public Entities
Convey
Property Offered to General Public Public Bid
Sale or Auction
Sell
Private Sector