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Office of Economic Adjustment Department of Defense. National Governors Association BRAC Briefing May 10, 2005. Why OEA?. Fundamental mission of DoD is national security - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Office of Economic Adjustment
Department of DefenseNational Governors Association BRAC BriefingMay 10, 2005
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Why OEA?
Fundamental mission of DoD is national security• Expertise, experience, and apparatus to assist communities are well
established within OEA, as a DoD field activity, and the other federal agencies to assist communities
Created to help State and local governments plan and carry out community adjustment and diversification programs in response to Defense actions, including base closures or realignments• Technical assistance- provide information and advice on developing
and implementing projects that promote economic adjustment; bring agencies and services together to work as a team.
• Financial assistance – provide grants to help communities develop strategies and base reuse plans
Partner with an affected community to support community-based actions
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The Office of Economic Adjustment shall directly, and in coordination with the other resources of the Federal Government, assist communities to:
1.Plan and carry out responsive adjustment strategies;
2.Capably engage the private sector in planning and reuse of surplus property; and
3.Effectively partner with the Military Departments as they strive to implement BRAC actions in support of the Department’s warfighting mission.
Office of Economic AdjustmentMission Statement
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Community-based Approach
OEA BRAC Assistance 1989-2003• 78 multi-year grant recipients
Activities include: LRA support; detailed land-use planning studies; ops plan; business plan; reuse plan
• 29 single-year grant recipients Activity: Reuse plan
Assistance delivered through an assigned project manager
• Impacts vary by location, timing, and circumstances that will drive a tailored response (minimal, moderate, significant)
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Community Time to Organize and Plan for Reuse 1988-1995
1457
962716 610
0200400600800
1000120014001600
1988 1991 1993 1995
BRAC Year
Ave
rage
Day
s
Statutory Requirement: 12-15 Months
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Civilian Job Replacement at Major Closed Bases
11,975
21,422
36,525
42,390
41,364
24,063
39,785
22,2110
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
1988 1991 1993 1995
BRAC
Jobs Lost New Jobs
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BRAC Lessons Learned
Flexibility - no two locations are alike Highest and best use - planned uses are not always consistent with the
former use Zoning power - Communities control/assist redevelopment through planning
and zoning Public and private funds for the purchase and redevelopment of BRAC
property are scarcer for rural communities Partnering with Military Departments –a cooperative relationship is key to
expediting the property disposal process
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Working with Federal Agencies Defense Economic Adjustment Program
• Managed and directed by OEA• DoD Directive and Executive Order
President’s Economic Adjustment Committee• Chaired by SECDEF and co-vice chaired by Secretaries of
Commerce and Labor• Executive Order updates membership and adds regulatory
issues to purview
Partner with an affected community to support community-based actions• OEA staff liaisons• Site team visits• Primary partners usually include EDA, Labor, and HUD• Periodically, Interior, FAA, Education, HHS, BoP, MARAD, RDA,
etc.
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OEA Federally Coordinated BRAC Assistance1989-Present* ($ mil)
$611
$223
$760
$280
Economic Development AdministrationDepartment of LaborFederal Aviation AdministrationOffice of Economic Adjustment
* Source: GAO 2005
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BRAC 05 OEA Community Assistance
Advanced Planning Grants (Jun 04- May 05)• Local conceptual reuse &/or diversification planning
State Planning Grants • State-wide adjustment or diversification
Dual Tracking Grants (16 May- Sept 05)• State/Local adjustment while S/L govt. pursues other options
Seed Grants (Issuance of BRAC Commission Report)• State/local adjustment with operational support
Complete Adjustment Assistance (Closure/Realignment Approval Date)
• State/local adjustment full support package Growth Planning Assistance (Depends on Situation)
• State/local adjustment preliminary to full support package
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Office of Economic AdjustmentState Grant Assistance
Assist a State in enhancing its capacities
• to assist communities, businesses, and workers adversely affected by a closure or realignment
• to support local adjustment and diversification initiatives; and,
• to stimulate cooperation between statewide and local adjustment and diversification efforts.
Eligible activities• Develop a State-wide adjustment or diversification
strategy responding to base closures/realignments;• Build staff capacity to assist or coordinate
assistance to defense-impacted communities, firms, and/or workers
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Office of Economic AdjustmentPrevious State Initiatives California
• Staff, newsletter, coordination, oversee matching grant program
Colorado• Statewide response, administrative capacity
Indiana• Identify state dependencies, coordinate state
and regional resources New York
• Coordinate state resources South Carolina
• Coordinate resources, identify statewide defense impacts, formulate diversification strategies