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Office of Economic Adjustment Department of Defense

Office of Economic Adjustment Department of Defense. National Governors Association BRAC Briefing May 10, 2005. Why OEA?. Fundamental mission of DoD is national security

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Office of Economic Adjustment Department of Defense

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  1. Office of Economic AdjustmentDepartment of Defense National Governors Association BRAC BriefingMay 10, 2005 www.oea.gov

  2. 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 www.oea.gov

  3. Office of Economic AdjustmentMission Statement The Office of Economic Adjustment shall directly, and in coordination with the other resources of the Federal Government, assist communities to: • Plan and carry out responsive adjustment strategies; • Capably engage the private sector in planning and reuse of surplus property; and • Effectively partner with the Military Departments as they strive to implement BRAC actions in support of the Department’s warfighting mission. www.oea.gov

  4. 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) www.oea.gov

  5. Community Time to Organize and Plan for Reuse 1988-1995 Average Days Statutory Requirement: 12-15 Months BRAC Year www.oea.gov

  6. Civilian Job Replacementat • Major Closed Bases www.oea.gov

  7. 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 www.oea.gov

  8. 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. www.oea.gov

  9. OEA Federally Coordinated BRAC Assistance1989-Present* ($ mil) * Source: GAO 2005 www.oea.gov

  10. 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 www.oea.gov

  11. 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 www.oea.gov

  12. 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 www.oea.gov

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