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BRAC UPDATE. DoL Veterans Employment & Training Service Conference August 1, 2006 Bryant Monroe Office of Economic Adjustment Department of Defense. Office of Economic Adjustment. Created in 1961 Office of the Secretary of Defense Helped More Than 400 Communities & States
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BRAC UPDATE DoL Veterans Employment & Training Service Conference August 1, 2006 Bryant Monroe Office of Economic Adjustment Department of Defense
Office of Economic Adjustment • Created in 1961 • Office of the Secretary of Defense • Helped More Than 400 Communities & States • Professional Staff Trained in Economic Development & Local Adjustment Planning • One-on-One Project Manager Support to Communities • Close Coordination with Military Departments
DOD Homeless Liaison OEA Serves as DOD Staff liaison for: • U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness • Department of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans • Department of Housing and Urban Development (Special Needs Programs)
Major BRAC 2005 Actions* Galena FOL Eielson AFB Elmendorf AFB Kulis AGS Grand Forks AFB McChord AFB Umatilla CD Selfridge Army Activity Mt. Home AFB Gen. Mitchell ARS Niagara Falls IAP AGS W.K. Kellogg AGS Great Lakes NS Willow Grove NAS Rock Is. Arsenal Deseret CD Pittsburgh IAP AGS Ft. Monmouth Newport CD DFAS Denver Aberdeen PG Crane NSA Ft. Riley Concord NWS DFAS Ft. Carson Onizuka AFS Army Res. Pers. Ctr. Ft. Meade Nat’l Geospace-IAA Bethesda NNMC Walter Reed AMC NCR Leased Space NDW Ft. Belvoir Quantico MCLB Riverbank AAP Ft. Knox Kansas AAP Ft. Lee China Lake NAWS Ft. Monroe Ft. Bragg/Pope AFB Ft. Sill Little Rock AFB Barstow MCLB Cannon AFB Ventura City NB San Diego NMC Athens NSCS Sheppard AFB Red River AD Lone Star AAP Broadway Complex Maxwell AFB Ft. Benning Ft. Bliss Mississippi AAP Atlanta NAS Ft. McPherson Ft. Gillen Eglin AFB Orange NRC Pensacola NAS Pascagoula NS NAS Jacksonville Ingleside NS New Orleans NSA SYMBOL KEY Base Closure Realignment Growth Brooks CB Lackland AFB Ft. Sam Houston Corpus Christi NAS OEA 02/06 *As defined by the BRAC Commission Brunswick NAS
Key Statute Dates ~November 9, 2005 - Date of Approval ~December 2006 - DoD/Federal property screening begins ~May 2006 - Surplus property notification ~June-August/November2006 - LRA Outreach to homeless providers ~May/August 2007 - Redevelopment plan completed ; submit to DoD/HUD ~May/August 2008 - Property disposal decision
DOD Support for Community Role • OSD/Military Service/Community Conference (May, 2006) • LRA recognition as single POC • Provide technical and financial assistance for community base reuse planning • Assist the LRAs to conduct homeless screening and work with HUD staff.
LRA Recognition Status 140 BRAC facilities will have real property that is surplus to the Federal Government. 111 Local Redevelopment Authorities designated to date. For information on specific sites, see Federal Register Notices on OEA Website, (includes name of facility, LRA name, and point of contact information).
Surplus Determinations • Start at www.oea.gov • On Homepage (lower left), find links: • Army • Navy • Air Force • Base Realignment and Closure or BRAC • BRAC Surplus Property Notices
Homeless Assistance Process • Community Solicits Notices of Interest from Homeless Providers • Homeless Providers respond • Community works with interested Homeless Providers to balance need for economic adjustment and the needs of the homeless • Community prepares Redevelopment Plan which indicates what, if any, resources will be made available to Homeless Providers
Homeless Assistance Process 5. Community submits redevelopment plan and homeless submission to HUD for review 6. HUD notifies Military Department of its determination (Acceptable/Deficient) 7. Military Department takes HUD determination, disposes of property
Homeless Assistance Process Resources Provided to Assist the Homeless • Real Property/Buildings • Personal Property • Equipment (beds/furnishings/computers/etc) • Vehicles • Machinery and Equipment • Funding or Other Off-Site Accommodations
Getting Started: Resources • Responding to Change • HUD Guide: Military Base Reuse and Homeless Assistance • OEA Website: “BRAC 2005 Recognized LRAs” (on left side of homepage)
More Information www.oea.gov Bryant Monroe Project Manager Office of Economic Adjustment 703.604.5150 bryant.monroe@wso.whs.mil