Checking BRAC Status.

“The question is will DOD request what really is
needed,” wondered David Berteau, senior advisor
for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Berteau believes the incoming DOD leadership will
need to quickly assess whether the department can
meet the September 2011 implementation deadline
for BRAC.
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A WEEKLY PERSPECTIVE ON THE NEWS AND ISSUES FACING COMMUNITIES WITH ACTIVE AND CLOSED MILITARY BASES

CONTENTS
INSIDE.....................3 Significant Changes Not Expected on Capitol Hill Following 2008 Election

OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITIES UNCERTAIN, BUT LEADERS WILL NEED TO FACE BUDGET REALITIES

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Subcommittee Leadership in Congress Remains Intact

Tuesday's historic presidential election has altered the political landscape in Washington for at least the next four years, but at this point, it is too early to say whether a new administration installed by President-elect Barack Obama will usher in significant changes for defense communities. "The previous administration's agenda tends to stay in place until some event or initiative surfaces, so from where ADC sits, I would not anticipate wholesale changes in the short term," said Mark Frye, managing director for public services (asset management solutions) for management and technology consultant BearingPoint. "We don't know what triggering event or set of events might occur that might allow a new administration to develop an initiative that would have an impact on ADC's membership," Frye added. While Obama's pledge to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq and his support for DOD's Grow the Force initiative were key parts of the candidate's national security agenda, policy positions on BRAC implementation, military real estate and other issues directly tied to installations clearly were not part of his platform. And until a new secretary of defense -- or the current one, Robert Gates -- is appointed, along with candidates for the key subcabinet positions within DOD and the military services that are directly responsible for BRAC and installation management, talking about the
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Winter Forum Registration Now Open

ADC Mourns the Passing of John Leigh

OEA LIAISON `DID MOST EVERYTHING' FOR COMMUNITIES

John Leigh, who fostered dozens of planning efforts by closure and active defense communities as an employee of the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) for the past 17 years, died Nov. 1 of an apparent heart attack at the age of 63. As a senior project manager for the DOD agency whose mission is to support communities affected by BRAC, installation growth and other military actions, Leigh took on an array of responsibilities, from helping communities work their way through significant economic losses as a result of BRAC to collaborating with Ukrainian officials to implement the Pentagon's initiative to retool former Soviet defense facilities for civilian uses. One assignment he took special pride in carrying out, according to colleagues, was serving as the liaison between OEA and ADC. In that role -- and formally an ex officio member of the ADC board -- Leigh worked to increase participation by OEA, the military services and senior DOD leadership at ADC conferences.
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views of an Obama administration would merely be speculative, according to experts interviewed for this story. One emerging concern, however, could play a major role in shaping policies regarding installations, several sources said. The new administration will need to dramatically cut defense spending as the department is forced to shift supplemental spending requests to the baseline budget and the federal government faces climbing deficits stemming from the $700 billion financial rescue package and possibly $100 billion or more in new economic stimulus spending. In a budget-constrained environment at DOD, "infrastructure tends to take a beating," with spending on items such as military construction and facilities sustainment absorbing budget cuts, explained a former House Armed Services Committee staff member. "Ultimately, over the longer term ... most people won't be surprised to see an Efficient Facilities Initiative," he said, referring to the legislation the Bush administration proposed six months into its first term in 2001 calling for another round of base closures. Defense officials cited resource savings that could be shifted to more urgent priorities as one reason for the proposal, which Congress rejected. Beyond authorizing a round of base closures in 2003, the legislation would have provided an innovative approach to installation management, allowing all three services to establish city-bases using the model of Brooks City-Base in San Antonio. Under that pilot program, Brooks Air Force Base was transferred to the surrounding community with the Air Force becoming a tenant. Frye echoed the former staffer's observation: "In my experience, the need to reduce infrastructure, primarily to reduce cost, creates the greatest impetus for the new administration to put policies in place that would impact ADC members." Is it likely that severe budget pressures -- primarily played out within the Pentagon as a battle between funding conventional weapons systems and personnel increases -- would prompt an Obama administration to ask Congress to authorize a new BRAC round? "I don't know, but I can certainly see the ingredients for one," said Steve Sorett, a partner with law firm

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. Still, there's no reason to believe another BRAC round is imminent. In a September interview with the Clovis (N.M.) News Journal while on the campaign trail, Obama responded to a question as to whether Cannon Air Force Base could be targeted in a future base closure round, as it had been in 2005. "I don't see the necessity of another round of BRAC, partly because I'm calling for an expansion of our troop forces -- 65,000 additional Army, 27,000 additional Marines," he told the paper. Checking BRAC Status One way to address the budget crunch, short of calling for a new BRAC round, would be to halt the troop increases called for under the Grow the Force initiative. Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha, chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, recently has said the plan to add 92,000 ground troops to the Army and Marine Corps will need to be scaled back to cover the cost of rebuilding military equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan, and to purchase new weapons. "[DOD] is going to have to cut personnel in order to pay for procurement. ... I don't know that they are going to be able to keep growing the Army," Murtha told CQ Today last month. Despite the looming budget shortfalls, funding to continue carrying out BRAC 2005 should be safe, according to the former House staffer. One reason is that after fiscal 2009, the resources to implement the program tail off substantially as major construction is completed. According to the department's last budget estimate, $5.6 billion will be needed in FY 2010 and $2.1 billion will be needed in 2011. "The question is will DOD request what really is needed," wondered David Berteau, senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Berteau believes the incoming DOD leadership will need to quickly assess whether the department can meet the September 2011 implementation deadline for BRAC. "My feeling is someone is going to have to take a look at whether they will make it," Berteau said. If officials wait too long, they will lose the opportunity to ask Congress for more time, he added. Beyond the prospect of stringent belt-tightening
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DEMOCRATIC GAINS MAY NOT TRIGGER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ON CAPITOL HILL
Top Democratic and Republican leadership on the House and Senate congressional subcommittees responsible for military construction and installations remains intact following this week's elections, an indication that the priorities of the 111th Congress from the perspective of defense communities will not change substantially in the upcoming session.

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The strong gains by Democrats in the House and, to a smaller extent, in the Senate, will result in a slight shuffling in subcommittee rosters, along with more significant changes in the makeup of full committees, so limited change in the installations arena is not out of the question. For example, the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), along with the ranking members of two of the panel's subcommittees announced their retirements this year, while the Democratic lineup of committee and subcommittee chairmen likely will stay the same. Two members of the Readiness Subcommittee lost elections on Tuesday -- Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) and Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) -- while Mark Udall (D-Colo.) gave up his seat in a successful run for the Senate. "That might change things on the margins, but not significantly," said a congressional staff member. The House Appropriations Committee could lose 10 members -- depending on the results of one race that is too close to call -- from the current roster, but no one on the military construction and veterans affairs subcommittee. "It will certainly change the dynamics on the Appropriations Committee," Rochelle Dornatt, chief of staff for Rep. Sam Farr (D-Calif.), a senior member of the panel's military construction subcommittee, said of the committee's Republican losses. Dornatt pointed to changes in the Democrat-to-Republican ratio on the committee as another factor that will affect committee priorities. The 2008 election means Democrats will gain an increased edge on every House committee and most Senate committees. As a result, the majority will find it somewhat easier to move priority legislation to the floor and pass bills in each of the chambers. One significant consequence of Tuesday's elections for defense communities, said Dornatt, will be President-elect Barack Obama's pledge to start bringing troops home from Iraq. Redeployments, though, could raise questions as to whether there is sufficient capacity at U.S. installations to house the returning personnel and prompt lawmakers to intervene. "There could be some serious legislating going on," she said.

throughout the Defense Department, the next four years could bring some favorable changes. One possibility is that the Obama administration eases the Pentagon's existing emphasis on obtaining fair market value when disposing of BRAC property, creating the option for no-cost economic development conveyances in some circumstances, suggested the former House staffer. Growth communities may be able to take advantage of an infrastructure bank to fund upgrades in municipal needs such as roads and utilities, under a proposal the new administration may consider, Sorett said. Obama has been a strong proponent of the need to invest in federal, state and local infrastructure projects, he noted.

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"He also helped ADC grow into new areas. He helped bring better speakers to conferences, introduced us to new players and he did so without a lot of fanfare. He did get a lot done, [but] he made it look so easy," said ADC Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Finkle. "As the department's liaison, he provided a steady hand no matter what the problem or issue," said Jeffrey Simon, a past president of ADC. Current ADC President Michael Houlemard Jr. called Leigh "a true American patriot," adding, "He will be missed by ADC, communities, the services and all of us who looked forward to a positive working relationship between DOD and defense communities." Leigh served as the liaison with ADC for the past 14 years. He `Fulfilled [the Community] Vision' Leigh's tenure at OEA intersected with implementation efforts for all five BRAC rounds and other installations initiatives as well, such as the Joint Land Use Study program designed John and Alice Leigh to reduce conflicts between civilian development and military operations. During "a tremendous period of activity" for defense communities as well as the military departments, "He has been a mainstay for the department and its workings with ADC," said his boss, OEA Director Patrick O'Brien. Leigh managed several of the agency's high-profile projects from the first four base closure rounds, O'Brien said, including the Charleston Naval Complex, S.C.; South Weymouth Naval Air Station, Mass.; Fort Devens, Mass.; and the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. OEA project managers help communities garner financial and technical assistance for reuse planning, as well as navigate the cumbersome BRAC process. Following the 2005 BRAC round, he was assigned to work with the communities responsible for redeveloping the closing Fort

Monmouth, N.J., a "delicate" task requiring Leigh to work with competing local jurisdictions, the state government and multiple federal agencies. During the run-up to the 2005 round, Leigh spearheaded the agency's advanced planning grant program, an initiative designed to jump start reuse and economic diversification planning efforts by communities with installations that potentially could be recommended for closure. He juggled a portfolio of two dozen communities under the program, a volume of projects that was indicative of the heavy workload he took on at OEA. Leigh arrived at OEA in 1991 with experience in economic development and land use planning, including familiarity with BRAC redevelopment. "He was gifted ... there was a certain amount of trust placed in him," O'Brien said. As a result, "There was nothing we couldn't assign to him. ... He was a go-to person. Those people are hard to find," he noted. Simon, who first met Leigh when he was community development director in Gloucester, Mass., in the early 1980s, admired his strong support for the role that affected communities need to play in responding to changes in military activity. "John was a vocal, active and relentless advocate for working together to meet the military needs and local impacts simultaneously. He brought people together and was a walking library on `best practices' going back to the 1988 closure of Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire," Simon said. For anyone who knew Leigh, the character trait that left the largest impression was his joie de vivre. "He was bigger than life. ... He had fun at everything he did," Finkle said. Leigh leaves behind his wife, Alice, and two children, Katie and C.J.

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Texas LRA Needs Consultant To Aid Surplus Property Acquisition The Red River Redevelopment Authority (RRRA), the approved LRA for surplus military property at Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant and Red River Army Depot pursuant to the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005, seeks consulting services to support the acquisition of surplus property at these sites. Firms or individuals interested in providing consulting services to the RRRA to develop operations plans, business plans and an economic development conveyance application to support the acquisition of the property and implementation of the program must request an RFP package from the RRRA and submit a letter of interest and qualifications in accordance with the RFP instructions. The deadline for initial submissions is 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 12. To obtain RFP packets, contact Lynn Wells at Red River Redevelopment Authority, 107 Chapel Lane, New Boston, TX 75570 or by calling 903/2239841. Bidders that successfully complete the initial steps of the process will be required to submit an original and three copies of a final bid in a sealed envelope by hand, via U.S. mail or nextday service no later than 4:30 p.m. on Dec. 5 to "EDC/OPS PLANS", Red River Redevelopment Authority, 107 Chapel Lane, New Boston, TX 75570. The Red River Redevelopment Authority reserves the right to reject any or all submittals or proposals and waive technicalities.

Ft. Carson Group Seeks Firm To Conduct Growth Analysis The Pikes Peak (Colo.) Area Council of Governments (PPACG) is requesting proposals from qualified consultants interested in providing a range of services related to phase 2 of the Fort Carson regional growth plan. Services include data collection and analysis of Fort Carson soldier and family demographics and assessments of impacts on child development, K-12 and adult education, the regional economy, behavioral health care, housing, social services, transportation, and quality of life/sustainability. Proposals are due by noon on Nov. 24. To obtain a scope of services and submission instructions, visit the PPACG Web site at www.ppacg.org, or e-mail Kathleen Hatten at khatten@ppacg.org.

Ft. Bragg Task Force Needs Regional Career Portal The BRAC Regional Task Force for Fort Bragg, N.C., seeks a firm to identify, design, produce and deploy a web-based regional career exploration and talent acquisition platform for the North Carolina BRAC area. The project supports a key strategy of the U.S. Department of Labor Workforce Investment Act grant-funded Workforce Demonstration Program. Approximately $1.1 million in funds are available for this project. The platform will provide regional residents and employers occupational, employment, education and training information. Individuals can use this information to identify emerging industries, create career tracks, and develop specific programs of study linking them to job training, educational programs, and ultimately gainful employment. Regional school systems, community colleges, and universities will also be better connected, which will result in a better educated and highly trained talent pool for regional industries. The platform should be a comprehensive tool which ties stakeholder groups together, integrating and networking the pursuit of economic and cluster development, workforce and talent development, and education and training across the region and the larger All-American Defense Corridor.

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