Office of Economic

Adjustment (OEA) Grant

for
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
A presentation to the Pierce County
Regional Council
Mayor Doug Richardson, Lakewood City
Council
September 18, 2008
What is OEA?

 Officeof Economic Adjustment, US Dept. of

Defense
 Experience in economic & community
development, land-use planning, real estate
redevelopment, federal real property
programs & military programs
 Working knowledge of other federal
agencies & their respective programs
What does OEA do?
“Economic adjustment assistance provides a community-based context for
assessing economic hardships caused by DoD program changes by identifying
and evaluating alternative courses of action, identifying resource requirements,
and assisting in the preparation of an adjustment strategy or action plan to help
communities help themselves. “ – Office of Economic Adjustment

 Technical & financial assistance for

communities adversely impacted by base
closure or realignment, base expansion, or
contract/program cancellation
 Help leverage federal, state, local & private
resources
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OEA “Community Economic
Adjustment” Grants
 Planning Assistance for Establishment,
Expansion, Realignment, or Closure of a
Military Installation
 Planning Assistance for Joint Land-Use
Studies
 Planning Assistance for Reduction in
Defense Industry Employment
 Diversification Planning
Grant Limitations

 Regional approach: One grant per

installation; single “lead agency”
convening all affected stakeholders
 10% local match
 Planning-only grant…no capital funding
 Stakeholders must work with
Congressional leaders to gain capital
appropriations; grant identifies needs &
provides basis for funding requests
Preliminary Grant Scope
 Identify issues & assess existing conditions
 Economic opportunities
 Educational facilities/services (in coordination w/
CPSD)
 Health & social services
 Regional housing assessment
 Planning & zoning review
 Public safety & emergency services
 Public utilities & infrastructure
 Transportation alternatives analysis & operational
traffic model (in coordination w/ WSDOT)
 Coordination, implementation & monitoring
Preliminary Stakeholders
Cities: Dupont, Lacey, Lakewood, Roy, Steilacoom, Tacoma, Yelm
Clover Park School District
Ft. Lewis/McChord AFB
Pierce County & PCRC
Pierce Transit
Port of Tacoma
State & federal representatives
Tacoma-Pierce Co. Chamber of Commerce & Economic
Development Board
Thurston Regional Planning Council
WSDOT/FHWA
…
You?
Where are we now?

 Draft scope submitted to OEA for

collaborative review leading up to final
submittal
 OEA “1st look” complete & comments
returned
 Next step: Finalize grant application &
initiate full stakeholder involvement.
For more information:

OEA “Managing Growth: Communities

Respond” video
http://www.oea.gov/OEAWeb.nsf/MG?readform

Economic Adjustment Technical Bulletin

5: “Managing Community Growth”
http://www.oea.gov/OEAWeb.nsf/AF2909308D234F1F852570E
0005C3690/$File/Managing%20Community%20Growth-
Tech%20Bulletin%205.pdf

For more information, contact Dan Penrose at 253.983.7772 or

e-mail <dpenrose@cityoflakewood.us>.