Using BRAC Lessons Learned
to Address the Resource
Challenges of Today
1
Welcome and Introductions
Robert Murdock
President, ADC
2
Event Objectives:
• Share findings developed through the ADC
BRAC Workshop and Lessons Learned
Analysis
• Expand on the findings with a focus on
recommendations and implementation
• Prioritize key issues
• Understand how this discussion is linked to
ADC’s policy development process
3
Event Goal:
Solicit your input!
4
AGENDA
Item
Moderator
Time
Welcome & Introductions
Robert Murdock
1:00 PM
Key Findings Overview
Tim Ford
1:10 PM
Reaction Panel and Audience Feedback
Moderator: Tim Ford
Panelists:
• Jimmy Anderson
• John Armbrust
• Craig College
• Jim Holland
• Fred Meurer
1:30 PM
Prioritizing Findings and
Recommendations
Steve Bonner
Tim Ford
Kyle Massey
3:00 PM
Closing Remarks & Invitation to the San
Antonio Installation Innovation Forum
Robert Murdock
Will Rowe
3:30 PM
5
Presentation of Findings
Tim Ford
CEO, ADC
6
Process
Outcomes
Monterey
Workshop
Research &
Literature Review
• Planning
• Deliberation
• Commission
• Implementation
DC Policy Forum
•Legislative
Recommendations
•DoD, Communities &
Industry Recommendations
•Lessons Learned to be
Shared at Future ADC
Events
7
Presentation of Findings
After Action Report
•
•
•
•
•
14 Key Findings
81 Critical Ideas
77 Implementation Steps
Bibliography of Reports and Papers
Proceedings of Workshop
8
Key Takeaways by Phase
Planning
• Create process, in addition to personal relationships
• Establish regular and reliable communications
• Hold facilitated offsite meetings
• Utilize master planning as a critical tool for partnership
• Create and utilize every opportunity for dialogue
Deliberation
• Take advantage of Garrison Command training prior to release of the
BRAC list
• Use of selective information (only what you will use) requests by DoD
• Design web tools that can be manipulated and updated constantly
9
Key Takeaways by Phase
Commission
• Recognize that the Commission phase is subject to a
compressed timeline
• Use of targeted, data-driven analyses focused on military
value, relayed by a ‘single voice is a must for communities
• Target analyses on the impacted installation’s mission and
demonstrate synergies between the community, infrastructure
and installation
• Take every opportunity to communicate with the installation
and to understand its mission prior to the Commission phase
• Utilize every all to provide input during the Commission phase
10
Key Takeaways by Phase
Implementation – Closure
• Take a pragmatic, business oriented approach to ease the transition
into the redevelopment process
• Recognize that there can be a disconnect between the stakeholders
during the cleanup and redevelopment process
• Understand that a lack of resources can affect a community as well as
the service.
Implementation – Growth
• Participation by military leadership in the community organizations
created to address growth is critical
• Ensure that both military and community organizations utilize joint land
use planning
• Recognize that input from local jurisdictions should weigh more heavily
in BRAC move decisions
11
Focus on Five Key Findings
1. Importance of Establishing Communications and Building
Strong Relationships (After Action Report, Pages 4 & 25)
2. The Value of Planning Tools (After Action Report, Pages 6
& 27)
3. Understanding of an Installations Mission Starts Now
(After Action Report, Page 17)
4. BRAC Analyses should reflect and understand the
impacted installation’s mission (After Action Report, Page
20)
5. Communities must use targeted, data-driven analysis
(After Action Report, Page 19)
12
Key Finding #1:
Importance of Establishing Communications
and Building Strong Relationships (After
Action Report, Pages 4 & 25)
(NOTE: This Finding Applies to both the Planning and BRAC Growth Phases)
Critical Ideas:
• State Commanders Councils
• PROCESS and ORGANIZATION, rather than PERSONAL relationships
• Communication of Needs “Portfolio” and Mission Imperatives
Implementation Steps:
• Create State Commanders Councils to facilitate both official and
unofficial staff-level engagements
• Conduct focused, specific planning exercises to identify opportunities for
Partnering
13
Key Finding #2
The Value of Planning Tools (After Action
Report, Pages 6 & 27)
Critical Ideas:
• Installation master plan as component of community plan
• Joint land use planning occurs, but installations still locked up and not
required to coordinate.
Implementation Steps:
• Engage local and regional planners in master planning efforts on base
(and vice versa)
• “Retreat” to communicate and create opportunities to interact
14
Key Finding #3
Understanding of an Installations Mission Starts
Now(After Action Report, Page 17)
Critical Ideas:
•
•
•
•
Time is short during the commission phase
Lack of planning will leave you at a disadvantage
BRAC process will limit installation staff availability
Routine interaction will yield insight
Implementation Steps:
• Utilize joint installation-community standing committees
• Recognize installations need communities to be successful
• Identify forums to create and sustain this interaction
15
Key Finding #4
BRAC Analyses should reflect and understand the
impacted installation’s mission (After Action Report,
Page 20)
Critical Ideas:
• Understanding the mission and how the community impacts that mission
• Importance of National trends and local impacts
• Determine the role and importance of military installations in your
community
• In the end, it all comes down to military value
Implementation Steps:
• Engage and educate stakeholders at multiple levels
• Develop a uniform response template
• Engage and track issues at national level
16
Key Finding #5
Communities must use targeted, data-driven
analysis (After Action Report, Page 19)
Critical Ideas:
• Data-driven arguments win the fight
• Successful strategies and specific approaches to communicate and
influence Commission decision-making must recognize this dynamic
• Target DoD recommendation and flaws in analysis
• Focus on military value selection criteria
Implementation Steps:
• Uniform template for data submission
17
Reaction Panel and
Audience Feedback
• Mr. Jimmy Anderson, Director, Navy BRAC PMO, SE
• Mr. John Armbrust, Executive Director, Kansas Governor’s
Military Council
• Dr. Craig College, Senior Vice President, CALIBRE Systems,
Inc.
• Mr. Jim Holland, Deputy for Installation Policy, Office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Installations, Environment
and Logistics
• Mr. Fred Meurer, City Manager, City of Monterey
18
Reaction Panel Questions
• What are your thoughts on the Critical Ideas
that emerged?
• What additional Critical Ideas would you
include?
• What are the implementation steps necessary
to advance these Critical Ideas??
19
Key Finding #1:
Importance of Establishing Communications
and Building Strong Relationships (After
Action Report, Pages 4 & 25)
(NOTE: This Finding Applies to both the Planning and BRAC Growth Phases)
Critical Ideas:
• State Commanders Councils
• PROCESS and ORGANIZATION, rather than PERSONAL relationships
• Communication of Needs “Portfolio” and Mission Imperatives
Implementation Steps:
• Create State Commanders Councils to facilitate both official and
unofficial staff-level engagements
• Conduct focused, specific planning exercises to identify opportunities for
Partnering
20
Key Finding #2
The Value of Planning Tools (After Action
Report, Pages 6 & 27)
Critical Ideas:
• Installation master plan as component of community plan
• Joint land use planning occurs, but installations still locked up and not
required to coordinate.
Implementation Steps:
• Engage local and regional planners in master planning efforts on base
(and vice versa)
• “Retreat” to communicate and create opportunities to interact
21
Key Finding #3
Understanding of an Installations Mission Starts
Now(After Action Report, Page 17)
Critical Ideas:
•
•
•
•
Time is short during the commission phase
Lack of planning will leave you at a disadvantage
BRAC process will limit installation staff availability
Routine interaction will yield insight
Implementation Steps:
• Utilize joint installation-community standing committees
• Recognize installations need communities to be successful
• Identify forums to create and sustain this interaction
22
Key Finding #4
BRAC Analyses should reflect and understand the
impacted installation’s mission (After Action Report,
Page 20)
Critical Ideas:
• Understanding the mission and how the community impacts that mission
• Importance of National trends and local impacts
• Determine the role and importance of military installations in your
community
• In the end, it all comes down to military value
Implementation Steps:
• Engage and educate stakeholders at multiple levels
• Develop a uniform response template
• Engage and track issues at national level
23
Key Finding #5
Communities must use targeted, data-driven
analysis (After Action Report, Page 19)
Critical Ideas:
• Data-driven arguments win the fight
• Successful strategies and specific approaches to communicate and
influence Commission decision-making must recognize this dynamic
• Target DoD recommendation and flaws in analysis
• Focus on military value selection criteria
Implementation Steps:
• Uniform template for data submission
24
Audience Survey
• Steve Bonner, CEO, SONRI, Inc.
25
Audience Survey
Part 1: Rate the Key Findings.
In your opinion, and based on your perspective, which
key findings are most important?
Part 2: Share you ideas for implementation
steps.
What needs to happen in terms of legislation policy
changes, or practice to advance these Critical Ideas?
26
Discussion of Other Findings
27
Review of Key Findings:
•
Importance of Establishing Communications and Building Strong Relationships (After
Action Report, Pages 4 & 25)
•
The Value of Master Planning and Joint Land Use Planning (After Action Report,
Pages 6 & 27)
•
Understanding of an installation’s mission starts well before the Commission phase
and is based on routine interaction between the installation and the local community.
(After Action Report, Page 17)
•
BRAC analyses should reflect an understanding of the impacted installation’s
mission and demonstrate synergies between an installation and the surrounding
community and its infrastructure. (After Action Report, Page 20)
•
Communities must use targeted, data-driven analyses that are focused on military
value, and speak with “one voice” when communicating to the Commission. (After
Action Report, Page 19)
•
Importance of Sharing Accurate Data (After Action Report, Pg. 6)
•
Effective deliberations rely heavily on effective planning, data management and
training. (After Action Report, Pg. 9)
28
Review of Key Findings
•
The quality of recommendations needs to be improved (After Action Report, Pg. 11)
•
All aspects of data management could be improved (After Action Report, Pg. 12)
•
Many of the challenges during the Commission phase are caused by its compressed
timeline as compared to the other phases of the BRAC process (After Action Report,
Pg. 18)
•
Analyses should reflect an understanding of the impacted installation’s mission and
demonstrate synergies between an installation and the surrounding community and
its infrastructure (After Action Report, Pg. 20)
•
Importance of Open and Constant Communication (After Action Report, Pg. 23)
•
Take a Regional Approach to Address Growth (After Action Report, Pg. 26)
•
Communities must understand and use all of the various means to provide input
during the Commission phase – use and make the most of all opportunities to
communicate. (AAR Page 21)
29
Next Steps
•Legislative Recommendations
•DoD, Communities & Industry
Recommendations
•Lessons Learned to be Shared at
Future ADC Events
30
Preview of Installation
Innovation Professional
Development Forum
Will Rowe
Co-Chair, ADC Program Development Committee
31
32
Scope & Objective
• ADC is launching Installation Innovation, a new professional
development forum that will be held in San Antonio, TX, January,
14-16, 2013.
• Focus on advancing innovative solutions at active installations
and defense communities.
• Exploring the new fiscal environment and the ramifications for
defense communities, installations, industry and military service
members and their families
• Featuring in-depth training workshops, this event will provide
constructive solutions to increase installation efficiency and cost
savings.
33
Forum Topics
• Installation management situational analysis
• Energy security – issues and implications
• Public-private partnerships to support energy project development –
critical success factors
• Installation asset management – innovative solutions to managing
land and facilities
• Service member and military family transitions – comprehensive and
collaborative approaches
• Installation/community land use planning –engaging, strategizing and
implementing
• Sharing services between installations and communities – advancing
innovative solutions
34
Who Should Attend the
Forum?
•
•
•
•
Representatives from communities, regions
and states with active military installations
Representatives from Army, Air Force, Navy,
and Marine Corps installation management
agencies
Installation commanders and related staff
Industry representatives involved with
installation management issues, communitymilitary partnerships, energy and related
topics
35
Closing Remarks
Robert Murdock
President, ADC
36
37
38
Using BRAC Lessons Learned
to Address the Resource
Challenges of Today
39