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E.xh,b�-� I� Oswald U.S. Army Reserve Center Re-Use Plan September 9, 2009 Et/ TT A. Description of Action 1. Closure of Oswald U.S. Army Reserve Center As part of the 2005 round of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, the Oswald Army Reserve Center, located at 1110 Rainier Avenue in Everett, Washington was selected for closure by the Department of Defense. The BRAC Report Army Recommendation stated "Close the Oswald U.S. Army Reserve Center, Everett, WA and relocate units to a new Armed Forces Reserve Center in the Everett, WA area if the Army is able to acquire suitable land for construction of the new facility. The new AFRC shall have the capability to accommodate units from the following Washington Army Reserve National Guard (ARNG) facilities: Washington ARNG Everett Readiness Center and the Snohomish Readiness Center, if the state decides to relocate those units." The Department of Defense declared the Oswald Army Reserve Center to be surplus in the Federal Register published on May 9, 2007 as prescribed under BRAC. The number of affected U.S. Army Reserve personnel at the Oswald Army Reserve Center include six (6) full-time personnel (five (5) Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) and one (1) civilian). The Department of Defense plans to construct a new and larger center in Marysville, WA adjacent to the Smokey Point Naval Support Center. The current schedule for the relocation of personnel from Everett to Marysville, according to the BRAC 2005 Base Transition Coordinator, is mid-July to mid-September, 2011. The Oswald Army Reserve Center will be conveyed to another user upon construction of the new reserve center and the relocation of personnel at the subject site. 2. Re-Use Plan BRAC requires that any military property declared to be surplus be the subject of a locally managed re-use planning process. The Department of Defense encourages the local government agency responsible for land use planning to assume this responsibility by asking the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) to recognize the agency as the Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA). The LRA is responsible for planning for the property's conversion from a military to a non-military use and developing a re-use plan for the site. The re-use plan must appropriately balance the community's expressed needs for economic redevelopment and other development with the expressed needs of the homeless population in the vicinity of the installation. Specifically, the LRA must conduct outreach to homeless service providers and seek "Notices of Interest" (NOI's) from all interested parties including representatives of the homeless who plan to submit proposals for the re-use of the property. The recommended re-use plan by the LRA is not binding upon the Department of Defense (DOD). However, DOD is statutorily obligated to give the LRA's re-use plan substantial deference in making its disposal determinations.