1. Military Base Preservation and Retention State Comparative Efforts

2. Since the 2005 BRAC round a number of states have instituted military base preservation programs Note: this comes from a US DoD website 2

3. States with active Base Retention/Expansion strategies typically involve a series of strategies 3 Home life Support Encroachment Cost Offsets  Relocation assistance  School transition assistance  Homestead exemptions for active duty, deployed personnel  Zoning rules  Land acquisition  Joint land use planning  Capital construction funding  Base operating cost assistance

4. States with cost offset programs to promote retention / expansion  Alabama - $6 million  Arizona – revolving fund $4.825 million  Connecticut - $50 million funded through economic development bond fund  New Mexico - $600k  Texas - $250 million bond fund  Georgia – unfunded but case by case appropriations  Massachusetts - $251 million contingent on base expansion announcement  Florida - ~ $4 million per year through annual appropriation  Pennsylvania - $5 million per year through annual appropriations  RI - unfunded 4

5. Capital expenditure cost offsets are funded using a variety of mechanisms 5 Bond FundsAppropriationsOther  Florida  Connecticut  Texas  Oklahoma Illustration  South Carolina South Carolina has been using a partnership model with conservation organizations to manage base encroachment issues

6. 6 Connecticut and Florida for a combination of competitive reasons as well as undersea warfare capability serve as examples of best practices

7. Connecticut expenditures on Sub Base Groton Connecticut’s efforts to date have been on upgrading buildings and training capabilities at the sub base  2011: $3.2 million for Submarine Training Galley & Submarine Bridge training facility expansion  2010: $7.65 million – 9ksft “dive locker” building refurbishment & base boiler replacement 7 Source: NP analysis of news reports

8. Florida has spent nearly $10 million since 2008 on base infrastructure improvements 8 Source: NP analysis Florida Defense Alliance

9. Florida – FY 2010-2011 Defense Infrastructure Grant Appropriations Project List 9 Defense Infrastructure Grants: ApplicantMilitary installationProjectRecommended award City of JacksonvilleNaval Air Station JacksonvilleEncroachment Protection for OLF Whitehouse$200,000.00 Clay County Development AuthorityCamp Blanding Joint Training Center Emergency Operations Center Situational Awareness Suite$400,000.00 Okaloosa County Eglin Air Force Base, Duke Field, Hulburt Field Shoal River treatment plant/reservoir and buffering initiative$500,000.00 Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space CoastCape Canaveral Air Force Base Launch Complex 46 Communications System Refurbishment$500,000.00 Highlands CountyAvon Park Air Force Range Encroachment Prevention and Sustainability of Avon Park Air Force Range$500,000.00 Orange County Research and Development Authority Naval Support Activity Orlando and tenant unitsFEDSUN IV$346,000.00 Pinellas County U.S. Coast Guard Air Station ClearwaterFairchild Drive Access$150,000.00 Santa Rosa CountyNaval Air Station Whiting FieldJoint Land Use Plan Acquisition Funding$404,000.00 Clay County Development AuthorityCamp Blanding Joint Training CenterMission Critical Roadway Restoration$450,000.00 Escambia CountyNaval Air Station PensacolaArea “A” & APZ Density Reduction$500,000.00 Highlands CountyAvon Park Air Force RangeNoise Study$165,000.00 City of JacksonvilleNaval Station MayportRepair Somers Road$200,000.00 City of Fort Walton BeachHulburt FieldHulburt Field Joint Water Reuse, Phase II$500,000.00 City of TampaMacDill Air Force BaseHimes Avenue Water Main Replacement$185,000.00 Total$5,000,000.00 Source: NP analysis Florida Defense Alliance

10. Takeaways for RI 10 Base retention has evolved into a highly competitive, resource driven activity at the state level Several states that have facilities or capabilities that overlap or complement RI naval operations spend several million dollars annually since the last BRAC round to offset capital costs It is unclear what, if any, role state funding of military installation projects may have on base closure or expansion prospects However, RI should be mindful that as with any economic development “deal”, ultimately state resources may be required as part of a competitive response against states with a funding track record and substantial committed resources