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D. Local Obligations Under federal, state and regional law , the City of Arden Hills must fulfill several obligations connected with planning for the reuse ofTCAAP. The applicable laws are discussed below and the City's role is briefly described for each. 1. Federal Excess Property Regulations Unlike many of the military installations closing nationwide, TCAAP is not considered to be a "base". Therefore, it is not being closed under the procedures prescribed in the Base Realigmnent and Closure ACT (BRAe) as amended. The BRAC legislation set up a new procedure for disposal of military property by requiring that the service branch involved in the property disposal work directly with the local community to develop a locally acceptable reuse plan for the site. Other provisions of this legislation give primacy to this local plan and give the local community greater control over sale and development of the property. TCAAP is slated to pass through the more traditional federal property disposal procedures that pass the property from the service branch to the General Services Administration (GSA) and eventually to public sale. GSA disposals follow a rigid path from the service branch to the remainder of the Department of Defense, then through the federal government, then to lower units of government and [mally to the general public. These procedures are summarized here. The full GSA regulations appear in the Appendix to this report. TCAAP is currently owned by the U.S. Army. The Army has stated its intention to declare TCAAP as "excess property". Excess property is any property under the ownership and control of a federal agency that is not required to carry out the mission of that agency. Once the Army formally determines that TCAAP is excess property, it will notify the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps will conduct an inquiry within the Department of Defense (DaD) to determine whether any other service branch division has a use for all or part of TCAAP. Any portion of TCAAP that is not retained by a DaD entity will be turned over to the GSA, as the landlord for the Federal Government, to determine whether any other Federal agency has a need for TCAAP or whether it is surplus property. The GSA will send a notice to all federal agencies with land-holding missions, advising them of the availability of this excess property. These agencies have 30 days to communicate their interest in TCAAP to GSA. If a tentative need is expressed, the requesting agency may bave an additional 30 days to determine whether the need is fIrm. If no agency expresses an interest in acquiring TCAAP within this 60-day period, the property will be declared "surplus" by the GSA. It can then be disposed of outside the federal government. The GSA must next communicate the availability ofTCAAP to those federal agencies statutorily authorized to claim property for a state or local govemment or for a non-profit entity. These agencies include: Department of Education -- educational purposes; Department of Health and Human Services -- public health, shelters for homeless Department of the Interior -- historic monuments, wildlife conservation, Indian affairs Department of TranspOrlation -- higbways, airports, transit facilities Department of Justice -- correctional facilities Federal agencies, on behalf of their authorized nominees, will have 20 days to express an interest in TCAAP to the GSA. Following this initial notice, the agency will have 25 days to make a formal application to the GSA for the transfer of the surplus property. Camiros, Ltd./SEH, Inc./1JfDL, Ltd. Chapler I TCAAP Framework Plan Page 7 I .- - - - - - - - -- I - - - - I .- I I