North Carolina is Americas Military Base

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Chairman and Executive Director

• Establish a quorum.
• Old Business
• Approve minutes from April 16 meeting.
• New Business
• Chairman Tim McNeill Remarks

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Executive Directors Report

• NC STEM Community Collaborative

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NC STEM Community Collaborative

• Action Item
• Request board approval to authorize the BRAC RTF
  to become the lead agency to pilot a Community
  Visioning Process under the direction of the NC
  STEM Community Collaborative.
• Request board approval to use up to 20,000 in
  DOL funds to match the 125,000 investment
  provided by the NC STEM Community Collaborative

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Executive Directors Report

• BRAC Move Update
• Funding for Murchison Road
• CGRP Action Items
• Defense Homeland Security Cluster Review

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CRGP Implementation Phase Update

• RFPs Status
• CGIA Service Contract Airport RFP approved by
  OEA
• CGIA Contract signed and work underway
• Airport Service Study out for bid
• Other RFPs under development review
• Infrastructure, Energy, Solid Waste, Healthcare
  and transportation RFPs undergoing OEA approval
  process

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DHS Cluster Strategic Planning Review

• Date     June 2-3
• Time    Day 1 - 830-430 Day 2 -
  830100
• Place   Tony Rand Student Center at FTCC
• Attendees  All original WDP SG members
  (including the ex-officio members) plus about 10
  others
• Purpose  To review the analysis completed as
  part of this effort, validate conclusions of the
  analyses, and develop a strategic plan that
  charts path for becoming a DHS hub

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BRAC RTF

• Transformation Committee Report
• Tony Chavonne
• Mayor of Fayetteville

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WLPP

• Working Lands Protection Program
• Update
• Grace Lawrence
• Program Director

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RASP Program

• Farm to Fork Local Food Summit Recap
• Melissa Ix
• NC Cooperative Extension

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Farm to Fork Building a Sustainable Local Food
Economy

• FARM to FORK Summit May 11 12
• Culmination of statewide initiative run by Center
  for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS) under
  the leadership of Dr. Nancy Creamer
• 400 participants in two-day Summit
• Speakers included Gov. Perdue, Rep. Etheridge
• Focus was on local food accessibility. If
  everyone spent just .50 it would be a 1.7
  billion increase for our farmers.
• 11 Working Issues Teams presented Game
  Changer concepts
• Retail Institutional Group concept is Feed the
  Forces

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Game Changer

• Retail Institutional Team will develop a
  statewide model adapted for other institutional
  markets such as UNC systems, hospitals, etc.
• Goal is to develop new partnerships while
  coordinating business entities that will address
  challenges

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Game Changer

• Team Members include
• Sustainable Fort Bragg
• Sustainable Sandhills
• CEFS (Center for Environmental Farming Systems)
• Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
• Eastern Carolina Organics
• SE NC Food Systems Initiative (Eastern region)
• BRAC RTF
• NC Cooperative Extension

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Challenges

• Lack of competitive pricing
• Consistency of product availability and
  specification
• Farmer capital issues
• Contracting
• Must address contracting at Federal contract
  limitation level no geographic bias
  requirement best product/best price
  prerogative of vendors

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Next Steps

• USDA Stimulus Grant Proposal prepared at request
  of NCDA joint proposal with Eastern NC Military
  Growth Task Force
• Proposal would implement Feed the Forces
  statewide by
• Developing local cold storage, processing and
  distribution centers to enable small to
  medium-sized farms and farm cooperatives to serve
  Ft. Bragg Camp Lejeune with locally grown
  produce
• Creating an organization to operate facilities

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Workforce Demonstration Program

• Dr. Jane Smith
• Program Manager for Education

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WDP Education and Workforce Steering Group

• Videoconference Tuesday May 26 at 100
• JobsNOW
• Stephanie Deese, NC Community College System

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Education Program Update

• Real Game Online Region-wide 65 sites
• i3D regional roll-out Richmond County report
• Kenan Fellows Moore County Celebration
• Smart Start Conference Strong communities are
  made of strong families
• Pilot Circuit Cumberland County Pine Forest HS

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ACTION ITEM Pilot Circuit

• DISCUSSION A key objective of the Workforce
  Demonstration Program is to establish a Virtual
  Network within all 11 counties that connects
  educational institutions and industry partners
  using i3D equipment and distributive learning.
• ACTION ITEM Request approval to use up to
  30,000 in DOL funding to make the necessary
  technology upgrades to support the pilot circuit
  program and develop a model high tech classroom.

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FSU / UNC-P Study Status

• Progress Update
• Quantitative and qualitative data is being
  collected and analyzed assets obstacles
  solutions
• County focus groups are almost complete
  Harnett, Sampson, Scotland remain
• 2nd Regional Summit occurred 6 May at UNC-P
• 75 attendees
• Preliminary Findings Key barriers across all
  counties are Transportation Communication
  Literacy
• End Result Action plan and recommendations due
  mid-July

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HP Direct Hiring Results

• Hensel Phelps initial hiring requirement
• Concrete form carpenters and foremen - 19 total
• Applications   272
• Total Hires         19
• NC Hires               16
• BRAC Region Hires         14

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Outreach and Marketing Programs

• Renee Lane
• Communications and Outreach Coordinator

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Outreach and Marketing Programs

• Websites
• Trade Shows

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All-American Defense Business Association

• Joy Thrash
• Business Development Director

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All American Defense Business Association

• Logo created
• Membership tiers determined
• Application developed
• Working database to convert to official members
• Dates being finalized for upcoming events
• Splash page for web site being developed
• Meeting with Charleston Defense Contractors Assn
• Applying for 501c6 determination
• Selection of Interim Advisory Committee

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All American Defense Business Assn

• ACTION ITEM Request board approval to establish
  an interim advisory committee to assist in the
  development of the defense business association
  and its transition to a 501c6 non-profit
  organization

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DBA Interim Advisory Committee
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• DISCUSSION
• ADJOURN

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BRAC RTF

• Executive Director Paul Dordal
• Deputy Director John Harbison
• Regional Planner Don Belk
• Executive Assistant John Bellamy
• Program Manager for Education Jane Smith
• Program Manager for Workforce and Economic
  Development Tim Moore
• IT Program Manager Erik Wells
• Communications Outreach Coordinator Renee Lane
• Administrative Assistant Renee Siemiet
• Director of Business Development Joy Thrash
• Phone [phone] or [phone]
• Website www.bracrtf.com
• Contact admin_at_bracrtf.com
• Offices located in the Old Bowley School
  (Randolph Knox) on Ft Bragg

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Budget Updates

• DOL Obligated Funds (to end of grant-6/30/10)
• Salaries/admin expenses 947,500
• TDA Contract 250,000
• FSU Contract 84,000
• Futures Contract 1,100,000
• Purchase 1 - i3D system 19,788
• TOTAL 2,401,288

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All American Military Business Park
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Ex-Officio NC Military Foundation, TDA, DSTA,
NCMBC, Department of Commerce, Fort Bragg, and
Business (L-3 1)
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Career Exploration Talent Acquisition Platform

• STRATEGY TWO
• BRAC RTF Board approved up to 1.1M to design and
  deploy a regional career and talent supply
  platform
• Key Features
• Self-assessment Career Exploration Educational
  Linkage and Job Connection
• Regional, customized, and transformational
• Fills gap between 30K and 100K jobs
• Goal Live by August

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ACTION ITEM BRAC RTF MOVE

• BRAC RTF must move off-post by 30 Jun 2009
• Alternative space narrowed down to the following
• Rent approximately 2500 sq ft _at_ 14/sq ft
  (3000/mo)
• Repair recently-acquired FTCC facility
• ACTION Allow Executive Director with Board
  Chairman approval to determine which facility
  best meets BRAC RTF needs and either expense up
  to 15,000 in repair costs or obtain one-year
  rental lease at up to 3000/mo. Costs will be
  prorated between OEA and DOL grants.

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Budget Update
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ACTION ITEM

• ACTION Request approval to use of up to 500
  from DOL Funds to defray the cost of box lunches
  for board and staff for lunch between the
  demonstration and board of directors meeting on
  May 22.
• A box lunch is estimated to cost approx 10

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Workforce Demonstration Program

• Erik Wells
• Program Manager for IT

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2009 FORSCOM/USARC Relocation Fair

• John Bellamy
• Executive Assistant

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BRAC RTF Move Update

• John Harbison
• Deputy Director

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BRAC RTF MOVE - Update

• BRAC RTF move off-post revised to 15 Sept 2009
• Space options narrowed down to the following
• Space at First Citizens Bank on Ft Bragg
• Space at DSTA
• Space at Eutaw Village
• Status Awaiting decision by Garrison Commander
  on whether or not the Garrison intends to utilize
  the space at First Citizens for their own needs.