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efforts of a team led by Deborah Hook- way, the current manager of the ARMS program. Te team included the two facilities’ operator (American Ordnance LLC), local government staff, the ARMS teams of both PEO Ammo and Joint Munitions Command, economic devel- opment staffs from the states of Iowa and Tennessee, regional economic develop- ment staffs, certification consultants and major utility companies.
Te Graball Site at the Milan Commer- cial Complex of MLAAP received official certification on Sept. 23, 2013. Te doc- umentation process took approximately nine months to complete.
“Tis is a true win-win for all involved,” said COL Steven Cummings, PD JS. “In addition to standardizing the approach for assessing and documenting the avail- ability and development potential of the facilities, the Army has been able to significantly reduce its cycle time while enhancing the [ARMS] program’s ability to achieve its mission.”
Te second pilot site, with approximately 900 acres—the Burlington “Super Park” at IAAAP—is entering the final stages of precertification. Te Super Park, so des- ignated because it is encompasses more than 750 acres, will represent the largest such site in Iowa. Additional GOCOs are currently under consideration for precertification to begin in 2014, includ- ing Holston AAP, TN, and Lake City AAP, MO.
CONCLUSION One final element of the business model transformation is worth noting, as it has turned out to be a major barrier to the acquisition of larger prospective ARMS tenants: recognition of the need to extend the maximum lease duration, which is currently capped at 25 years. Larger
ADAPTIVE LANDSCAPE Holston AAP, TN, is currently under consideration for site precertification to begin in 2014. Precertification, a commercial trend, is designed to complete much of the site documentation and analysis that typically take place during a prospective tenant’s due diligence process. (Photo courtesy of PD JS)
companies typically require lease terms of 50 years or longer, which are more avail- able in the commercial sector, to justify capital investments and establish a longer- term business strategy. A combination of congressional directive and Army policy is required to make this change in the ARMS program; this effort is ongoing.
One might say that the jury is still out on the impact of the new ARMS busi- ness model, given that it is not expected to show up in performance data for at least two to three years. However, all of the initiatives have been proven commer- cially and are expected to yield significant improvements in the ARMS program over the coming years, benefiting both the sustainability of the GOCO facilities and the surrounding economies.
For more information on the ARMS pro- gram, contact Deborah Hookway of PD JS
at
deborah.a.hookway.civ@
mail.mil; or go to
http://www.openterprise.com/.
MR. LARRY FRANZ is a business management analyst with PEO Ammo, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. He holds a B.S. in economics and a B.A. in business manage- ment from East Stroudsburg University, an M.S.
management
in contracting and acquisition from the Florida Institute
of Technology, and a master’s in manage- ment and organizational leadership from Webster University. Franz is Level III certified in both acquisition and program management. He recently completed the Senior Service College Fellowship program, equivalent
to the Military Equivalent
Level I certification. Franz is a mem- ber of the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps and the Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society/Economics.
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