25A - AGMT FOR ADMIN AND MONITORING OF FED GRANT

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SECTIONI. DESCRIPTION OF FIRM AND QUALIFICATIONS MDG Associates, Inc. (MDG) was established in 1991 and has undergone steady growth since its inception. MDG is a corporation registered in the State of California. MDG is a registered Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and a Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB/DBE). In response to our clients' needs, MDG and its affiliate LDM Associates, Inc. (LDM) provide a wide variety of Community Development consulting services including, but not limited to. Grants Management; Project Management; Construction Management; Architectural Design; Urban Planning; and Labor Compliance Monitoring. MDG provides administrative and management services to cities that are seeking a consultant that can act as an extension of their staff and look after the best interest of the City. Grants Management: MDG currently provides day-to-day and on -call administration and implementation services for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Community Development Block Grant -Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR), and Neighborhood Stabilization Programs (NSP). MDG has also managed other grants such as State grants, recovery grants, and Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing (HPRP) grants. In addition, MDG implements activities funded under the aforementioned programs such as Residential Rehabilitation, Commercial Rehabilitation, First -Time Homebuyer, Economic Development, and Labor Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Services. As HUD CPD program management consultants, our staff assists with the day-to-day administration of the programs, including the preparation of Five -Year Consolidated Plans, One -Year Action Plans and CAPERS as well as the monitoring of capital improvement projects for compliance with the Davis -Bacon Act requirements, and sub -recipients for compliance with applicable requirements. MDG staff maintains an excellent relationship with the local HUD offices as well as at the headquarters level (Washington D.C.). MDG staff currently provides technical assistance (TA) to grantees throughout the country on behalf of HUD Headquarters through the OneCPD and Community Compass Programs. The technical assistance is provided to states, counties, cities and other HUD -funded grantees in conjunction with the CDBG, HOME, and NSP programs as well as the IDIS and DRGR HUD reporting systems. MDG staff has been proving training at the national level on behalf of HUD Headquarters to grantees and HUD Staff. The training has been in the areas of "Basically CDBG,' Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH), Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR), eCon Planning Suite, CPD Maps, and the Integrated Disbursement Information System (IDIS). Our staff also provides assistance to grantees through the HUD Resource Exchange Ask a Question (AAQ) resource in the areas of CDBG, HOME, and DRGR. MDG and its affiliate LDM are currently under direct contract with 30 cities and three (3) counties with funds from HUD totaling approximately $80.5 million for the day-to-day implementation of their CPD grants and/or programs. In addition, we provide services to other cities and counties on specific tasks such as IDIS input, project monitoring, federal labor standards (Davis -Bacon) compliance, monitoring CDBG/HOME and ESG grants, preparation of Section 108 Loan Guarantee applications to HU, preparation of Consolidated Plan/Action Plan, and the preparation of Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Our staff is knowledgeable in a number of computer programs including all of the Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Project, Adobe programs and AutoCAD. Our staff is fully trained in the use of all required Federal, State and local online reporting databases, including but not limited to the Integrated 25A-19 Page 1112