25A - AGMT FOR ADMIN AND MONITORING OF FED GRANT

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Disbursement and Information System (IDIS), Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting System (DRGR), Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), Recovery Act Management and Performance System (RAMPS), Performance and Accountability for Grants in Energy System (PAGE), HERDS (Environmental Review Module), and FederalRep orting. gov. Housing Rehabilitation: MDG along with its affiliate LDM are currently under contract with 15 cities throughout Southern California for the management and implementation of their housing rehabilitation programs, including mobile homes. During the prior year, the firm processed and completed the rehabilitation of approximately 225 residential single-family dwellings and mobile homes. The funds utilized for the implementation of the rehabilitation programs included U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds such as CDBG and HOME funds as well as State of California Housing and Community Development (HCD) funds such as State HOME and Calflome funds. Through the years, MDG has developed systems for different types of programs including, but not limited to, emergency repair programs, rental rehabilitation programs, owner -occupied— single family rehabilitation program, and mobile home repair programs. Responsibilities under these programs typically include the overall administration of the program; reviewing applications for eligibility; preparing the environmental review record and clearances where required (California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)); loan underwriting and loan document preparation for loan based programs; initial, progress and final inspections; responding to contractor questions during the bidding process; construction management and oversight; review and process contractor payment request; and preparing regulatory reports for HUD and HCD. Commercial Rehabilitation: During the past 15 years, our firm has been assisting cities in the day-to-day administration and implementation of their Commercial Rehabilitation Programs. During the past five (5) years, we have assisted eight (8) Cities with the rehabilitation of approximately 55 commercial buildings. In addition, we are in the process of setting up two (2) new programs for the Cities of Buena Park and Hesperia. The level of service requested by each City differs, however in most cases we provide the overall administration and implementation services. These include inspection, design services, project management and Davis -Bacon Compliance monitoring. Labor Compliance (Davis -Bacon Act): We are currently under contract to provide Labor Compliance services to 14 cities in Southern California. Our typical scope of work includes preparation and review of bid documents for compliance with Federal labor standards and requirements including Davis -Bacon and Related Acts, Section 3, and DOL regulations; attend pre -construction meeting and present information on Davis - Bacon and Section 3 requirements; review submitted bid documents for compliance; establish and maintain contractor and subcontractor labor files; conduct employee field interviews and document posting compliance; reconcile weekly certified payrollreports and supporting documentation; monitor contractors for Section 3 accomplishments; schedule labor compliance file reviews prior to release of retention funds; and address and resolve any underpayment or deficiency issues. Section 3: Our staff is experienced in the implementation of the Section 3 employment, contracting and training requirements. Currently, we monitor labor compliance activities on 15 projects with a combined construction value of over $12.5 million. Of these projects, ten (10) are Section 3-covered projects with contracts in excess of $100,000. 25A-20 Page 2 112