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Proposal to Provide Water, Sewer, and Public Works Grant Writing Services <br />11 <br /> <br />clarity of graphics and schematic drawings to show grant <br />evaluators the client agency’s expertise and vision: <br /> For a Department of Water Resources grant, ESS <br />provided pictorial highlights of the project’s energy- <br />efficiency benefits matching the goals of the grant. <br /> For a cap-and-trade grant to reduce GHG emissions, <br />ESS replaced the executive summary with graphics <br />highlighting projects matching the grant focus, resulting an award of over $9 million. <br /> For another project, ESS used an AQMD pollution map as a base and plotted all of the <br />appropriate, completed energy-efficiency projects. <br /> ESS application was ranked as one of the best and posted on FHWA website. FHWA <br />asked Sudi for input and used the format created by ESS in a grant application as a <br />requirement for future cycles. <br />Quantitative Analysis and Technical Reports <br />Depending on the grant requirements, ESS will work with the City Project Manager to receive <br />the available technical studies, environmental documents and plans and specifications. We will <br />then use our highly experienced team members to complete the technical write-up sections of <br />the grants. As needed, and upon the City’s direction, we will be prepared to perform additional <br />technical research and analysis to supplement the effort. <br />The ESS engineering team has been directly responsible for implementation of various CIP <br />programs for transportation and street improvements, water and sewer projects and facility <br />management and will bring their expertise to articulate the technical information of the grants. <br />Our expert grant writers will review the project documents to highlight the project’s strengths <br />matching the grant goals to achieve maximum ranking of the application. <br /> Complex FEMA applications prepared by ESS have been approved by CalOES for <br />funding. <br /> ESS prepared a successful and highly technical grant application for San Bernardino <br />County Transportation Authority, providing detailed GHG reduction calculations, trip <br />generation interpretations, and technologies for alternative fuel that resulted in a $30 <br />million award. <br />Budget Analysis and Construction Planning <br />The ESS team will assist the City in identifying qualifying information to meet grant requirements <br />for budgeting and construction planning. Budgets need to demonstrate project flexibility and <br />scalability to make the grant applications more attractive and create opportunities to apply <br />again even after a successful application’s award. Some areas of focus will include: <br />• Qualifying matching funds • Budget scalability <br />• Scheduling details • Implementation requirements for <br />allocation purposes <br /> <br />In one example of a successful <br />utility project, the technical <br />application for the $103 million <br />project received no comments <br />and was approved in record <br />time.