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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> level of service to clients interested in pursuing CNI Planning and Implementation Grant funding, <br /> providing not only technical assistance, strategic help and marshalling political support, but also <br /> offering full debriefs on the key components of successful grant applications over the history of the <br /> program through educational webinars. Below are examples of our strategic efforts in working with <br /> the City and County of San Francisco and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce to secure funding <br /> under this program. <br /> In 2010, Holland & Knight's community development team began working with the San Francisco <br /> Mayor's office to help organize a strategy to approach this grant, which included the development <br /> of a public-private partnership representative of the community's interests as well as a <br /> comprehensive effort to identify the most promising candidate out of a series of potential projects <br /> that could meet CNI's goals of revitalizing severely distressed public housing and generating <br /> investments in well-functioning services, effective schools, public assets, public transportation, and <br /> improving access to jobs. <br /> Through this effort, the City chose to advance a transformation plan for Alice Griffith Public Housing <br /> Development and the surrounding Bayview neighborhood. Under the grant proposal, the City will <br /> replace all 256 units in the Alice Griffith Development along with 248 new low income housing tax <br /> credit units. The City will also develop an additional 382 market-rate, 43 inclusionary and 281 <br /> workforce units will also be developed for a total of 1,210 units. The long-term goals for the Eastern <br /> Bayview neighborhood include an additional 6,640 units, of which 2,273 will be affordable or <br /> below-market rate, including 521 inclusionary units, 671 low income housing tax credit units, and <br /> 509 workforce units. Holland & Knight worked with the City to secure congressional support for the <br /> final grant proposal, and in August of 2011 HUD awarded the City $30.5 million in CNI funding to <br /> support the Alice Griffith transformation plan. San Francisco was one of only six awardees under <br /> the FY 2011 round of funding for this program and HUD's highest rated application in this grant <br /> category for that fiscal year. <br /> We employed a very similar strategy in assisting the Columbus Chamber of Commerce succeed in <br /> securing the maximum CNI Planning Grant award level for the City of Columbus' effort to organize <br /> the Poindexter Village Neighborhood Transformation Plan. Connecting Partnership officials and <br /> staff with appropriate HUD personnel at the local level, facilitating meetings with HUD in <br /> Washington, D.C., and conducting thorough strategy sessions with Partnership staff prepared <br /> Columbus' redevelopment partners to assemble a comprehensive plan that met HUD's criteria for <br /> the grant. The Chamber of Commerce's final Transformation Plan was supported through <br /> collaborative efforts of the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA), the nearby The Ohio <br /> State University, nonprofit housing developer National Church Residences (NCR), and the City of <br /> Columbus. Ultimately, the Chamber of Commerce will undertake a four-phase process that will <br /> address education, health and wellness, jobs and economic development, housing, and safety <br /> utilizing their Transformation Plan developed with HUD's $300,000 CNI Planning Grant. <br /> U.S. Department of Labor <br /> Holland & Knight maintains a strong working relationship with the Secretary of Labor and senior <br /> officials within the Employment and Training Administration, and is very active on national labor <br /> policy as it impacts local governments. <br /> Workforce Investment Act (WIA): We are continuing our efforts with national local government <br /> organizations, community colleges and workforce training institutions to urge Congress to <br /> <br /> <br /> Holland & Knight Confidential Presentation for the City of Santa Ana 1 13 <br /> <br /> 25C-26 <br />