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A. STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS
<br />MDG Associates Inc. and its affiliate LDM Associates, Inc., were established in 1987 and have
<br />undergone a steady growth since its inception. MDG is a corporation registered in the State of
<br />California. MDG is registered MBE and DBE.,NfDG Associates, Inc. is comprised ofindividuals with a
<br />wide variety of expertise including the services specifically requested by the City. Currently, MDG has 32
<br />staff members. Eight (8) of the staff members are knowledgeable and experienced in the development of
<br />Consolidated Phur documents such as the Five-Year Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan and
<br />Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
<br />As CDBG, HOME and ESG program management consultants, MDG provides assistance with the
<br />day-to-day administration of the programs, including the preparation of Five-Year Consolidated Plans,
<br />One-Year Action Plans and CAPERs as well as the monitoring of capital improvement projects for
<br />compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act requirements, administering sub-recipient contracts, and
<br />coordination with the City's assigned HUD representative.
<br />MDG staff maintains an excellent relationship with the local HUD office as well as at the headquarters
<br />level (Washington D.C.). Staff is currently providing technical assistance to grantees throughout the
<br />country on behalf of HUD Headquarters through the OneCPD Program. This technical assistance is
<br />provided to states, counties, cities and other HUD funded grantees in conjunction with the CDBG,
<br />HOME, ESG, and NSP programs as well as the respective reporting programs such as Integrated
<br />Disbursement Information System (IDIS) and Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR) programs.
<br />The OneCPD Technical Assistance effort includes providing technical assistance to the Commonwealth of
<br />Puerto Rico in response to a Presidential Task Force assessment of their CDBG, HOME and NSP
<br />programs. Technical assistance for Puerto Rico has included the preparation of Policy and Procedure
<br />Guidelines; providing on -site training on the implementation of the program guidelines and their respective
<br />programs; providing on-site training to the staff that is responsible for the monitoring of the programs; and
<br />training on the use of the HUD required reporting program Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR),
<br />The Policv and Procedure Guidelines and training materials have been developed in both English and in
<br />Spanish with the actual running being conducted in Spanish.
<br />In addition, NIDG staff members have been working with HUD Headquarters as trainers and beta testers
<br />to recent updates of their IDIS and DRGR reporting systems (including the new IDIS system, eCon
<br />Planning Suite, and DRGR systems) that was released during the 2012 Program Year. Two (2) of our staff
<br />members are trainers for HUD on the use of the eCon Planning Suite and CPD Maps.
<br />Related Experience
<br />Currently, MEG along with its affiliate (LDM Associates, Inc.) provides CDBG, HOME, ESG, NSP and
<br />CaIHOME administration assistance to 15 cities with funds totaling approximately $26.3 million, For most
<br />of these cities, out scope of services is to perform the overall administration and implementation of these
<br />programs including the preparation of Five-Year Consolidated Plans, Action Plans, CAPERS, contract
<br />management, financial management, monitoring, Davis -Bacon Compliance, inputting performance and
<br />financial data into IDIS and DRGR, and other program requirements.
<br />We are currently under contract with die Cities of Claremont, Compton, Corona, El Monte, Fontana,
<br />Hesperia, Irvine, Lawridale, Lynwood, Newport Beach, Palmdale, Paramount, Rialto, Redlands, Upland,
<br />and Walnut to administer or assist in the administration of their CDBG, HOME and/or ESG Programs.
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