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SECTION M PROJECT APPROACH AND SCOPE OF WORK The members of our consulting group proposed to provide administrative services for the City's Community Development Block Grant program include Mr. Rudy Munoz, President; and Ms. Esther Luis, Senior Associate, Mr, Munoz will be overseeing the contract and will be available on all as needed basis to address any contract or staffing related issues, Ms. Esther Luis, Senior Associate will bethe main contact and responsible for the day -today administration of the CDBG program. Rudy Mufloz, President,- Mr. Rudy Munoz has been providing community developmentt consulting services to municipal agencies with MDG Associates since he founded the Company in 1991. Mr. Muho>_ has more than 30 years of overall experience in the community development field, including grants management of federal, county, and local grants including those offered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, He is responsible for assisting municipalities with all aspects of Community Development Slogk Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME), Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) administration -and implementation. Mr. Munoz focuses on strategic community investment, development of implementation tools to facilitate the management of programs, developing tools and conducting training for HUD individual and multiple grantees and in the development of Policies and Procedures for programs (HOME, CDBG, NSP) and activities funded under these. programs (Housing Rehabilitation, Commercial Rehabilitation and Homebuyer Programs). His work In these areas includes 36 Consolidated Plans, over 200 Action Plans -arid .CAPER:s, and 12 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. Mr, Munoz has been providing HUD grantees; through its Technical Assistance Program, Basically CDBG Program, Disaster Recovery Grant Reporting (DRGR), and CPD Monitoring training throughout the country in addition to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (training conducted in Spanish). Mr. Munoz is a certified HOME Specialist (Regulations) and Is a national technical assistance provider through HUD's OneCPD and Community Compass; initiatives. Mr, Munoz worked for a number of municipalities in. Southern California in the Community Development field overseeing Planning, Code Enforcement, Grants Management, and Building Departments, Mr. Munoz received a Bachelor of Architecture from California Polytechnic University irr Pomona, Esther Luis, Senior Associate, Ms, Esther Luls Joined MDG Associates; Inc. in June of 2000 and currently serves as a Senior Associate oil the Housing and Community Development team. Ms. Luis has more than 19 years of experience in the planning and Implementation of federal grants including those offered by the U.S, Department of Housing and Urban Development - Office of Community Planning and Development. Ms. Luis' grants management experience includes federally. and County -funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Programs, administration of housing and commercial rehabilitation programs and the oversight other state and federal grants. Ms. Luls' capabilities include knowledge of federal and state grant guidelines, grant application requirements, as well as the ability to administer and manage grants. She has worked on both sides of the CDBG program to include oversight as a County staff member overseeing Urban County grantees, working with Urban County grantees reportingto the County and working for entitled grantees working directly with HUD. Ms. Luis primary focus is on the day-to-day CDBG program administration and management, subrecipient (public service) management and monitoring, labor standards enforcement, compliance Page 318