SWIGER, ERNEST CONSULTING, INC. - 2014

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EXHfBIT A — SCOPE OF SERVICES I. introduction The City of Santa Ana ( "City ") is soliciting proposals from experienced consulting firms to prepare the City's Consolidated Five Year Plan ( "Five Year Plan ") for five fiscal years from 2015 -16 through 2019 -20. As adopted by the City Council and approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ( "HUD ") the Five Year Plan will set forth the City's policies, programs, and measurable objectives for expenditure of various federal grants that the City receives, Formula grants currently received by the City, and the amounts received for the City's current fiscal year, are as follows: Grant 2013 -14 Award Community Development Block Grant (CDBG ) $5,682,340 HOME Investments Partnership Program (HOME) $1,131,852 Emergency Shelter Grant Program (ESG ) $ 414,408 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ( HOPWA ) $1,471,369 Effective with the 2014 -15 fiscal year, the City will no longer receive HOPWA funds. Consequently the new Five Year Plan need not address this funding source. Community Development Block Grants - Recovery (CDBG -R) and Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re- housing Program (HPRP) and any additional funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will also need to be addressed according to federal guidelines. In addition to preparation of the Five Year Plan and Citizen Participation Plan, the Consultant may choose to assist the City in preparation of the four subsequent Annual Action Plans (Annual Plan) and five Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Reports (CAPER) that will be required during the five -year period covered by the new Five Year Plan. The first of the five Annual Plans to be prepared in conjunction with the new Five Year Plan is one of its required components, and is to be included in offeror bids for preparation of that preparation. Finally, the Consultant may choose to provide hourly consulting services to the City on matters relating to its federal grants. The City's current Five Year Plan, as well as its most recent Annual Plan and CAPER can all be viewed at http: / /www.santa- ana.org /cda /default. asp. The City is also requiring that costs for certain items such as reproduction be presented as separate line items. The City wishes to evaluate the relative cost effectiveness of performing such tasks itself as opposed to including them in the selected Consultant's contract. Submissions that do not include distinguishable proposed costs for such items will be considered nonresponsive. City of Santa Ana Community Development Agency Request for Proposals for Consolidated Five Year Plan Preparation Page 11