Securing Resources for the City of Lorain s Local Priorities

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Securing Resources for

the City of Lorain’s

Local Priorities

Presentation to City Council

October 5, 2020

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Presentation

Overview

About Sustainable Strategies DC /

Hull & Associates

Areas of Expertise

Client Successes

Cracking the Code

Strong Return on Investment

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About

Sustainable

Strategies /

Hull &

Associates

Sustainable Strategies DC:

• Helps local governments obtain resources for revitalization and key priorities

• Combines strategic consulting with effective grant-writing and strong advocacy at the federal, state, and philanthropic levels

• Is at the forefront of national efforts to shape and promote an agenda for municipal funding (e.g., pandemic

response, First & Main Coalition, Mayors Automotive Coalition, National

Brownfields Coalition, American Waterfront Revitalization Coalition)

• Has aided clients in securing

approximately $5 billion in resources and $500+ million in grants since 2009

Hull & Associates, LLC (Hull) :

• Is a full-service engineering firm, providing environmental, civil,

geotechnical, and surveying services to both private and public-sector clients throughout the state of Ohio and the Midwest

• Has worked with its clients to secure more than $400 million in state and federal grants and loans

Matt Ward, CEO, Sustainable Strategies DC

Ashley Badesch, Principal, Sustainable Strategies DC

Jenny Carter-Cornell, APR, Funding Practice Leader, Hull

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Areas of

Expertise

Infrastructure

Economic

Development

Public Safety

Water/Sewer/

Stormwater

Brownfields

Revitalization

Parks &

Recreation

Arts/Culture

Local Food

Historic

Preservation

Workforce

Development

Opportunity

Zones

Technology &

Innovation

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Recent

Client

Successes

• $13 million U.S. DOT BUILD grant to construct a Regional Transportation Center for the Roaring Fork Transit Authority in Glenwood Springs, CO (S2) • $5.2 million US EDA Economic Adjustment Assistance grant to protect the

downtown business district from catastrophic flood events by repairing structural damage to the floodwall in Huntington, WV (S2)

• $1.4 million FEMA Hazard Mitigation grant to install a fiber optic

communication system for emergency responders in Port St. Lucie, FL (S2) • $1,063,810 ODOT Municipal Bridge Program grant for the Village of

Roseville's Athens Road Bridge Replacement (Hull)

• $800,000 U.S. EPA Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant to support the revitalization of former Weirton Steel complex in Weirton, WV (S2) • $250,000 Ohio Abandoned Gas Station Cleanup Grant for the City of

Dayton, OH to complete building demolition, additional Phase II activities, and BUSTR reporting (Hull)

• $837,970 ARC POWER grant to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Coalition in Pittsburgh, PA, to develop regional centers for shale energy technical assistance to manufacturers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio (S2) • $179,400 from U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Nonpoint Source

Funds (passed through Ohio EPA/Ohio Lake Erie Commission) for City of Toledo's bioswale and rain garden installations near Delaware Creek (Hull) • $132,500 NPS Save America's Treasure grant to rehabilitate the home of

Revolutionary Colonel Charles Washington in Charles Town, WV (S2)

• $125,000 DOJ COPS Hiring Grant to hire one new police officer in the Town of Mills, WY (S2)

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Leveraging Resources:

Northwest Quadrant of

Carlisle, PA

• $200,000 U.S. EPA Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant to

plan for equitable redevelopment of the brownfields and

$400,000 Assessment Grant to assess contamination at

three major dead factory sites and right-of-way acquisitions for infrastructure improvements. Brownfield projects managed by Hull & Associates

• $5 million U.S. DOT TIGER grant, $5.1 million PennDOT

Multimodal Grant, and $380,000 FHWA Transportation Alternatives Program for critical transportation upgrades • $43,500 U.S. DOJ Body-Worn Camera Pilot Implementation

Grant to maintain trust and accountability between the public and law enforcement

• $200,000 U.S. EPA Environmental Workforce and Job

Training Grant to train and engage local workers in environmental remediation efforts

• $599,000 Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund grant and $30,000 Chesapeake Bay Trust Green Streets, Green Jobs,

Green Towns Grant for stormwater infrastructure improvements

• $10,000 NEA Art Works grant to design and construct the

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Experience

with Water

& Sewer

Challenges

• Represented City of Flint, MI through lead water crisis,

helping secure $300,000,000 in congressional and

state funding for system rehabilitation

• Helped the Tuppers Plains-Chester Water District

(Meigs County, OH) secure $3.2 million grant and $3.2

million 0% loan from the Ohio EPA Water Supply

Revolving Loan Account for water system

improvements

• Helped the City of Pataskala (Licking County, OH)

secure a $1.5 million 0.15% loan from the Ohio EPA

Water Pollution Control Loan Fund for phosphorus

reduction activities at its water reclamation facility

• Supported City of Lansing, MI “wet weather solution”

to reduce system upgrade obligations from $1 billion

to $250 million

• Supported Bay City, MI approach to refinance SRF

obligations and upgrade system after 10 straight years

of large rate increases

• Helped City of Johnstown, PA secure Army Corps

funding for mandated sewer system upgrades

• Many green infrastructure for stormwater

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Cracking the code

Key Steps for Client Success

• Resource Roadmap

• Prep for Infrastructure

and Recovery Packages

• Monthly Calls

• Persuasive Grantwriting

• Strong Local/Regional

Support

• Funding efforts backed by

skilled infrastructure,

environmental, and

energy engineers

• Effective Advocacy,

coordinating local, state

and federal support

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Fee

Proposal

• We proposed to work by monthly

retainer, where Lorain pays a set

monthly fee, and S2/Hull provide full

service consulting, grant-writing, and

advocacy support

• Propose $6,000 per month retainer

($72,000 annually) for both firms

together, plus reasonable

out-of-pocket expenses (which should be

minimal, mainly costs of occasional

travel to Lorain)

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