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Annual Affordable Housing and Community Development Conference

15th Annual San Diego Affordable Housing &
Community Development Conference
“Bringing the Future into Focus: 

Smart Growth, Green Building and Prop 1C”

Friday, October 13, 2006

8:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Point Loma Nazarene University
3900 Lomaland Drive
San Diego, CA 

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Conference Program

Welcoming Remarks

Mayor Jerry Sanders

City of San Diego

Keynote Speaker

Gary A. Patton, Executive Director

Planning and Conservation League of California

“Smart Growth and Affordable Housing”

Lunch Topic

Yes on Proposition 1C Pep Rally

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:00 - 8:30 Registration & Breakfast

8:30 - 9:30 Welcome & Keynote Speaker

9:30 - 9:45 BREAK

9:45 - 11:00 Workshop Session I

Green Building: Energy Efficient Design for New and Existing Buildings  

At the session, you will learn:

How to maximize energy efficiency in designing new and rehabbing existing multifamily projects

How to Conduct an Energy Efficiency Design Charrette and Establish Energy Efficiency Goals with your Design Team – how to hire an energy consultant

How to Design and Install and Solar Water Heating System

About Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs and Funding Sources including Tax Credits and Energy Efficiency-Based Utility Allowance schedules

Local Resources and Training Available for Multifamily Owner-Developers

• Moderator: Julieann Summerford, Heschong Malone Group
• Colin Jessop, Heschong Malone Group
• Diane Ziemer, San Diego Gas & Electric
• Ashley Watkins, San Diego Regional Energy Office

Supportive Housing: Next Steps: Ending Chronic Homelessness in San Diego

San Diego’s Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (PTECH) has outlined ambitious goals to address chronic homelessness locally. The Leadership Council is taking the next step and designing an implementation team. Key to the Plan is the creation of 2,000 units of permanent supportive housing to provide housing with services for the chronically homeless in our community.  This panel will discuss the plans to implement PTECH in San Diego along with California’s State Plan.

• Moderator: Simonne Ruff, Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Hannah Cohen, Consultant for San Diego United Way
• Douglas Sawyer, San Diego United Way

Design & Development: Site Analysis

Should you pick this site for development? Discover the key factors to analyze before you spend too much time and money reviewing a specific site. This workshop will focus on a specific site and review political, environmental and regulatory issues. The session will include how to use the Internet to provide a quick search of important web sites to assist you in your analysis.

• Pat Getzel, Getzel & Associates

Housing Finance: Local Assistance for Affordable Projects: Critical Piece of the Puzzle

Local assistance is now perhaps the most critical requirement for today's affordable housing projects, which are rarely feasible without significant "gap financing" from local public funders—cities, housing and redevelopment agencies. Get the latest from those administering and using these local programs: What is available?  How are projects considered for funding and at what levels? What are the latest public "underwriting" requirements and concerns? What are the terms and conditions for using these funds? What is the experience of developers in using these funds? What does the future hold for more funding and public lending practices?

• Moderator: Evan Becker, Red Capital Markets, Inc.
• Cissy Fisher, San Diego Housing Commission
• Deborah Fountain, City of Carlsbad Department of Housing & Redevelopment
• Barry Getzel, Wakeland Housing & Community Development Corporation
• Paul Marra, Keyser Marston Associates

Innovations: The Nexus Between Brownfields and Affordable Housing

The goals of brownfields development, urban revitalization and smart growth overlap. The longer a blighted urban land sits vacant or underutilized, the longer a particular community goes without enjoying the benefits of the economic wealth that the site could be generating. By addressing urban brownfields sites as part of a redevelopment smart growth plan, developers and redevelopment agencies can create more affordable housing opportunities, while also helping their communities and their environments flourish. This workshop will demystify the redevelopment process by providing a practical understanding of such projects along with comprehensible and manageable strategies to implement.

• Moderator: Dan Johnson, SCS Engineers
• Robert G. Russell, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
• Richard Opper, Opper & Varco, LLP
• David Allsbrook, Centre City Development Corporation

11:00 - 11:15 BREAK

11:15 - 12:30 Workshop Session II

Green Building: Developing and Financing Affordable Homes with Photovoltaic

This seminar will comprehensively address technical, financial and development & design and operating issues of using photovoltaic for both apartment units and common areas. Financial tools addressed include low income housing tax credits, business tax credits, State rebates, other funding. Topics include review of photovoltaic, energy efficient design, and special considerations of using photovoltaic for entitlements, construction and asset management. Case study of project under construction with the highest percentage of photovoltaic of any affordable housing development in California.

• Moderator: Mary Jane Jagodzinski, Community HousingWorks
• Ted Bardacke, Global Green USA
• Ramon Mendez, Jr, California Housing Partnership Corporation

Supportive Housing: Transforming Mental Health Systems Through Housing

San Diego County has begun implementation of the Mental Health Services Act, which includes funds to provide services and housing to people with mental illness. The State of California is designing opportunities to invest in housing through Mental Health Services Act capital funds. This panel will discuss the impact of the Mental Health Services Act, at both the state and the local level, on developing housing opportunities for people with mental illness in San Diego.

• Jonathan Hunter, Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Piedad Garcia, County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency

Design & Development: On Site High Rise Inclusionary Housing

Are you frustrated to see builders of high rise condominiums pay an in-lieu fee rather than include affordable units? Centre City Development Corporation, San Diego’s downtown redevelopment agency, has developed an affordable housing bonus program intended to reverse that trend. The program is in its first year of implementation. Join in this discussion with the consultants and staff who developed and administer the program, as well as one of the first builders planning to use it.

• Moderator: Dale Royal, Centre City Development Corporation
• Robb Walker, KMA Architecture
• Paul Marra, Keyser Marston Associates
• Suzanne Drolet, Centre City Development Corporation

Housing Finance: What’s In Store for TCAC and MHP in 2007?

While the funding outlook for affordable housing in California depends in large part on the results of the November election, affordable housing developers are looking optimistically toward  the future and are eager to see what changes may be in store at TCAC and HCD. This workshop will provide an opportunity to hear the latest thinking on changes to tax credit and MHP regulations and provide input to  the key TCAC and HCD policymakers.

• Moderator: Matthew Schwartz, California Housing Partnership Corporation
• William Pavão, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee
• Richard Friedman, State of California Department of Housing and Community Development

Innovations: Debunking the Myths: Changing the Public Opinion About Affordable Housing

To build support for and change the opinion on housing, an alliance of affordable housing developers and the Poway Redevelopment Agency created Housing Solutions, which mounted an effort to change public perception about affordable housing using public relations tools and media approaches. Their goals were to alter public opinion, define whom their housing program served, and create a more accurate understanding of what affordable housing provides to the community. The multi-year effort involved forming a housing alliance, polling, analysis, platform development, website creation, media placements, guest editorials, and the formation of a speaker's bureau. The messages developed emphasize the economic development and quality of life advantages of providing housing for working families and seniors.

• Moderator: Ingrid Alverde, Poway Redevelopment Agency
• Chris Wahl, Southwest Strategies
• Sue Reynolds, Community HousingWorks
• Lewis Michaelson, Katz and Associates
• Matthew Jumper, San Diego Interfaith Housing

12:30 - 1:45 Lunch

2:00- 3:15 Workshop Session III

Green Building: Managing the Integrated Design Process: An Interactive Session on Sustainable Development

Sustainable design is not about how many "green features" you can load into a project. Rather, at the heart of green building is the integrated design process. By exploring green building early on and with the full spectrum of project stakeholders, the green features can disappear and simply become a logical part of the building, incorporated at the lowest possible cost.
Using an interactive format based on actual projects and surprise challenges, this session will teach participants how to organize and manage an effective integrated design process, including how to: organize and facilitate a green building charrette; set priorities and performance targets; address issues of cost from a life cycle perspective, create mechanisms for ongoing feedback; and capture successful strategies for use in future projects.

• Ted Bardacke, Global Green USA
• Walker Wells, Global Green USA

Supportive Housing: When Housing Alone Isn't Enough: Approaches to Permanent Supportive Housing

In linking safe and affordable housing with client centered services, permanent supportive housing provides an effective response to homelessness.  As the number of supportive housing projects increase, providers are branching out and exploring working with new populations and approaches.  Panelists will discuss key findings of several models and approaches to supportive housing, such as housing first and permanent supportive housing for families.

• Moderator: Matthew Doherty, Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Simonne Ruff, Corporation for Supportive Housing
• Gary Hubbard, Telecare Corporation

Design & Development: Managing Risk in Acquisition Rehab Projects

You will leave this workshop with a clearer understanding of how to manage risk in acquisition rehabilitation projects. Should you hire a general contractor, a construction manager or directly hire sub-contractors? Session will include coordinating income certification, relocation and immediate rehab needs, budgeting for relocation and turnover during the transition period. We will define the scope of work and when to invest in it and explain due diligence and how to use inspections and physical needs assessments. What will your lenders and investors require for rehab and operations during construction? 

• Moderator: Anne Wilson, Community HousingWorks
• Dan Levine, John Stewart Construction Company
• Rosemary Stabrawa, Community HousingWorks
• Vince McCaw, Overland Pacific & Cutler
• Alice Carr, CitiBank
• Jason Barrios, National Equity Fund
• Arnulfo Manriquez, MAAC Project

Housing Finance: New Trends In Mixed-Income Housing

Public agencies appear keen to see a mix of income groups in affordable projects, and tax exempt bonds can be issued with as little as 20% low income compliance. Come hear about the specific issues and resistance, particularly among investors, and also learn why there is some investor interest and what structures can be applied to solve technical problems. Discussion will be moderated by David Kunhardt, now a Director of Apollo Housing Capital and previously an investor and non-profit equity specialist.

• Moderator: David Kunhardt, Apollo Housing Capital
• Lance Bocarsly, Bocarsly, Emden, Cowan, Esmail, Parker & Arndt
• Craig Adelman, AF Evans

Innovations: Mixed-Use Residential Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Come hear experts discuss the realities of including affordable and mixed-income housing in mixed-use developments. They will describe how elements of development such as: the ratio of residential versus commercial use, financing, insurance, design issues, zoning, urban planning context, the construction industry, the community, the political climate, and incentive programs, can all help or hinder a project. The panel will share real life stories and examples to illustrate these elements of development.

• Laura Warner, Warner Architecture and Design
• Jeff Howard, CityWorks
• Hank Cunningham, Bank of America, Community Development

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