Creekside Commons

Submitted by the Development/Management/Finance TeamDavis Senior Housing Communities • Neighborhood Partners, LLC • The John Stewart Co.

Brown Construction • James Zanetto, Architect & Planner

Creekside Commons

To The City ofDavis, California

Table of Contents

Proposal Overview………………………...……….…………………………………...1Creekside Commons Description………..……………………………….………….....2Site Plan………………………………..………………………………..……………...6Illustrative Site Plan………………….………..………….………………………….....7Community Center Plan…………….……………………………………………….....8Apartment Plan…………………….……………………………………………….......9Development of Community Character……………………………………................10Timeline………………………………………………………………………………14Financing……………………………………………………………………………..15Pro Forma………………………………..………………………………………….....16Capacity of Developer…………………………………………….…………………..28Letter from William Powell, President DSHC…………………………………….....29William Powell Bio, Board Members of DSHC……………………………………..30Davis Senior Housing Communities, Inc...…………………………………………..31NPLLC, David J. Thompson…………………….…………………………………....32NPLLC, Luke Watkins………………………….………………………………….....34NPLLC’s Local Yolo/Solano Projects……………………………………………......35John Stewart Company JSCo……..………….…………………………………….....38JSCo Financials…………….…….…………………………………………………...41DSHC Financials………………..………………………………………………….....67NPLLC Financials……………..……………………………………………………...69Brown Construction…….…….…………………………………………………….....72James Zanetto, Architect and Planner………………………………………………...78Zanetto Projects……………….……………………………………………………....80Evolution of Past Projects…….……………......………………………………….....89APPENDIX…………………………………………………………………......92Letter from Ellen Edwards, Eleanor Roosevelt Circle ERC...……………………....93Support for DSHC Application of 5th Street………..………………………………..97Our Program Partners at ERC and Heritage Commons………………...…………….98Davis Transit and UniTrans………………...…………………………..……………..991st Northern Bank Letter………...…………………………………………………...101ERC FARM Davis Program………..…………….………………………………….102Susan Shelton Mural at Cesar Chavez Plaza……….………...……………………..105Susan Shelton Letter…………...…………………………………………………….106Yolo Food Bank…………………………...…….…………………………………...107Twin Pines Community Foundation………….………………………………….....108Enterprise Sutter Davis Article……………..…………………………………….....109DSHC ByLaws…………...……………….……………………………………….....110Articles of Incorporation…………….….…………………………………………...120

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Proposal Overview

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Creekside Commons 1. Description of Type of Development Proposed Our Davis-based partnership wishes to build a state of the art affordable senior housing community for low, very low and extremely low-income seniors, along with set aside units for seniors with special needs. The Creekside Commons community will provide an on-site social services coordinator and work with the county to provide services to the special needs seniors.

We would twin the Creekside Commons community with our flagship community at ERC just minutes away on the same street. Having another Davis Senior Housing Community in Davis will exponentially increase the community groups who work with us and the number of seniors we can serve.

The need is there. We have a great working example just minutes away, and we are ready to go with plans that have been previously approved by both the City of Davis and the City of Dixon. The City Council has established a priority for very low and extremely low-income rental housing on the site.

Creekside Commons will work with the various funding agencies to fund affordable units that will have a priority for senior housing that accommodates extremely low, very low and low income residents.

o Preliminary Description of Design and Construction Concepts and Objectives

Our plan is to replicate the very effective and green design of Eleanor Roosevelt Circle (ERC). By having four three story buildings at the rear of the lot, we will maximize the open space of the lot, take advantage of the south facing site, accentuate all the apartments overlooking the creek, make every unit accessible and use the orchard and garden in the front to limit the visual presence of an apartment buildings from the street and neighborhood view. The south facing roofs will carry a large amount of solar panels.

Owing to our building up and building only one bedroom units, there is space to build an additional 4-8 units at the Fifth Street site, if that is a wish of the city. Owing to our building up at ERC, we were able to build 12 more units on site than originally proposed and still have a low building coverage and high amount of landscape open space. However, were there to be additional units, we would suggest they be no more than two stories high.

o Whether the Preliminary Project Would Provide Amenities or Supportive Services to Residents or the Neighborhood

ERC is the most active affordable senior community in Davis with numerous amenities, programs and services. We will duplicate and enhance most of these at Creekside Commons. There are over 100 activities a year at the ERC community building. There is also a community shop, county approved commercial kitchen, library, and raised beds, gardens and an orchard. As with both Cesar Chavez Plaza (CCP) and Eleanor Roosevelt Circle (ERC), Creekside Commons will make its Community Room available to neighborhood groups.

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Many local groups such as Village Harvest, FARM Davis, the Davis Food Co-op, Nugget Markets, Panera Bread and UCD Food Services deliver surplus food for the ERC residents. We are exploring with FARM Davis providing additional farming services at ERC by taking out the existing lawns. See the attached Appendix article on FARM Davis at ERC. We have more community groups focused on helping seniors use the Community Room at ERC than any other community room in an affordable community in Davis.

See Appendix: Services to ERC Seniors and Community Groups Serving ERC residents.

Neighbors would be most welcome at any public events at Creekside Commons and also at Eleanor Roosevelt Circle.

o Whether the Project Would Target Identified Special Needs Populations (Veterans, Seniors, Homeless Persons, Other) and if so, An Assessment of the Need for that Housing

Both ERC and CCP were designed to accommodate a special needs population at risk of homelessness, which in both these cases is 35% of the total units. Creekside Commons would vigorously pursue the various funding sources that support set aside units for special needs populations. Our partnership has worked diligently with Yolo County ADMH and Solano County ADMH to do outreach to their special needs populations.

Our partnership has used outreach to veterans groups through both the Yolo and Solano Veterans offices. A number of our units at both ERC (4 units) and Heritage Commons (5 units) in Dixon are occupied by veterans who are seniors at risk of being homeless. NP already works actively with the veterans’ population in Yolo and Solano Counties.

Creekside Commons is proposed to be a project co-sponsored by Davis Senior Housing Communities, Neighborhood Partners and the John Stewart Company. We will use the low-income housing tax credit program to obtain a major equity investment which we have successfully used at ERC and Heritage Commons I & II in Dixon.

o The Need: The waiting list at ERC for the 25% units is 40 plus already qualified seniors, which equals about a three year wait. The waiting list at our sister Dixon community for the 30% units is also 40 plus. The need for affordable senior housing in Davis is measureable and sizable.

Resident population would be seniors 62, and above, with units available mainly for seniors at 20%, 30%, 50% & 60%.

We would use the resident selection criteria we are already using at ERC.

At ERC we encourage many community groups, senior organizations and county programs to provide programs and services to our senior residents. There are about 100 activities a year at ERC. All of these provide extensive stability. Were we to have an additional site at Fifth Street, we would expect to substantially increase the services and programs at both DSHC sites with major events occurring at the ERC community building.

We would build another Community Store at the Creekside Commons location. The store is a great people place

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during opening hours. The store also is well equipped to make surplus foods available to the residents, as well as being a drop off for people like Nugget Market and the Davis Food Co-op to deliver extra food products. Creekside Commons would team up with Eleanor to do food distribution for both senior sites. Our Store is run by volunteer residents as are many of our meal activities. Osher Life Long Learning (OLLI) provides funds for various resident events.

Because the Community Building at ERC was designed to accommodate 178 people, numerous events could be held there that would be also available to the seniors living at Creekside Commons. One partnership serving over 100 seniors at two locations within five minutes of each other will allow for lots of staff back-up, sharing of services and reduction of organizational costs. It will be a 3 minute car ride, a short bus ride or a 10 minute walk between the two senior communities. All the many OLLI events at ERC will be open to all Creekside Commons residents. (See Appendix Community Groups serving ERC Seniors).

ERC was the first affordable senior housing community in Davis to provide both on-site management and resident services. We have been working with the various county agencies on case management to the various seniors that are consumers of county services. We have an enviable almost eight year track record of providing one of the most popular affordable places for seniors to live in Davis.

The Social Services Coordinator at ERC meets monthly with the residents to go over ongoing topics relating to activities, events and educational programs. (Please see Appendix: ERC BIO Social Services Coordinator)

For this section it is important to read the program report from Ellen Edwards, our social services coordinator, on Resident Services at ERC located in the Appendix.

o Mechanisms for Fostering Resident Stability

By providing a community with many services, ERC fosters resident stability. We have low turnover in residents. As you can see by looking at the Appendix on services to seniors, our staff work very hard to enroll our residents in various low income programs to reduce their food, energy and travel costs. Our on site goal is to encourage all residents to be active. We partner with many community groups to bring their programs on site to the seniors at ERC.

Working with the Yolo Food Bank, Village Harvest and FARM Davis and local retailers, we find ways to bring fresh, good food to be distributed at the Community Store. Robyn Waxman of FARM Davis told us that every 1,000 sq. ft. of ground we can turn into farming will produce 500lbs of food per year. There apperas to be about 5,000 sq. ft. at both ERC and Creekside.

Our staff engages the residents as much as possible in numerous activities. In fact, occasionally patients move out from a nursing home to return to a more active and independent life at ERC. Our staff works with all the residents to ensure they are on the assistance programs they qualify for. All of these forms of help reduce the worries seniors have and that increases their daily stability. o On Site Management and Resident Services

The John Stewart Company is both a partner in our partnership and the management entity. They are the largest single manager of affordable housing units in California. Please see the Appendix for a description of the

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John Stewart Company and their services and capacity. More importantly, JSCo is the largest single manager of special needs units in the state. JSCo is the longest serving manager of nonprofit housing in Davis. Their capacity to manage affordable housing with resident services is tremendous support for the work of DSHC. Through the Social Services Co-ordinator, Ellen Edwards, ERC is known for the quality of its resident services. DSHC pioneered the services model for low income seniors in Davis. The program is well regarded by the County and other providers.

o Governing Body and Resident Representation

The partnership is composed of Davis Senior Housing Communities, Neighborhood Partners and the John Stewart Company. For the next fifteen years, the partnership will own one-tenth of one percent of the property. The remainder 99 and nine tenths percent will be owned by the equity investor, who will likely be one of the investors we already have. The DSHC board has two At Large Representatives from Davis and two from Dixon. The Social Services Coordinator meets monthly with all the residents to go over topics. She relays back to management issues that affect them and to the board particular issues which require board review. At each DSHC board meeting, time is set aside for resident comments.

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Creekside Commons Conceptual Plan Senior Affordable Housing • We have developed senior housing of this type and it has proven successful. The

overall site plan and public and private spaces are sensitive to the needs of seniors and disabled users maximizing the ability to "age in place".

Site Features South Area • The city drainage channel south of the site will be partially landscaped to become a

key feature of the community. The goal is riparian planting as a visual amenity to the project and bike/pedestrian path users.

• Open stormwater drainage will be provided with ephemeral ponding areas on site tying

into the "creek" in the central area between housing wings. Ponding areas will be landscaped with "vernal pool" plant materials. Significant native planting will also occur in the space between the three-story housing wings. Spaces between buildings will serve as view corridors to the creek.

• A terraced storm water outlet will be provided to the creek. • Pathways are laid out to provide a walking circuit and access to gardens in southwest

area. Fifth Street Frontage • A main entry to the site will occur opposite San Sebastian Street with a similar

landscaped island. • Retain nearly all existing street trees. • Orchard and community gardens provide a green, open space image from street. Orchard to have lots of citrus for long lasting fruit. All trees to be dwarf or semi-dwarf to maximize residents ability to safely harvest fruit

and nuts. Davis Farms group will manage the orchard and gardens Courtyards • Central courtyard to be a visual amenity with significant landscaping. Driveway though this area to be primarily a pedestrian zone with distinct paving. • Central courtyard amenities to include terraced seating, a barbecue area and a bocce

court. • Courtyards are provided at housing areas; courtyards are well-landscaped, passive

use areas. Community Center Area • Paved patios are provided on the south and east sides of the main meeting space.

o Development and Community Character

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• A small patio, seating and mail area occurs on the west end of building allowing good visual and pedestrian access from the UniTrans bus stop which will also act as a drop off and pick-up area for Davis Community Transit.

• A low wall alternating with fencing is provided along portions of the Fifth Street

frontage. Disabled Access • All housing and all areas of the site will be accessible to the disabled. West Pathway and Southwest area • Landscaping is enhanced along the well-used west bike and pedestrian pathway. • Proposal includes enhancing the west end of the drainage area (the portion at grade)

as an community orchard. This area will also be managed by Davis Farms. Parking • Forty-seven parking spaces are provided, dispersed around the site close to all

buildings. • A heavy tree canopy will be provided for summer shade, visual amenity and also to

limit views to housing from street. • Pervious paving will be provided where appropriate. Solar Access • Winter sun will reach south windows of all buildings for physical and psychological

warmth. • We are proposing net zero electrical use; PV panels will be on third story roofs so they

will have good solar access. Architectural Features • There will be 48 one-bedroom apartments of approximately 600 square feet in a

stacked flat configuration plus one two-bedroom manager's apartment on the second floor of the community center. (The manager's unit is located at the community center for easy access to the offices; as an alternative a one-bedroom apartment could be dedicated to the manager.) Housing will be three stories all served by elevators. All bedrooms face south away from the street and parking areas. Buildings will be approximately 37'-6" tall.

• Setback at the east property line is 10' matching the Windmere apartments setback.

Setbacks along the south vary between 13' and 34'. Setback at the west is 30' respecting the bike and pedestrian pathway.

• Building materials include stucco, fiber cement siding, composition shingle roofing and

Trex board trim. There is no exposed wood to maximize long-term durability with minimum maintenance.

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• Community Center: Approximately 3,230 sf of public space is provided on the first floor plus 800 sf of

manager's apartment on the second floor. Public spaces include seating/conversation/waiting area with a gas fireplace, a

resident-run community store for low cost food and daily necessities, a computer/library space, a laundry and an assembly space with adjacent kitchen plus restrooms, storage and utility areas. The kitchen area also serves the outdoor patio areas. Two office spaces are provided, one for the property manager and one for the services coordinator.

• Management of the project will be by The John Stewart Company whom we have

worked with very successfully for many years. Green Features and Water Reduction Strategies • The overall site plan is based on passive solar design principles with virtually all

windows facing either north or south for winter sun and easy shading during the hot season. Exterior shades are provided for south-facing windows. All apartments have cross ventilation for summer cooling. Attached apartments provide significantly less surface area exposed to outdoor temperature extremes.

• Net zero electricity use is the goal achieved by the use of energy conservation

strategies such as properly oriented and high efficiency windows as noted above, high insulation values, and LED lighting. Roof are designed to maximize south exposure for photovoltaic and domestic hot water systems.

• Interior materials and finishes are designed for low VOC off-gassing to enhance indoor

air quality. • Central boilers with recirculating pumps are used for energy efficient domestic hot

water; solar thermal systems provide heat to the boilers. • Landscaping includes low maintenance, drought tolerant plant materials such as

California native and Mediterranean species well adapted to our climate, low water use irrigation systems and no turf areas.

• The storm water system will feature naturalized swales with low water level ponding

areas; some of these areas will be planted with vernal pool species, a Central Valley endangered ecosystem. These ponding areas will allow water to percolate into the soil, reducing irrigation needs in the dry season as well as provide seasonal variation.

Accessibility and Visitability Features • All resident apartments are accessible via elevators. • All interiors have resident and visitability features such as three foot wide interior

doors, accessible or adaptable bathrooms and bedrooms that accommodate wheelchair circulation.

• All areas of the site will be accessible. • Gardening areas will include raised beds for wheelchair access.

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Ceramic Artwork • Local artist Susan Shelton has agreed to provide a ceramic art installation in an

exterior location probalby in the Community Center east area. We have found her work to be of excellent quality, well received by all.

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Creekside Commons Senior Housing ProjectDevelopment Timeline

December 2014Project site awarded to developer

March 2015Submit schematic architectural drawings to City of Davis for design review approval

March 2015Submit $1.5 million application to Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program (AHP)

June 2015Receive final City of Davis approval of project design

July 2015 or whenever funds next become availableSubmit $3,053,906 application to HCD Multifamily Housing Program (MHP) and $868,000 application to HCD Veterans Bond Program

August 2015Receive award of AHP funding

December 2015Receive award of MHP and Veterans Bond funding

February 2016Submit application for tax-exempt bond authority to CA Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC)

March 2016Submit application for low-income housing tax credits to Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC)

May 2016Receive award of tax-exempt bonds from CDLAC

June 2016Receive award of low-income housing tax credits from TCAC

August 2016Sign Letter of Intent with Limited Partner

November 2016Close construction financing and start construction

October 2017Initial occupancy

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FINANCING PLAN

The Creekside Commons senior housing project will be financed in the following manner: CONSTRUCTION:

The site will be contributed by the City of Davis.

Wells Fargo Bank (WFB) will commit construction financing in the amount of $7,200,000 at a variable interest rate equal to the 30-day LIBOR plus 3% for a term of 24 months. We are estimating a rate of 4% for the construction loan interest line item. This loan will be a tax-exempt loan, with the bonds issued by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority.

There will be a $1,500,000 deferred payment AHP loan at 0% interest from First Northern Bank.

There will also be $1,255,000 in costs deferred to the permanent loan phase.

And lastly there will be an equity investment from a limited partner investor during construction in the amount of $855,000.

PERMANENT:

There will be a $3,203,710 residual receipts loan, at 3% simple interest, from the HCD Multifamily Housing Program Supported Housing (MHP). This will partially repay the $7.2 million conventional construction loan from WFB.

There will also be an $868,000 residual receipts loan, at 3% simple interest, from the HCD Veterans Housing Bond Program. This will also partially repay the $7.2 million conventional construction loan from WFB. These Veterans Bond Funds will include operating subsidy funds to allow veterans with incomes below 50% AMI to pay no more than 30% of their actual income (similar to Section 8 vouchers and MHSA subsidy funding). Thus these 50% AMI restricted units may serve individuals with incomes as low as the SSI income level (approximately 20% AMI).

The $1,500,000 AHP loan from First Northern Bank, which will be disbursed during construction, will stay in place as a permanent financing source. And it will continue to be a 0% interest rate deferred loan.

And the limited partner equity investment, which was partially funded during construction, will be increased to a total amount of $4,648,094 at occupancy and issuance of 8609s. These funds will repay the balance of the $7.2 million construction loan.

There will also be a deferred developer fee in the amount of $770,000. This deferred developer fee is projected to be paid from cash flow.

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o Resident Selection Criteria.As presently used at ERC.

o Income Qualifications: The units are to be developed with permanent affordability that serves low, very low, and extremely low income households.

Our proposed senior community will pursue funding for seniors in all these income categories.

2. Capacity of Developer

In the Appendix, we have provided the description of each of our partners, the bios of the key personnel, and resumes of applicable staff. The attachment entitled, “NP’s Local Yolo/Solano Communities” perhaps best answers this question. It includes reference to the three present DSHC communities that have all been done by DSHC, NP and JSCo. Many of the others successful communities in that document were developed by NP and managed by JSCo and should fulfill your request for additional examples of our work. Brown Construction has built a preponderance of the NP projects.

All of our projects have been very successful in meeting the neighbors’ expectations and those of the city and financing entities. In Davis, we have frequently been complimented by the neighbors for our willingness to work with them. We can provide you with residents and neighbors names, but do not wish to divulge personal information in a public document. In the Appendix, we have attached numerous people and organizations in support of our work with the seniors at ERC.

o Contacts/Testimonials

For Davis projects: Danielle Foster 530-747-5853For Dixon projects: Dave Dowswell 707-678-7000For Woodland projects: Jaime McLeod 530-661-5927For Leisureville, Woodland: Gayle Madsen 916-447-0886For John Stewart Company: Steve McElroy 916-561-0323First Northern Bank: Jeff Adamski 530-219-5530Wells Fargo Bank: Jeff Bennett 414-396-0966CalHFA: Carr Kunze 916-326-8803Enterprise Foundation: Philip Porter 410-772-8594Federal Home Loan Bank: Jim Yacenda 714-731-7221

We have always been successful at blending the different interests of the project and those of the neighbors. We are known in particular for our collaborative work with the neighbors of Moore Village, Tremont Green and Owendale.

You can see many of our co-partnered communities at www.npllc.org/projects and on the City of Davis website. In the architect’s submission, you can further see previous DSHC communities. On the www.npllc.org/blog, you can read stories about the building progress of Heritage Commons.

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Many of the different partners’ multifamily projects in Davis are listed in the Appendix under “NP’s Yolo/Solano Communities.”

o Other Opportunities

NP and its nonprofit partners have built their affordable units in Davis at the least per unit cost of City of Davis dollars of any developer of afforable housing. For example, ERC was built at a cost of far fewer City of Davis dollars per unit than the nearby senior community, Walnut Terrace.

DSHC and its nonprofit partners have used a number of different funding sources to create the two senior communities we have built and the one we are building. NP and its nonprofit partners strive to obtain as much funding from sources external to the City of Davis as possible. We have always leveraged the Davis dollars more than others. However, with the demise of Redevelopment Agency funding the playing field is quite different. Our senior projects have received the highest grants awarded at the time from the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco for both Yolo and Solano Counties. The recent highest ever award in Solano County of $1.5 for Heritage Commons II in Dixon is covered in the Appendix.

Before ERC and CCP would be approved by the equity investor, they said they would do the communities but only if David Thompson and his wife and Luke Watkins and his wife would put up all our assets for fifteen years to fully guarantee the equity partner against losses. The two families did and that is the only reason why ERC and CCP came into existence. No other person in Davis has done that for affordable housing.

o Whether Developer is a Yolo County Non-Profit Organization or Intends to Create or Partner with a Yolo County Non-Profit Organization for the Purpose of Developing and Maintaining this Project.

Creekside Commons will be a partnership of Davis Senior Housing Communities, Neighborhood Partners and The John Stewart Company. This will be the fourth senior affordable housing project developed by our team. Members of our team contain entities which appear to be the longest continuing Davis-based organizations still providing affordable housing in Davis.

o A copy of the Latest Audit, Income and Expenses Report, Balance Sheet and Operating Budget for the Organization.

(See section Capacity of Developers financial info for all three partners)

o Confirmation that the Organization Agrees to Produce Audits and other Financial and Management Documents for City Review as Required by the City during the Life of the Project.

We agree to produce the documentation required by the city and other funders.

o Confirmation that the Organization Will Comply with Local and Federal Requirements for Contracts, including Opportunities for Women and Minority Businesses, Competitive Bidding and Cost Reporting.

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We agree to comply with the above requirements.

o Community Partnership: Please describe how the developer proposes to partner with the Mace Ranch neighborhood community in the planning and developing of this site. In addition, please address the following issues in a detailed action plan:

Members of our team pride themselves on working with the neighbors through the planning and development stage. Most of us live in Davis and have done so for over 30 years. Brown Construction’s officers also live in Davis. We make sure our construction is done according to the City requirements. On almost a daily basis, one member of the team will be on site during construction to ensure that all is going well. With two members of the DSHC board living in Davis just minutes away, with both NP partners and their families living in town for many decades, with the architect living at Village Homes for thirty years in town and JSCo staff on site every day just a few minutes away, we believe we are better equipped than others to monitor the project and its impact on the neighborhood. We will be glad to respond quickly to any perceived problems and will provide our cell numbers to the Mace Ranch neighborhood so that neighbors can be in touch with us at any time of day to deal with any problems.

We purposefully designed the site to place the buildings at the rear of the site and to have no apartments near the street at all. We placed the orchard and gardens to the street side to provide a natural screen to the buildings. We placed an orchard in front of ERC for the same reason. Years later, the orchard screens much of the building. And the buildings at Fifth Street will be much further away from the street. We also designed most of the parking to be away from the street.

o Continuing Community Outreach, Communication and Dispute Resolution during Design, Planning, Building and Life of the Project

It is now almost eight years since ERC was first occupied. However, on almost a weekly basis either the DSHC President, one of the NP partners or the architect visits ERC to check on how things are going. Because we are constantly thinking of how best to serve the seniors we look at ERC to learn what we can from our daily experiences. Members of the partnership will continue to pay attention to the perspectives of the Mace Ranch neighbors from the beginning and through the life of the project. We have never had a problem that was not quickly solved at any of our communities. Luke Watkins of NP visits ERC more than weekly as his mother is a long term resident there. David Thompson of NP visits the Twin Pines Community (developed by NP) on Anderson Road about once a week as his mother in law has lived there since 1998.

o Responses to Existing Neighborhood Input, as Outlined in the Attachment 4, Selection Criteria

Members of the team and the architect reviewed the neighborhood feedback with great interest. We appreciate the comments. We have met on site three different times with the architect and with the Civil Engineer twice in person. We have talked with Davis Community Transit and Unitrans and the architect has had numerous discussions with the City and looked often at ERC just minutes away to remind ourselves of what we did there.

o By looking at our site plans you will see that we link into the existing bike paths. We anticipate

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enhancing the existing bike path. We have incorporated the idea of courtyards into our plan as we practice that idea already at ERC and in other projects we have done. We are using the orchard and gardens to soften much of the border with Windmere. We allow for a pedestrian link between Windmere and ourselves.

o The John Stewart Company is extremely good about dealing with maintenance issues and our reserve accounts will cover long term property upkeep.

o We use good quality materials and hope to have extensive solar. ERC was the first project in Davis to meet the “Dark Sky” ordinance. We have limited lawns at ERC and none at Heritage Commons and project no lawns at Fifth Street. We are hoping to initiate bringing what is now called a ditch back to life as a creek. We will play our part but will need the City in particular to lead the way.

o Low-income seniors have far fewer cars, so resident parking is not an issue. We prefer to plan for tree cover for the parking areas, as it is more natural and less visible.

o We will watch for our product use. At ERC, we used a number of noise reducing methods and therefore, will pay attention to the flooring. With our design, all of the bedrooms will open up south towards the creek, so none of them will be anywhere near parking.

We’re grateful for the comments of the Mace Ranch neighbors and anticipate hearing more from the neighbors as we go through the process.

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675 Cantrill Avenue, Davis, California, 95618

November 12, 2014

Mayor Dan Wolk & Council MembersCity of Davis23 Russell BlvdDavis, CA 95616

Dear Mayor Wolk and Council Members;

As President of Davis Senior Housing Communities (DSHC), I am proud to submit to you the application of DSHC and its partners. DSHC was founded to provide a service rich affordable senior community. Eleanor Roosevelt Circle is our flagship, which we have already replicated in Dixon. We wish to bring all the strengths of our resident focused way of life to Creekside Commons, a sister site on Fifth Street.

We would love to double our Davis capacity as a Davis-based nonprofit senior organization. DSHC has spent eight years partnering with Yolo county government agencies and nonprofits serving seniors. We would bring all our local capacity to serve the additional seniors nearby on Fifth Street, including providing units for seniors with special needs.

No affordable senior housing community in Yolo County has as many on-site services or as many programs as we do at ERC. The activities we sponsor and the resident participation we encourage all enrich the life of our resident seniors.

Locally, we partner with Neighborhood Partners (NP) who has helped create almost 600 units of affordable housing in Yolo County; with architect Jim Zanetto and his team of local consultants along with Brown Construction of West Sacramento. Because our team is Yolo-based, building Creekside Commons will provide hundreds of jobs in Yolo County.

Lastly, DSHC vastly increases our strengths by having the John Stewart Company (JSCO) join us as a general partner. In that role, every local DSHC community has the backing of the largest management company of affordable housing in the state. JSCO’s economic and organizational strength is a critical advantage. Our combined strengths mean that DSHC scores very highly and successfully in all statewide funding competitions.

Along with the other board members from Yolo and Solano Counties, we all participate locally in being of service to seniors. Our local difference with NP added to JSCO’s strength makes me very proud to submit DSHC’s local application for the Fifth Street site.

Sincerely yours,

William Powell, PresidentDavis Senior Housing Communities 675 Cantrill Ave, Davis, CA 9561

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Bio of William E. Powell, a.k.a. BILL POWELL, President, Davis Senior Housing Communities, Inc. (DSHC)

I am a native of Woodland and from a third generation Yolo County family. I am retired fromthe U C Davis Campus, where I worked almost 40 years with the School of VeterinaryMedicine, Dept of Medicine and Epid as a Staff Research Associate.

I was about six years old when I started visiting my Grandmother Powell, who was residing in a convalescent facility in Woodland, and continued to do so until her passing, many years later. I have always gravitated to the mature generation, trying to benefit from their years of experience. So, when I decided to retire, it was only natural that I become involved with senior activities.

My church work in Woodland has given me the opportunity to serve communion to those not well enough to attend church, be the service coordinator to the Christian Mission/Wayfarer Center, now “ Fourth and Hope,” cooking and serving the evening meal on Wednesdays for about two years. I am now involved with the rotating cold weather shelter through the Davis United Methodist Church.

I have been the President of Davis Senior Housing Communities, Inc. for over twelve years. Margaret Milligan was seeking assistance regarding her dream to provide participatory housing for seniors living on a fixed income and several of us decided to get involved.

We have managed, with the Grace of God, to construct 60 units at our flagship Eleanor Roosevelt Circle, then added another 60 units at Heritage Commons in Dixon, and just got approval for another 60 units in Dixon. Adding Fifth Street would boost our ability to serve Yolo/Solano seniors.

I am currently a member or officer of:

President, Davis Senior Housing Communities, Inc.; Vice President of Senior Citizens of Davis Inc, and a member of the Davis Senior Commission. I am a life member of the U C Davis Retirees Association, a life member of the Woodland Elks Lodge # 1299, a member of the American Legion Post #77 in Woodland, and an Auxiliary volunteer at Sutter Davis Hospital. Other DSHC board members are also of great service to seniors in Yolo/Solano Counties.

Davis Senior Housing Communities, Inc.Board of Directors

Bill Powell, President, DavisKelly Ramos, Vice President, DavisShirley Humphrey, Treasurer, DixonChris Dechoretz, Secretary, Dixon

Corporate office 675 Cantrill Drive, Davis, CA 95618

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Davis Senior Housing Communities, Inc (DSHC)

Davis Senior Housing Communities was created in the 1990’s to create a different model of low-moderate income senior housing. The founders of DSHC had in mind a place where seniors would be encouraged to be active and would be given many opportunities to participate. The founders wanted a community room that would be home to many different activities. The founders also wanted to engage in partnerships with other groups that wished to serve seniors. Too many senior projects have too few activities.

The founders wanted to ensure that each DSHC community would have a Social Services Coordinator an addition to a property manager. We worked with the John Stewart Company (JSCo) to structure an affordable senior housing community that provided on site services. As a result, Eleanor Roosevelt Circle pioneered the idea of having a staff person on site that was qualified to do case management, assist specific senior residents and organize numerous activities of value and benefit to the resident seniors.

ERC in Davis was the first project of DSHC. It is where we practiced numerous concepts and adopted the best ones to use on site. ERC emerged as one of the best places for low income seniors to live in in Yolo County. We have lengthy waiting lists for our very low and low income units.

In this manner, ERC also pioneered the role of working directly with Yolo County and a number of its departments and units to better the lives of many of their clients.

Citizens in Dixon learned about our model and asked us to show them ERC. A little later, a developer in Dixon heard about our program and also visited ERC. In the end, the developer donated 5 acres of land to DSHC for us to fulfill their affordable housing obligation to the City of Dixon.

Working with the City of Dixon, and on behalf of DSHC, Neighborhood Partners put together a set of applications. Within a short time from land transfer to occupancy DSHC was very successful. Another 60 units joined the DSHC family.

Applications for an additional 60 units succeeded. In March of 2014, the State awarded another $5.6 million to kick start the construction of Phase 2. Construction will begin next year. Key to much of it is NP’s capabilities in scoring high in various competitions.

Our scores are also strong through the partnership DSHC has with the John Stewart Company. Having over 100 senior units on the same street in Davis allows for effective staffing, services, replication and synergy.

The model we have pioneered is rich in resident services and programs and health giving to our residents. The partnerships we have created with the Counties of Yolo and Solano and with nonprofits in those two counties can be built on and replicated. We would bring this purpose, passion, strength and capacity to another senior community in Davis.

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Neighborhood Partners, LLC

DAVID J. THOMPSON

David J. Thompson of Thompson Consulting and co-principal of Neighborhood Partners, LLC, has worked for the national cooperative organizations of the United States and Japan, as well as the United Nations and has visited cooperatives in 30 countries. David was inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C., in 2010. He participated in events honoring the 2012 United Nations International Year of Cooperatives at both the United Nations and the White House. In 2013, David received the Voorhis Award, the highest honor of the National Association of Housing Cooperatives. From 1985 to 1991, David was Vice President, Western States and Director, International Relations for the National Cooperative Business Association. From 1979 to 1985, he was Director of Planning for the National Cooperative Bank (NCB), and later, Regional Director of NCB’s 13 state Western Region.

David specializes in funding the capital needs of cooperatives. He was a co-founder of Co-opportunity, Santa Monica, California. David is President of the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF). Under David’s leadership, TPCF has created Cooperative Community Funds for 30 US cooperatives. TPCF is the largest co-op funder of cooperative development organizations and organic dairy and fair trade coffee cooperatives in the US. TPCF’s capital leverages $25 million of development funds for cooperatives. TPCF has raised $300,000 to preserve farmland (One Farm at a Time) in Yolo County.

With Luke Watkins, David drafted the City of Davis’ Affordable Housing Ordinance which created over $400 million in nonprofit and mutual housing. With Luke, David is co-principal of Neighborhood Partners, LLC, which has developed 800 units of nonprofit housing. To see many of NP’s affordable nonprofit communities visit www.npllc.org.

David co-chaired California’s effort to establish the National Cooperative Bank (1978) and the Center for Cooperatives (1987) at the University of California. He created the Kagawa Fund with funds raised from Japanese and US Co-ops to develop cooperatives in the USA. David is Vice-Chair of the Yolo Federal Credit Union; a community chartered credit union ($218M in assets).

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David authored Weavers of Dreams: Founders of the Modern Cooperative Movement (two editions, four printings, 1994 & 2012). He co-authored Cooperation Works! (1996) and A Day in the Life of Cooperative America (1994) and wrote Credit at the Grassroots (1995) when he worked at the United Nations Secretariat in NYC. David edited Where Credit Was Due (1985), the history of the National Cooperative Bank, and Cooperative Business in the USA (1986). He is a feature writer for the Co-operative News (UK). His over 400 articles (in six languages) have appeared in the: Cooperative Business Journal (USA), Co-operative News (UK), Kyoto Co-op News (JN), Journal of the International Cooperative Alliance (Switzerland), Cooperative Housing Bulletin, Sacramento Bee, Christian Science Monitor, In Context, Citizen Participation and Cooperative Grocer. He has appeared on the BBC, Phil Donohue Show, Financial News Network, and is a featured speaker at many US and International cooperative conferences.

David has the world’s largest private library on cooperatives. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, in the same county as Rochdale, the birthplace of the cooperative movement. Davis is an NCBA Honored Cooperator, a recipient of the “Cooperative Service Award” from the Consumer Cooperative Management Association and “Writer of the Year” award from the National Association of Housing Cooperatives. David has an MA in Urban Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles where he won the Dean’s Award for Community Service. David is married to Ann M. Evans, a former Mayor of Davis and co-founder of the Davis Food Co-op.

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Neighborhood Partners, LLC 2745 Portage Bay East, Davis CA 95616 Tel: 530-400-2927 Fax: 530-756-1899 [email protected]


LUKE WATKINS

CO-PRINCIPAL, Neighborhood Partners, LLC., (1994 to present)Serving as a developer general partner with (or project development and fi nancial consultant to) nonprofi t organizations that sponsor and own affordable rental housing developments. See attached list of recent projects. Successful applicant for TCAC, CDLAC, CalHFA, MHP, HOME, CDBG, MHSA and AHP funding.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, Sacramento Habitat for Humanity, (1992-96)Administered nonprofi t organization that builds homes for very low-income families, utilizing sweat equity, volunteer labor and donated materials. Increased capacity from two units per year to 10 units per year.

HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTATIVE II, California Department of Housing and Community Development, (1989-93)Staff to start up of HCD’s Rental Housing Construction Program (RHCP) and Family Housing Demonstration Program (FHDP) - preparing regulations, reviewing applications and closing loans for fi rst round of loan funding.

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, Davis Community Housing, Inc., (1985-89)Managed a 27-unit single family self-help-housing program. Completed a 24-unit multifamily project and negotiated 5.3 acres in land donations for additional multifamily sites. Served as acting Executive Director for ten months. EDUCATIONBachelor of Arts Degree in Economics, University of California at Davis, (1984)

Related Community Volunteer Experience

MEMBER, City of Davis General Plan Housing Element Steering Committee (2005), Affordable Housing Task Force (2001-04), City of Davis General Plan Revision Housing Element Commit-tee (1996-97).

PLANNING COMMISSIONER, City of Davis (1986-88 and 1989-93)Participated during the city’s 1987 General Plan revision, planning for an increase in population of 50%. Provided leadership in the area of affordable housing policy.

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NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS LLC (NP)NP’s Local Yolo/Solano Communities

Heritage Commons, (Phase 2) DixonDavis Senior Housing Communities, Neighborhood Partners & the John Stewart Company. 191 Heritage Lane, Dixon, CA – 60 units; one bedroom senior housing; Federal Home Loan Bank ($1.5m AHP grant) through First Northern Bank; HOME Investment Partnership; tax credits. Occupancy 2016.

Heritage Commons, (Phase 1) DixonDavis Senior Housing Communities. Neighborhood Partners & the John Stewart Company. 191 Heritage Lane, Dixon, CA – 60 units, one bedroom seniors, Redevelopment Funds through City of Dixon; Federal Home Loan Bank ($1m AHP grant) through First Northern Bank. HOME investments Partnership; Tax Credits, Enterprise Foundation; Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund. Occupancy July, 2014.

Rochdale Grange, Woodland2090 Heritage Parkway, Spring Lake, Woodland, CA. 44 units, one, two and three bedroom units. HOME funding through City of Woodland, MHP Supportive Housing Program, Federal Home Loan Bank (AHP grant) through First Northern Bank. Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund. Occupancy 2012.

Cesar Chavez Plaza, DavisDavis Community Meals, Neighborhood Partners, & Yolo Housing. 1220 Olive Drive, Davis, CA - 53 units, one bedrooms, utilizing City of Davis redevelopment tax-increment, MHP Supportive Housing Program, Federal Home Loan Bank (AHP grant) through River City Bank, 4% tax credits and tax-exempt bond financing. Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund. Occupancy December 2007

Rancho Yolo, DavisRancho Yolo Community Association (RYCA), 620 Pole Line, Davis. A 262 space seniors mobile home park with about 330 resident seniors. Over a seven year period, NP was the development consultant for RYCA. In that role, NP set up the article and bylaws; procedures, purchase plan, share program, management process, newsletters and resident documents. However, in the end, the owners decided they were not willing to sell to the residents at this time. However, they agreed to give the residents the first crack at buying the park if it is sold.

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Eleanor Roosevelt Circle, DavisDavis Senior Housing Communities, Neighborhood Partners and Yolo Housing. 675 Cantrill Drive, Davis, CA - 60 units, one-bedroom seniors, utilizing CDBG, HOME, redevelopment tax-increment, City of Davis Housing Trust Funds, MHP Supportive Housing Program, Federal Home Loan Bank (AHP grant) through First Northern Bank;, 4% tax credits, state tax credits and tax-exempt bond financing – Cooperative Development Foundation. Occupancy January 2007.

Moore Village, DavisYolo Mutual Housing Association, 2444 Moore Blvd., Davis CA - 59 units, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, utilizing CDBG, HOME, redevelopment tax-increment, City of Davis Housing Trust Funds, 4% tax credits, state tax credits and tax-exempt bond financing. Occupancy 2005.Tremont Green, DavisYolo Mutual Housing Association, 5663 Marden Street, Davis CA - 36 units, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, utilizing CDBG, HOME, redevelopment tax-increment, City of Davis Housing Trust Funds, Federal Home Loan Bank (AHP grant) through First Northern Bank; 4% tax credits and tax-exempt bond financing - initial occupancy 2004.

Owendale Community, DavisYolo Mutual Housing Association, 2417 Albany Avenue, Davis, CA - 45 units, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, utilizing CDBG, HOME, redevelopment tax-increment, City of Davis Housing Trust Funds, Federal Home Loan Bank (AHP grant) through First Northern Bank; and State Department of Housing & Community Development Multifamily Housing Program (MHP) financing - initial occupancy 2003.

Pacifico Cooperative, DavisDavis Campus Cooperatives, 1752 Drew Circle, Davis, CA – 112 person student housing cooperative, utilizing CDBG, HOME, City of Davis redevelopment tax-increment, City Housing Trust Funds; Federal Home Loan Bank (AP grant) through First Northern Bank and private financing Occupancy 2000.

Twin Pines Community, DavisYolo Mutual Housing Association, 3333 F Street, Davis CA - 36 units, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, utilizing CDBG, HOME, City of Davis redevelopment tax-increment, City Housing Trust Funds, Federal Home Loan Bank (AHP grant), 4% tax credits and tax-exempt bond financing. Occupancy 1998.

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Homestead Cooperative, Davis (LW only)Solar Community Housing Association, Grambling Court, Davis. Congregate housing. City of Davis & HCD. J Street Co-op, Davis (DT arranged property transfer and financing)Solar Community Housing Association, 234 J Street in Davis. Congregate housing. SAMCO. Leisureville Community Association, Woodland (DT only with Jerry Rioux)1313 E. Gibson Road, Woodland CA. A 150 space “seniors only” mobile home park serving about 200 residents; utilizing City of Woodland Redevelopment Agency, HOME funds, conventional mortgage, Northern California Community Loan Fund, Mercy Housing Foundation, Cooperative Development Foundation and Presbyterian Foundation. First resident owned park in Yolo County. Resident owned beginning in 1995.

Olive Court, Davis (LW only when with Davis Community Housing)1414 Olive Drive, Davis, CA. Davis Community Housing. 24 2 bedroom units; City of Davis CDBG, Bank of Woodland, California Housing Finance Agency. Tax Credits. Occupied 1987.

Dos Pinos Housing Cooperative, Davis (DT only when with National Cooperative Bank)Cooperative Association, Sycamore Lane, Davis. 60 units 1-2-3 bedroom units; National Cooperative Bank, member equity. First non-subsidized limited equity housing cooperative in USA. Occupied 1985.

AHP grant = Affordable Housing Program of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San FranciscoCDBG = Community Development Block Grants. NP created March, 2014.

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The John Stewart Company Property Management Agent

Firm Resume

The John Stewart Company began in 1978 with a commitment to providing high quality management for affordable housing in the Bay Area. Today, JSCo is a full-service housing management, development, and consulting organization employing over 1,300 people state-wide. According to the California Real Estate Journal we are the fourth largest manager of multi-family housing in California, the sixth largest manager of affordable housing in the United States (according to the National Affordable Housing Management Association) and the largest manager of affordable housing in California. State-wide the JSCo management portfolio contains over 440 properties, more than 33,000 residential units, and home to over 65,000 California residents. Within this portfolio we manage 178 senior properties with over 15,000 units and are investment partners on nine of those properties providing over 1,400 units. Locally, our Sacramento Office manages over 3,000 units in 47 properties located in Sacramento, Davis, Dixon, Woodland, Fairfield, Suisun, Napa and Stockton areas, including six properties with 432 units that provide housing for senior residents. We are well versed in managing properties that require compliance with Federal, State and local regulatory agencies. In the Sacramento office we manage 1,788 units with TCAC funding, 737 units with HUD/Project Based Section 8 funding and 618 units directly overseen by local housing agencies. Over eighty percent of our properties have multiple funding sources with multiple agencies.

The staff at The John Stewart Company is as multi-faceted as the populations we serve. We have been recognized by the State of California with an award for Excellence in the Workplace for the promotion of ethnic and cultural diversity. Our professional backgrounds are in areas as diverse as real estate, finance, education, sociology, land use planning, public policy, architecture, engineering, construction, accounting and communication. Our diversity of experience, together with our commitment to providing service oriented housing, exemplifies the unique perspective and breadth of services we bring to every client.

The John Stewart Company is experienced with the complex process of multi-family real estate financing, development, marketing and management. We have the versatility and professional capacity to perform every task from initial feasibility through development and long-term property management. We serve our customers with 1,300 employees in five offices across California. Our property management related services include:

Housing Management Affordable and Market-Rate Family Rental Housing, Senior Housing, Cooperatives, Special Needs Housing, Marketing and Rent Up, Specialized Program Development, Common Interest Developments. Income groups in our housing include households with no income on properties with project based rent subsidy to Tax Credit programs providing housing at 25%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60% and market rate units. A key component in our success is working with organizations that provide supportive services for the residents in the community. Some properties are connected to an organization that provides the services and at others our management staff take the lead on providing activities, programs and arranging for local agencies to visit the property and connect with the residents.

Rochdale Grange, Woodland

The JSCo management portfolio contains over 440 properties, more than 33,000 residential units, and home to over 65,000 California residents.

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Services at our senior properties range from connecting seniors with community based activities and services, exercise and activity programs, craft classes, food programs including connection with community food services and at some properties a small community store that provides basic staples a very reasonable price.

Affordable and Market-Rate Management Services Comprehensive housing management is the foundation of The John Stewart Company's diversified housing services. Our goal is to provide secure, service oriented, well-maintained and professionally managed housing that serves the interests of residents and owners alike. Reaching beyond the traditional management services of maintenance and budgeting, we strive to create community environments that foster high levels of physical, social, and emotional well-being among residents. At the same time, we also provide owners and sponsors with financial efficiency, accountability and value-added benefits. Examples of the properties JSCo manages are:

Eleanor Roosevelt Circle is a 60 unit affordable senior property in Davis that JSCo has managed for Davis Senior Housing Communities since 2006. We partnered with DSHC on Heritage Commons, another 60 unit development, in Dixon that we just completed leasing and are managing. Another DSHC 60 unit community in Dixon just won $5.6 in funding from the State of California.

Forrest Palms is a 40 unit affordable senior property that JSCo has managed since 2010 for Community Housing Opportunities Corporation in Sacramento.

Napa Creek Manor is an 84 unit affordable senior property that JSCo has managed since 1993 for Napa Housing Foundation in Napa.

Senior Manor is an 84 unit affordable senior property that JSCo has managed since 2008 for Solano Affordable Housing Foundation in Fairfield.

Woodhaven Senior Residences is a 104 unit affordable senior property that JSCo has been the Managing General Partner since 1991 in Sacramento.

Maintenance A comprehensive maintenance program ensures that every property is well maintained. Extensive preventive maintenance procedures keep equipment and systems in top operating condition. Every property is required to have an Operations Manual containing emergency information and procedures, utility location and shut-off maps, as well as identification, location and servicing information for building equipment systems. Marketing and Lease-Up Services The John Stewart Company's approach to marketing and lease-up utilizes a range of targeted advertising and promotional activities designed to effectively reach qualified applicants. In addition, we establish community outreach and community building programs in an effort to attract qualified potential residents.

Our screening procedures are careful and thorough. We perform background checks, call references and conduct family interviews. We verify income and assure compliance with housing assistance programs, when applicable.

Our familiarity with the requirements of the many federal and state housing program and occupancy guidelines, such as HUD, CHFA, HCD and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, assures full compliance with Regulatory Agreements and Fair Housing requirements.

The John Stewart Company is experienced with the complex process of multi-family real estate financing, development, marketing and management.

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Accounting Services The John Stewart Company provides a full range of accounting services for its clients. Our monthly financial statements are designed to give complete financial information concerning the financial position, operations and results of operations for the period. Income statements with monthly and year-to-date actual and budgeted amounts and balance sheets are provided.

With its broad range of development experience and diverse management portfolio, The John Stewart Company seeks challenging opportunities to bring new life to neighborhoods and new hope to families in search of a place to call home. We have developed a strong reputation for effectively managing the most difficult projects, and bring our same thoroughness and concerns to all projects under our care.

The John Stewart Company

1388 Sutter Street, 11th Floor 1455 Response Road, Suite 140 San Francisco, CA 94109-5427 Sacramento, CA 95843

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B R O W N C O N S T R U C T I O N , I N C .

History & Ownership

Brown Construction was founded by William (Bill) T. Brown in 1964, constructing primarily multifamily housing. The company officially incorporated in the State of California in 1971. In 1988, Ron T. Brown joined in partnership with his father to expand into commercial construction. Bill and Ron co-owned Brown Construction, Inc. until 2002 at which time Bill Brown retired his ownership in the company and sold his interest to Ron.

Ron Brown is a Licensed General Contractor in the States of California, Nevada, Washington, Colorado, Texas, Idaho and Montana. With his extensive background in multifamily, commercial and industrial projects, he has nurtured the growth of Brown Construction into a large company. His varied project background adds first-hand experience in guiding the corporation as president and chief executive officer.

Brown Construction, Inc. has two executive vice presidents who oversee our projects—Matt DeFazio and Liz McCapes. Liz has been with the company for 24 years, Matt for 16 years. In 2002, after years of highly successful work as senior project managers, both Matt and Liz were appointed vice president. Each now fulfill the role of executive vice president and are minority shareholders of the corporation. They are both hands-on with their respective projects, taking an active role in both the preconstruction and construction processes, attending key meetings with the project team including owners, architect and consultants.

Brown Construction, Inc. has constructed a wide variety of project types for both public and private owners. The majority of our work has been construction of multifamily housing and office/administrative buildings. We also have a strong portfolio of civic projects, industrial facilities and retail developments. Approximately 85% of our projects have been design-build/design-assist, negotiated projects.

Now celebrating our 50th year in business, Brown Construction, Inc. is privileged to recognize the expansive list of clients, subcontractors, architects and others within the industry with whom we have decades-long, prosperous relationships. We consider all of these firms partners in our success, and are selective when forging new relationships. Seeking out companies with similar values who work with a high level of integrity, provides a great working environment for everyone on our project teams.

The majority of our work has been construction of multifamily housing and commercial facilities for both public and private owners.

Brown Construction, Inc. Firm Profile

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Brown Construction, Inc. Firm ProfileRon BrownPRESIDENT & CEO

Ron Brown grew up in the construction industry, with his Father, Bill Brown, who founded the company in 1964. Ron began working at job sites at an early age and delved into every aspect of the business. Ron earned his degree in Civil Engineering from Sacramento State University, then went to work for a national commercial contractor where he gained years of experience with large, complex commercial projects. In 1988, Ron returned to Brown Construction to help the company diversify their mix of projects and clientele. Ron has an extensive background in the construction of large, multi-phased projects requiring detailed management organization. He maintains an active role with all projects at the company.

Ron is very active in the community, as a member of the Board of Directors for Region Builders, past board member of the Sacramento Builders Exchange, and the past president and current board member of Wellspace Health (formerly The Effort), an agency providing free and low-cost mental health and health services for families in need. For more than 10 years, Ron and other management at Brown Construction have lead and mentored CSUS students on teams participating in the Associated Schools of Construction Management competition.

Matt DeFazioEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Matt is executive vice president and a minority shareholder of the corporation. He joined Brown Construction, Inc. in 1997 and became part of the Executive Team in 2002. With degrees in both Architecture and Construction Management, Matt has a unique perspective on projects, particularly those involving preconstruction services. Matt has an expansive portfolio of successful experience, ranging from significant multifamily and civic projects to institutional and commercial projects, including complex OSHPD developments. Matt serves as the project executive for many Brown Construction projects, ensuring client satisfaction with the team’s services, personnel, quality and contractual obligations.

Active in the construction industry, Matt is a board member of the Sacramento Region Builders Exchange (SRBX) where we sits on the Education Committee and has contributed to the Jim Lambert Design Build Competition and the Architecture, Contractors & Engineers (ACE) Mentor Program for area high school students.

Liz McCapesEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Liz is Executive Vice President and a minority shareholder of the corporation. She has been with Brown Construction since 1989 and became part of the Executive Team in 2002. Liz has a deep portfolio of successful experience across a wide range of project types—from multifamily housing to large commercial projects and institutional developments, including schools. In the past 10 years, she has specialized in multifamily projects including mixed-use, market rate, affordable and senior living developments. Liz serves as the project executive for many Brown Construction projects, ensuring client satisfaction with the team’s services, personnel, quality and contractual obligations.

As an active member of the community, Liz is a Charter Member of her local Rotary chapter. For the past 4 years she has been a Rotary Board Member and served as President 2012-2013. She is also on the Board for International House in Davis, a “home away from home” for international students at UC Davis and a community resource for cultural understanding, providing classes and events. She is also a Board Member for the Greater Willowbank Improvement Area.

44 yrs. construction industry experience

26 yrs. with Brown Construction, Inc.

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Brown Construction, Inc. Project Experience


Brown Construction, Inc. has built affordable multifamily housing as a primary line of business for 50 years. Although our projects are located throughout the Western United States, most of our work has been in California. In the past six years, including current work, our portfolio includes over 4,200 living units of multifamily housing, the vast majority of these have been affordable housing projects.

EXPERIENCE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERS

Brown Construction, Inc. and Neighborhood Partners have a proven track record of successful collaboration on affordable multifamily housing projects. Brown Construction’s relationship with Neighborhood Partners dates back to 2000 with the construction of Pacifico Student Cooperative Housing in Davis. Since then, Brown Construction has collaborated with Neighborhood Partners on five more affordable housing projects including Tremont Green Family Housing in Davis, Eleanor Roosevelt Circle senior apartments in Davis, Rochdale Grange Apartments in Woodland, and Heritage Commons Senior Living in Dixon (these projects are pictured below).

To demonstrate our experience performing similar work, the following pages provide a partial listing of our affordable senior and special needs housing as well as other projects performed in the City of Davis.

Tremont Green Family HousingDavis, CA

Eleanor Roosevelt CircleDavis, CA

Rochdale GrangeWoodland, CA

Heritage CommonsDixon, CA

Pacifico Student Cooperative HousingDavis, CA

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EXPERIENCE IN DAVIS, CALIFORNIA

Brown Construction was founded in 1964 by William T. (Bill) Brown as a small one-man shop rooted in Davis, California. And while we’ve grown significantly in 50 years, the company remains involved with, and continues to give back to, the Davis community. We’ve built several projects in Davis as part of our not-for-profit Build It Forward program, including the Davis High School football stadium and Pence Gallery on D Street.

Following is a partial list of projects, other than senior and special needs housing, that Brown Construction, Inc. has built in the City of Davis.

Pence Gallery A BUILD IT FORWARD, NON-PROFIT PROJECT2-story, 10,000sf, demolition and rebuild of art gallery and cultural museum

Lexington Student Apartments (Mixed-use)3-story, 27 bldg, 166,000sf, 122 living units with tuck under parking, 8,000sf retail and commercial office space & community building with swimming pool.

Davis High School Football Stadium, EnhancementA BUILD IT FORWARD, NON-PROFIT PROJECTReplaced site utilities, track, turf, bleachers and irrigation system and added new field lighting, scoreboard, sound system, press box and landscaping; new restroom building and concession building with food service.

Davis High School & Community Gymnasium19,000sf gymnasium fully-equipped with permanent bleachers, ticketing, and restroom facilities

8th & Wake Graduate Student Housing105,400sf; Two 4-story graduate student housing buildings with 238 beds in 60 apartment-style living units; features lobby, lounge areas, study areas, computer rooms, and a leasing office; exterior includes paved courtyards with gathering areas; solar powered housing with LED house and exterior lighting throughout; on track for LEED Gold.

University Honda, Renovation9,000 sf renovation of Honda service facility

Aggie Statium, UC Davis10,000 seat stadium in a tiered, at-grade concrete structure with 34,000sf support, operational and team facilities

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AFFORDABLE SENIOR & SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSING PROJECTS

Garvey Court Senior Apartments (Mixed-use)El Monte, California62,00sf, 68 living units including 1,800sf commercial space, and 3,300sf community center including kitchen and offices. LEED Platinum.

Heritage Commons Senior LivingDixon, California41,000sf, 2 and 3 stories, includes 60 senior living units and a 3,100sf community building with kitchen, dining/gathering area, offices & co-op store.

Vandenburgh Villa Senior HousingLivermore, California26,287sf, 5 buildings, 40 affordable senior living units with 1,493sf community building with kitchenette, offices and large meeting room; site includes community garden and outdoor seating areas.

Siena Court (Mixed-use)Pittsburg, California111 senior living units totaling 112,400 square feet with 8,700sf retail and 2,100sf community center with office, computer lab, lounge and kitchen on the first floor; buildings wrap around 3 sides of 2-story parking structure with green roof.

Caldera Place Apartments SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSINGConcord, California2 story, 9,486sf, 2 bldgs., 12 affordable ADA compliant living units accommodating the hearing & site Impaired. Includes a 375sf com-munity center with office.

Eskaton Roseville ManorRoseville, California42,100sf, 49 senior living units with community room, kitchen, computer lab and laundry facility.

Brentwood Senior CommonsBrentwood, California2 story, 8 bldg., 57,112sf, 80 affordable living units with 2,229sf recreation building including kitchen and computer lab and site development with pool, spa and covered parking with gated entry system.


Almond Court Senior Housing (Phases I and II)Manteca, California77,000sf, 90 living units and a 2,280sf community building including kitchen, offices, laundry & media room; site improvements including raised community gardens and a recreation area with bocce ball court.

Becerra Village Apartments SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSINGDavis, California1 story, 14,290sf, 1 bldg., 21 affordable ADA compliant living units with community center and site development including courtyards.

Parc Grove CommonsFresno, California428,000sf, 215 living units including 7,100sf community building & pool house with kitchen, offices, computer lab and site develop-ment with playgrounds, basketball court and swimming pool. The community center, pool and site lighting are solely powered by the 110 KW Solar System.

Sunset Garden Senior Apartments, RehabilitationGilroy, California556,000sf, 20 buildings, rehabilitation of 75 living units; construc-tion of a new 4,600sf community center including meeting rooms, laundry facility, restrooms and kitchen.

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Eleanor Roosevelt Circle ApartmentsDavis, California60 living units, community & maintenance buildings, commercial kitchen; site includes community garden and orchard.

Adeline Street Apartments (Mixed-use) SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSINGBerkeley, California3 story, 17,700sf, 19 affordable ADA compliant living units with ground floor retail and parking structure.

Arbor Vista Senior LivingLivermore, California80 affordable senior living units, single story, plus a community building

Russell Manor Elderly HousingSacramento, California66 affordable senior living units, 3 stories

Summer House SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSINGDavis, California5,000sf building, affordable development, home to 75 adults with developmental disabilities

Capitola Supportive Housing SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSINGCapitola, California25 affordable living units for adults with disabilities, 2 stories, 24,000 total sf

Oak Meadows ApartmentsVisalia, California4 story, 60 affordable senor living units with community space.

Casa Natomas ManorSacramento, California3 story, 47,085sf, 1 bldg., 59 senior living units including a commu-nity space with kitchen, computer lab and library; site improvements with courtyard, walking paths and community garden.

Laurel Gardens SPECIAL NEEDS HOUSINGFairfield, California1 & 2 story, 28,049sf, 7 bldgs., 30 affordable living units for individ-uals with mental disorders and a 5,562sf recreation building with community room, offices, maintenance and laundry.

Margaret McDowell ManorWest Sacramento, California87 affordable senior living units , 3 stories, 73,000 total sf

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JAMES ZANETTO, Architect & PlannerLicensed Architect, California C10631 1979LEED Accredited Professional (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design)

EDUCATION:University of Southern California; Bachelor of Architecture, 1971.University of California, Berkeley; Master of Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning Program, 1976.

SELECTED PROJECTS:Architecture(All projects emphasize climate adaptation, passive solar heating and natural cooling strategies and site planning for integrated indoor and outdoor spaces.)United Christian Centers Emergency Shelter - West Sacramento, construction pending.Orange Trees Senior Housing - 50 units in Oroville, California; consulting architect, site planning and apartment unit design.Heritage Commons Senior Housing for the Davis Senior Housing Cooperative, Dixon, California – Phase One is 60 units of independent, congregate living plus a Commons building; Phase Two will be an additional 60 units, construction pending.United Christian Centers Transitional Housing renovation, West Sacramento, CA - 11 units.Office Building, Yolo County, California - LEED Platinum certification.New Harmony Affordable Housing, Davis, California - sustainability consultant; 70 unit complex.Eleanor Roosevelt Circle for the Davis Senior Housing Cooperative, Davis, California – 60 units of independent, congregate living plus a Commons building.Pacifico Cooperative Housing, Davis, California - Phase one consisted of 3 buildings for a total of 84 beds; a second phase of 28 beds is completed.Owendale Community - a 45 unit cooperative housing complex for Davis Mutual Housing Association.Wallace-Vannucci Women's Shelter, Davis, California - a 25 bed residential and counseling facility includes a rammed earth wall.Single Parent Cooperative Housing, Davis, California - Masterplanning and design of a 15 unit residential complex including day care, meeting and office facilities, and associated outdoor spaces. Extensive use of recycled building materials, some rammed earth walls and roof pond cooling systems.Sojourner Truth Apartments Renovation, Davis, California - Complete site and building renovation of an aging apartment complex for non-profit housing group.

PlanningRural Community including administrative, recreational, educational, riparian, housing and agricultural components.Nance Canyon New Town, Chico, California - member of the core planning team headed by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.Manzanita New Town, Solano County, California - Member of the planning team headed by Michael Corbett.West Ranch Masterplan, Cambria, California - Approximately 500 acre "infill" coastal site, planned for preservation and enhancement of existing land forms and drainage patterns, native vegetation and wildlife habitat together with a community center, school site and 265 housing units of various types.

SELECTED AWARDS:LEED Platinum certification for a small office building, Yolo County, CA, 2012.Merit Award, California Council of the American Society of Landscape Architects 1991 Professional Awards Program, Nance Canyon New Town Masterplan, for Landscape Architecture and Energy Planning, in association with Duany/Plater-Zyberk.Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects 1985 Professional Awards Program for "Master Planning" in Energy Conserving Site Design.

TEACHING:Lecturer, UC Davis, UC Berkeley and San Francisco Institute of Architecture.Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:"Regionalist Architecture; It's Influence on Spirit of Place Design", for the "Spirit of Place" Design Conference, Davis, California, September, 1988."Master Planning", chapter in Energy Conserving Site Design, Gregory McPherson, editor, Landscape Architecture Foundation, 1984."Planning Solar Neighborhoods", California Energy Commission, 1981. (co-author)"Planning Solar Neighborhoods", Proceedings of the Third National Passive Solar Conference, 1979."Planning Energy-Wise Neighborhoods", Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy Use Management, 1979."Site Planning for Solar Access", HUD, 1979. (contributor)"The Selection and Location of Trees for Solar Neighborhoods", Landscape Architecture, 1978.

OTHER:Invited participant; University of California, Davis, Long Range Development Plan planning process with William McDonough, 2002.Projects presented in "Proactive: Visionary Thought and Participatory Action in Environmental Design" by Mark Francis published in Places: A Forum of Environmental Design, vol. 12, no. 2.Village Homes Board of Directors; Treasurer, President, 1997-99.Pacific Gas & Electric Co; invited critic on "Energy Planning for New Communities", 1993.Energy Planning work exhibited at Harvard University as part of Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk's Nance Canyon project and published in Towns and Town-Making Principles, by Duany and Plater-Zyberk, Rizzoli Press, 1991.Reviewer of manuscripts for Landscape Journal, 1988.Research Critic; 1985-1986 U.S. Department of Energy Residential Planning Program.Energy Advisor; 1984 Calif. State Board of Landscape Architects Licensing Exam Panel.Papers review committee chairman on "Planning and Site Analysis", 1981 Conference of the International Solar Energy Society.Technical reviewer, 1981 DOE Appropriate Energy Technology Grants Program.Board of Directors, Solar Cooperative Housing Association.Chairman, City of Davis Street Tree Commission.

James Zanetto, LEED APArchitect & Planner

2459 Creekhollow Lane

[email protected] Davis, CA 95616 530.758.8801

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JAMES ZANETTO, Architect & PlannerLicensed Architect, California C10631 1979LEED Accredited Professional (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design)

EDUCATION:University of Southern California; Bachelor of Architecture, 1971.University of California, Berkeley; Master of Landscape Architecture, Environmental Planning Program, 1976.

SELECTED PROJECTS:Architecture(All projects emphasize climate adaptation, passive solar heating and natural cooling strategies and site planning for integrated indoor and outdoor spaces.)United Christian Centers Emergency Shelter - West Sacramento, construction pending.Orange Trees Senior Housing - 50 units in Oroville, California; consulting architect, site planning and apartment unit design.Heritage Commons Senior Housing for the Davis Senior Housing Cooperative, Dixon, California – Phase One is 60 units of independent, congregate living plus a Commons building; Phase Two will be an additional 60 units, construction pending.United Christian Centers Transitional Housing renovation, West Sacramento, CA - 11 units.Office Building, Yolo County, California - LEED Platinum certification.New Harmony Affordable Housing, Davis, California - sustainability consultant; 70 unit complex.Eleanor Roosevelt Circle for the Davis Senior Housing Cooperative, Davis, California – 60 units of independent, congregate living plus a Commons building.Pacifico Cooperative Housing, Davis, California - Phase one consisted of 3 buildings for a total of 84 beds; a second phase of 28 beds is completed.Owendale Community - a 45 unit cooperative housing complex for Davis Mutual Housing Association.Wallace-Vannucci Women's Shelter, Davis, California - a 25 bed residential and counseling facility includes a rammed earth wall.Single Parent Cooperative Housing, Davis, California - Masterplanning and design of a 15 unit residential complex including day care, meeting and office facilities, and associated outdoor spaces. Extensive use of recycled building materials, some rammed earth walls and roof pond cooling systems.Sojourner Truth Apartments Renovation, Davis, California - Complete site and building renovation of an aging apartment complex for non-profit housing group.

PlanningRural Community including administrative, recreational, educational, riparian, housing and agricultural components.Nance Canyon New Town, Chico, California - member of the core planning team headed by Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.Manzanita New Town, Solano County, California - Member of the planning team headed by Michael Corbett.West Ranch Masterplan, Cambria, California - Approximately 500 acre "infill" coastal site, planned for preservation and enhancement of existing land forms and drainage patterns, native vegetation and wildlife habitat together with a community center, school site and 265 housing units of various types.

SELECTED AWARDS:LEED Platinum certification for a small office building, Yolo County, CA, 2012.Merit Award, California Council of the American Society of Landscape Architects 1991 Professional Awards Program, Nance Canyon New Town Masterplan, for Landscape Architecture and Energy Planning, in association with Duany/Plater-Zyberk.Merit Award, American Society of Landscape Architects 1985 Professional Awards Program for "Master Planning" in Energy Conserving Site Design.

TEACHING:Lecturer, UC Davis, UC Berkeley and San Francisco Institute of Architecture.Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Arkansas.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:"Regionalist Architecture; It's Influence on Spirit of Place Design", for the "Spirit of Place" Design Conference, Davis, California, September, 1988."Master Planning", chapter in Energy Conserving Site Design, Gregory McPherson, editor, Landscape Architecture Foundation, 1984."Planning Solar Neighborhoods", California Energy Commission, 1981. (co-author)"Planning Solar Neighborhoods", Proceedings of the Third National Passive Solar Conference, 1979."Planning Energy-Wise Neighborhoods", Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy Use Management, 1979."Site Planning for Solar Access", HUD, 1979. (contributor)"The Selection and Location of Trees for Solar Neighborhoods", Landscape Architecture, 1978.

OTHER:Invited participant; University of California, Davis, Long Range Development Plan planning process with William McDonough, 2002.Projects presented in "Proactive: Visionary Thought and Participatory Action in Environmental Design" by Mark Francis published in Places: A Forum of Environmental Design, vol. 12, no. 2.Village Homes Board of Directors; Treasurer, President, 1997-99.Pacific Gas & Electric Co; invited critic on "Energy Planning for New Communities", 1993.Energy Planning work exhibited at Harvard University as part of Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk's Nance Canyon project and published in Towns and Town-Making Principles, by Duany and Plater-Zyberk, Rizzoli Press, 1991.Reviewer of manuscripts for Landscape Journal, 1988.Research Critic; 1985-1986 U.S. Department of Energy Residential Planning Program.Energy Advisor; 1984 Calif. State Board of Landscape Architects Licensing Exam Panel.Papers review committee chairman on "Planning and Site Analysis", 1981 Conference of the International Solar Energy Society.Technical reviewer, 1981 DOE Appropriate Energy Technology Grants Program.Board of Directors, Solar Cooperative Housing Association.Chairman, City of Davis Street Tree Commission.

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November 10, 2014

Dan Wolk, Mayor and Council MembersCity of Davis23 Russell BlvdDavis CA 95616

Dear Mayor Wolk and Council members:

Eleanor Roosevelt Circle (ERC) is an independent living community for very low to moderate income level seniors. At ERC, there is a Social Service Program that assists residents with an “aging in place” goal by addressing such issues as: poverty, hunger, homelessness, isolation, and neglect. My goal as the ERC Social Service Coordinator is to provide quality social services and case management to 21 low income senior residents. I assess their needs and refer them to county services. Currently, there are 6 residents who receive mental health services from Yolo County Mental Health; 20 residents who have Medi-Cal as their medical insurance; 12 residents who have a caregiver provided by In Home Supportive Services; and 3 residents who attend Yolo Adult Day Healthcare Center. I work closely with the county social workers of these programs to coordinate services. These county programs assist our residents to meet their basic needs and maintain living independently.

I assist residents to complete applications for Medi-Cal (health insurance) and Cal Fresh (food stamps). Medi-Cal provides low cost or no cost health insurance for our residents. Cal Fresh provides food stamps for our residents, which supplements their monthly food costs.

I refer residents to Yolo County Mental Health to access psychiatric care such as counseling and medication management. I complete the initial referral to the In Home Supportive Services program when our residents need a caregiver. The county social worker evaluates the resident’s daily needs and assigns care giving hours. I assist our residents to interview and hire a caregiver, and create a care giving schedule. The caregiver is hired to complete household chores, laundry, meal preparations, medication reminders, transportation, and personal hygiene tasks.

Another program our residents utilize is the Yolo Adult Day Healthcare Center. I refer residents to this program who need medical monitoring, socialization, and therapy. Nurses and therapists are available to monitor health conditions, monitor medications, and coordinate care with the resident’s doctor. These county programs enrich our residents’ life and help them to maintain living independently at ERC.

I coordinate services and maintain a working relationship with county social workers by attending monthly Yolo meetings. I am a member of the Yolo County In Home Supportive Services Advisory Board, and learn about the program and legislative policy changes. On a quarterly basis, I review charts for the Yolo Adult Day Healthcare Center. I attend the county wide Multi-Disciplinary Team meeting for the purpose of coordinate services with other social workers in our county. I also attend the Yolo County Commission on Aging and Triad meetings in order to learn about current social service issues.

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In addition, ERC residents’ access supportive community services such as transportation, utility assistance, and food resources. Many of our seniors do not drive and need reliable transportation for doctor’s appointments and grocery shopping. Therefore, I assist ERC residents to complete the Davis Community Transit application and submit it to their doctor. The Davis Community Transit is a door-to-door bus and seniors must meet the ADA standards to qualify to ride on the bus. When our residents have doctor’s appointments in Woodland or Sacramento, they can utilize The Yolo Bus Special to take them to their destination door-to-door. The Davis Senior Center and Yolo Adult Day Healthcare Center issue free Davis Community Transit and Yolo Bus Special bus vouchers to seniors. ERC requested and was approved by Unitrans to be a direct issuer of bus passes. As a result, I am authorized to provide free senior bus passes, so our residents can ride on the Davis public transit, UniTrans at no cost to them.

ERC residents access utility assistance by applying for HEAP, Care, and LifeLine. I refer all 21 residents who I case manage to HEAP, Care, and Lifeline. The HEAP program provided by North Coast Energy Services, gives a grant to PG&E to pay for the resident’s bill. They are eligible to apply once a year and I assist the residents to complete the application. The HEAP grant pays about 75% of the utility costs of ERC residents. During my initial assessment of a resident, I assist them to apply for Care, a PG&E program, which provides an energy discount. I also assist residents to call AT&T and sign up for LifeLine to receive a monthly discount for their telephone service.

ERC residents access food resources from many community organizations. STEAC (Short Term Emergency Aide Committee) provides a monthly food closet and I refer many residents to this program. The Elderly Nutrition Program provides a noon time congregate meal for seniors at the Davis Senior Center. Seniors who are not physically able to go to the Davis Senior Center can participate in Meals-on-Wheels, a home delivery program.

Village Harvest, a community group who harvest fruit trees in Davis, brings fruit to ERC for the residents to eat. Nugget, Save Mart, and Panera donate bread, sweet pastries, and cakes on a weekly basis. The Davis Food Coop donates grains, tea, spices, and pasta. The community food donations are given away weekly at our Community Store. In the community building, the Community Store is open daily from 12-2pm and is managed by 6 resident volunteers. The store is a daily gathering place for the residents where they enjoy socializing with each other. On Friday, I purchase low-cost produce, grains, and eggs at the Yolo Food Bank. The community donations and produce purchased at the Yolo Food Bank are given away every Friday. The donations and produce supplements our residents’ monthly food costs, which allow them to be able to afford to live at ERC.At ERC, I organize and coordinate the resident activities and events. I create a monthly calendar of events, and post the calendar and reminder notices at each residents’ door. We have monthly social events such as: birthday parties, potlucks, staff/resident breakfast, resident meetings, informational meetings, coffee social, art classes, cooking demonstrations, exercise classes, movement therapy and musical events. Each year, we host a two hour musical event called the Fun Time Follies, which is well attended by 40 to 50 residents and their family members. The following local groups have performed at ERC; The Sugartones (The Red Hat Ladies), Berryessa Gold Chorus, Ohana Hula, The Madrigals, The Davis High School Baroque Orchestra and Christopher’s Musical Marionettes. Our residents form a committee to plan the food for the buffet, the decorations, and assign tasks.

At ERC, I work with scores of local and Yolo County based nonprofits to host events, presentations and classes that are of interest to our residents. Our “Margaret Milligan Community Room” is the busiest affordable senior housing location in Yolo County and hosts hundreds of activities annually. I attach a list of some of the groups


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we partner with on activities for our residents. DSHC would carry out a similar range of programs at Fifth Street.

Another annual community event is National Night Out, where we educate our residents about safety issues. The first year we held this event, an Enforcement Officer from the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office educated our residents about Fraud Prevention and a Police Officer from the Davis Police Department discussed community safety. The second year, disaster preparedness was presented by the American Red Cross. Each year, this event was well attended by over 35 residents. We received donations of gift cards from Trader Joe’s, Konditori, Starbuck’s, Round Table Pizza, and Safeway to use as prizes for our National Night Out raffle. The purpose of resident activities and events is to encourage our residents to get to know each other and prevent isolation. We encourage the residents to bring their family and friends to these events.

For seniors, gardening has been a daily activity spanning a lifetime, and ERC provides community space for this activity. Gardening helps seniors sustain a healthy and active lifestyle. ERC maintains an on-going gardening project, where residents have the option to garden in a raised planter box or in the community garden area. Currently, we have 16 residents gardening in raised garden plots and 6 residents gardening in our community garden. The produce they grow supplements their monthly food costs, which prevents poverty and hunger. A community forms when gardeners share their vegetables with each other. Also, they bring their vegetables to give away at our Community Store, which benefits the whole community.

ERC was awarded a grant from the Davis Cooperative Community Fund of the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation and Soroptimist International of Davis to create four raised garden boxes in our south garden plot. We gained assistance from the Davis Garden Club and a local Boy Scout Troop to complete this project in 2010. Thomas Haley, a boy scout and his troop created four raised garden boxes off site. Then, the boxes were moved to ERC and assembled on site. A central water spigot was created by our gardener to provide watering access. The Davis Garden Club provided a grant to purchase the decomposed granite in order to form a smooth pathway around the boxes. This allows the residents who utilize assistive walking devices access to this area and the ability to garden.

In 2013, ERC was awarded a grant from the Davis Cooperative Community Fund of the Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation, Soroptimist International of Davis, and Biberstein Social Action Fund to make improvements to our community garden. We will create equally divided garden plots with wood trim boards to form the garden box structure. Pathways of decomposed granite will be created between the garden plots to provide a walkway for the residents. Organic soil will be purchased and added to the ground in the community garden to ensure good crops. The community garden will need to be roto-tilled in order for the residents to be able to work the soil and plant their crops.

Quite often I also co-ordinate the service programs of a number of UCD students. In that role, I work with a number of UCD departments that relate to seniors.


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DSHC’s goal at Eleanor Roosevelt Circle is to provide support for seniors to maintain living in their homes independently. The Social Service program at ERC is able to accomplish this goal by utilizing county programs, community resources, utility assistance, transportation, social events, food resources, and gardening to benefit our residents’ life. There is a great need for supportive housing for seniors as the one created at Eleanor Roosevelt Circle.

Sincerely,

Ellen EdwardsSocial Services CoordinatorEleanor Roosevelt Circle


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Support for the Davis Senior Housing Communities (DSHC) application for the Fifth Street Site

Organizations used for identification purposes only

Sheila Allen, ED Yolo Alliance for Healthy AgeingMarcelo Campos, Yolo County Realtor of the Year (2007)Ann Evans, former Mayor of Davis, Davis Citizen of YearFood Bank of Yolo County First Northern Bank of DixonJoyce Hardi, Co-Leader, Slow Food Yolo Shirley Humphrey, Dixon senior activist & DSHC Board MemberBrian Johnson, former President, Rancho Yolo Community Association (home to 330 seniors in Davis)Mary Kimball and Craig McNamara, Center for Land Based LearningCookie Powell, ED, Dixon Family ServicesDean Newberry, Talbott Solar throughout Yolo CountyRichard & Evelyn Rominger, WintersGary Sandy, former Mayor of WoodlandSusan Shelton, Muralist, Yolo County “From the Ground Up”Darnelle Silva, President, Leisureville Community Association (a resident owned park which is home to 200 seniors in Woodland)Helen Thomson, former Assemblywoman, former Yolo County Supervisor and Commission member, Yolo County Housing Cap Thomson, former Director, Yolo County Mental HealthTwin Pines Cooperative FoundationRobyn Waxman, Executive Director, FARM Davis

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Our PROGRAM PARTNERS*atEleanor Roosevelt Circle and Heritage Commons

All Things Right and RelevantAmerican Association of University WomenCenter for Land Based LearningCitizens Who CareCompassionate FriendsDavis Adult SchoolDavis Flower ArrangersDavis Food Co-op (cooking classes)Davis Gardening ClubDavis Community TransitDixon ReadiRideDixon Family ServicesFARM DavisFood Bank of Contra Costa/Solano CountiesFood Bank of Yolo CountyElderly Nutrition Services (Meals on Wheels)Focus on Women: Book GroupLeague of Women Voters of DavisNAMI YoloOsher Life Long Learning (Education for Seniors)Solano County Mental Health ServicesSTEAC DavisSutter Health Winters-Woodland-DavisUnitransUniversity Farm CircleYolo Adult Day Health (YADH)Yolo County (ADMH, DA, SNAP, etc)Yolo County HousingYolobus + Rural ADA

* DSHC works with the above organizations on site at our senior communities in Davis and Dixon.

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Davis Community Transit & UnitransTRANSPORTATION FOR FIFTH STREET AFFORDABLE HOUSING

For the past 15 years, Neighborhood Partners has made an effort to get our communities the best transportation support possible. With each project, we call ahead and make contact with both Davis Community Transit and Unitrans. Our intent is to see how best our project communities fit with both these transportation services. Unitrans in particular, has been quite willing to work with us to make changes in routes or to add additional service on those routes. Most of the major funders ask questions about access to transportation and award points for proximity to bus stops and frequency of service. The Fifth Street site allows us to gain extra points in funding applications.

DAVIS COMMUNITY TRANSIT

In asking about the Fifth Street site for both Eleanor Roosevelt Circle (ERC) and Cesar Chavez Plaza (CCP), we wanted to get an idea of the recent usage of DCT by the residents of ERC and CCP. By the monthly statistics provided it is clear that DCT is of major value to the residents of both ERC and CCP, and to the seniors in particular. Hi David, I thought it made sense to start with data collection at the beginning of this fiscal year. The information requested is as follows:

Trips Provided by DCT:

July-Eleanor Roosevelt 66/Cesar Chavez 30

August-Eleanor Roosevelt 80/Cesar Chavez 24

September-Eleanor Roosevelt 88/Cesar Chavez 6

October-Eleanor Roosevelt 66/Cesar Chavez 10

*Each trip provided equals a round trip

Thank you, Linda Alemania, Davis Community Transit

UNITRANSHere’s a summary of our conversation with Anthony Palmere of Unitrans supplemented by some of the numbers that Anthony provided.

• Unitrans service to the residents of Creekside Commons at the present bus stops (east and west) will be 27 buses a day each weekday. There will be two buses an hour during the regular hours (7am-6pm) and one bus per hour (6-10pm). If residents wished to walk down to Cantrill Drive, then bus service at those stops is doubled.

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• The O line on weekends is also very good. There are 100 buses per day to the Target Center on weekends.

• For residents going to work or having business in West Sacramento, Sacramento, Woodland or at the Airport, they can take Unitrans two stops east and catch all of the Yolobus Regular and Express buses. Walking to that stop from Creekside Commons would take about ten minutes.

• All of the buses serving the A Route are fully handicapped accessible and senior and disabled friendly.• Seniors and the disabled ride free with passes. Thanks to NP’s efforts, bus passes are already available

nearby at Eleanor Roosevelt Circle. For all others, it is a dollar per ride or discounted tickets.• Unitrans is appreciative of you working with us a priori on the development of Sterling University

Housing and Eleanor Roosevelt Circle. By converting that commercial land into housing, Unitrans was able to substantially increase the A line service. Our recent numbers show that 421 passengers per day go west from Cantrill/Greystone.

• We don’t normally put in bus shelter at stops with less than 50 riders a day. However, given that your population will possibly be senior and/or some disabled with the west bound stop being at least five minutes walk, we’ll reserve one of our surplus bus shelters for that west bound stop.

• We’ll take a look at the west and east bound stops and see if there is any reason to move them to better meet the needs of your residents.

• Bus shelters that meet present standards are about $5,000 each, not including cost of installation. • Both projects have anticipated the bus stop remaining at the same location east bound. Our site plans

show that our waiting area will allow residents to wait inside our community building and go out when they see their transportation arriving. We’re placing seating outside for people to wait comfortably. We’d like to see the west bound stop moved a little further east and will take that up with Unitrans.


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Tuesday, December 17, 2013Y O L O C O U N T Y N E W S

Grow & Give brings students and seniors into the farm-to-fork movement

Luke Rashid, Alex Curtin and Naomi Leifson work on recipes to share with the seniors at Eleanor Roosevelt Circle. Fred Gladdis/Enterprise photo

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The kitchen at Eleanor Roosevelt Circle was bustling last Tuesday, packed to capacity with fifth-graders who were busily preparing lunch for residents, using the fruits and vegetables they’d planted in September and harvested earlier that day.

There would be vegetable soup on the menu, with dumplings no less, kale chips and persimmon cookies.

And once it was all prepared, these 28 Birch Lane students would sit down with the senior residents of Eleanor Roosevelt Circle for a festive holiday meal.

Students Madison Rutherford, Skylar Schouten and Mimie LeValle were looking forward to the meal, knowing they would be making the day a little brighter for some members of the community.

They’d been told that the seniors “love to talk to kids,” Skylar said.

And they are especially likely to appreciate kids who grew, harvested and prepared the food for them, Mimie noted.

The students’ efforts started at the beginning of the school year, when Robyn Waxman visited two classes of fifth-graders at Birch Lane to discuss FARM Davis’ “Grow & Give” project.

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The collaborative effort, which also includes the Davis Food Co-op, would involve students spending a day at FARM 2.6 on County Road 95, preparing and planting a 600 square-foot garden. In December, they would return to harvest what they grew, take it all to Eleanor Roosevelt Circle, and under the direction of the Co-op’s Julie Cross, prepare, serve and share a meal with residents of the low-income senior housing cooperative.

When Waxman first visited the students in September, asking them what they would like to plant, they still had summer fruits and vegetables on their minds, so she had to remind them what grows in the fall and could be harvested in December.

After much discussion, the students voted on what they wanted to prepare for the meal, settling on vegetable soup, kale chips and persimmon cookies.

Soon after, all of the fifth-graders in Sally Palow’s and Lakshmi Aradhya’s classes headed out to the farm. There they spread manure, planted seeds and harvested persimmons, which would be frozen until students were ready to use them in December.

Periodically over the next few months, Waxman — whose daughter is a student in Aradhya’s class — would send photos of the crops slowly growing, while she and a FARM Davis intern from UC Davis handled the periodic weeding and transplanting.

“We babied their babies,” Waxman said.

Things got a little dicey earlier this month when temperatures dropped precipitously. Waxman ended up harvesting the peas before the fifth-graders’ scheduled return to the farm or they wouldn’t have survived.

But return the students did last Tuesday.

It was another freezing-cold morning out at Farm 2.6. But cold or not, harvest time was nigh.

“We played some games and drank hot chocolate to warm up,” Madison said. “Then I harvested bok choy.”

Skylar and Mimie, meanwhile, were among the students harvesting kale.

Once they’d finished their work at the farm, the students were driven to Eleanor Roosevelt Circle, where Cross was on hand to teach them how to make all of the menu items they’d selected.

They mixed up the ingredients for persimmon cookies — the Co-op donated the butter and other ingredients needed for the meal — and began preparing all the vegetables for the soup, chopping everything from carrots to bell peppers to onions and everything else they’d planted.

Nearby, tables were being set and decorated for the lunch with the residents.

It’s that sharing part that Waxman said is so important to FARM Davis.

While farm-to-school is a cherished program in Davis, she noted, this adds an element of community service, of generosity, to the mix.

Aradhya agreed.

“Our fifth-graders are learning many valuable lessons from the Grow & Give project,” she said. “They are

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Donating a portion of the harvest is a key principle of FARM Davis, of course. The 5-year-old organization donates half of the weekly harvest from three area farms to food agencies that serve low-income and homeless people. Since the beginning of 2010, FARM Davis has given more than 3,300 pounds of food to Davis Community Meals and César Chávez Plaza, an Olive Drive apartment complex serving low-income and formerly homeless residents.

Now, kids are a part of the mix.

“This is our first foray into kids participating,” Waxman said of the pilot project.

And it has worked out so well, she plans to involve another group of fifth-graders for a February planting and spring harvest.

In the near future, Waxman would like FARM Davis to be able to hire a part-time farm educator who could oversee multiple fifth-grade classes planting and harvesting at area farms. In addition to more funding, she said, that also would require more local farms donating small plots for the project.

But she’s hopeful as word gets out about how successful this pilot project has been, more people will step up and make Grow & Give a much bigger program in Davis.

Learn more about the program and FARM Davis at www.farmdavis.org.

Reach Anne Ternus-Bellamy at [email protected] or 530-747-8051. Follow her on Twitter at @ATernusBellamy

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Dan Wolk, Mayor & Council MembersCity of Davis23 Russell BldDavis, CA 95616

Dear Mayor Wolk and Council Members;

I am very excited about the possibility of working with David Thompson and Luke Watkins of Neighborhood Partners. LLC, on either a senior or non-senior community in Davis, California.

I worked with Neighborhood Partners on the Cesar Chavez Plaza project in Davis, California, when they asked me to create an art installation for this very special housing facility. One of the most salient qualities of Neighborhood Partners’ housing developments is the extraordinary sense of community and sense of place they achieve through their thoughtful and creative designs. As a ceramic artist and public muralist, I often include a “Community Build” component in my public installations. This makes for an ideal partnership with Neighborhood Partners, and we made the most of that partnership at Cesar Chavez Plaza.

Cesar Chavez Plaza features a ceramic floor mural at the entrance to the Community Center of the complex. The Cesar Chavez mural celebrates and honors the legacy of Cesar Chavez, and connects it to the vision and innovation behind this important housing project. In addition, the mural commemorates the agricultural history of our region, and the location of the housing development along historic Route 40. The most important feature of the mural, however, is the residents’ participation; the individual tiles along the border of the mural were painted by the residents and staff of Cesar Chavez Plaza. Their contribution fostered a feeling of pride, ownership and community, all so important in creating a feeling of home.

Another of my recent projects that included community participation is the mural installed at the County Administration Building in Woodland, California. This mural, entitled “From the Ground Up.” celebrates agriculture in Yolo County, a tradition with a long history that continues to resonate with our sense of place in this community. The tiles on the mural border and in the seating areas of the adjoining grounds were painted by farmers, farmworkers, county employees, university agriculture experts, members of various non-profit organizations, and many more. Their contribution to the creation of this public art project reflects the importance of a sense of community in creating an extraordinary place to live.

Neighborhood Partners, LLC, doesn’t just create affordable housing. They build projects that the community can be proud of, and that enhance the quality of life of the people who live there. I urge your favorable consideration of this application.

Sincerely,

Susan Shelton2781 Belmont DriveDavis, CA530 902-1717

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Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF) Our foundation dollars at work in Yolo County

TPCF supports the NP - DSHC & DCM applications for the Fifth Street site

TPCF, based in Davis has assets of $2.9 million Founded in 1964, TPCF is one of the oldest operating foundations in Yolo County TPCF has sponsored the creation of organizations which have built over 300 units of affordable housing in Yolo County TPCF holds $300,000 raised to purchase the easements of the Good Humus Farm TPCF sponsored the program to complete the film about the saving of the Good Humus Farm. Through TPCF’s network and along with others, $55,000 was raised in 60 days TPCF has another $50,000 fund to facilitate the saving of local farmland In addition, TPCF has lent about $130,000 to three nonprofit projects in Yolo County In Davis, TPCF sponsored the first solar on nonprofit housing in California The local Davis Cooperative Community Fund (DCCF) has assets of close to $100,000 The DCCF has donated almost $15,000 to over 60 Yolo county nonprofits Both Cesar Chavez Plaza and Eleanor Roosevelt Circle have received grants from DCCF TPCF has received about $150,000 in grants for Yolo County projects from the; Columbia Foundation, Clif Bar Foundation, Orchard Hill Family Fund, State of California, Organic Valley, etc. TPCF has built a $7,000 fund to support resident programs at Cesar Chavez Plaza

DCCF Grant Recipients for 2013 (each year 6-10 Yolo nonprofits receive grants from DCCF) • Eleanor Roosevelt Circle — for garden materials • Korematsu Elementary PTO — for a dehuller and mochi maker • Yolo Arts — for plates and glasses (a reusable "party pack")• Yolo Basin Foundation — for materials and equipment • DJUSD Children's Center — for garden materials • Project Linus of Yolo County — for blanket materials • UCP Woodland Adult Day Program — for meals • Village Harvest Davis — for boxes

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Chris Dechoretz is Treasurer of DSHC and is a board member representing her home town of Dixon. She is co-president of the Davis Sutter Auxiliary and a volunteer.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Do you have time to give? Volunteer at Sutter Davis HospitalBack in her teen years, Chris Dechoretz served as a volunteer candy striper at Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, a job she “enjoyed very much.” Perhaps that’s why, after retiring from her UC Davis job in 2006, she immediately thought of volunteering at Sutter Davis Hospital.

“I wanted to do something that would provide meaning for both me and the organization, get me out of house and put me in contact with others,” she explained. “And I get the most pleasure from the camaraderie between volunteers and staff. It’s a very inclusive environment.”

Today, Dechoretz is co-president of the hospital’s auxiliary, and eager to find others like herself willing to invest their time in serving Sutter Davis Hospital’s patients and staff.

“We always need more volunteers,” she said. “They are such a key part in making the hospital run smoothly. Last year alone, volunteers put in almost 20,000 hours, which translates to a value added to the hospital of $478,739, according to IndependentSector.org.”

Sutter Davis Hospital volunteers typically work at the hospital’s information desk, gift shop, emergency department, surgery center or patient services department. Tasks might include answering questions, assisting patients and family members, operating the hospital gift shop and delivering lunches, flowers, magazines and books. Volunteers also can be matched with other areas, depending on their skills and interests.

To become a Sutter Davis Hospital volunteer, individuals must first request an application form by emailing [email protected] or calling the information desk at 530-759-7485.

All applicants must pass a background check and medical clearance, with those costs covered by the hospital. Then, an auxiliary member meets with each applicant to discuss the program and determine which volunteer opportunity best fits that person’s interests.

Volunteers must pay the $15 auxiliary membership dues and agree to work at least eight hours per month. Volunteer shifts are scheduled based on the availability of the individual and the needs of the hospital.

For more information about becoming a hospital volunteer, visit the Sutter Davis Hospital Auxiliary site at www.sutterdavis.org/about/auxiliary.html.

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RESTATED AND AMENDED BYLAWS

OF

DAVIS SENIOR HOUSING COMMUNITIES, INC.

A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation

Article INAME

Section 1.0. The name of this Corporation is Davis Senior Housing Communities, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

Article IIOFFICE

Section 2.0. Principal Office. The principal office for the transaction of affairs and activities of the Corporation is located at 2745 Portage Bay East, Davis, California 95616. The Board of Directors (the “Board”) may change the principal office from one location to another. Any change shall be noted on these Bylaws, or this section may be amended to state the new location.

Section 2.1. Other Offices. The Board may at any time establish branch or subordinate offices at any place or places where the Corporation is qualified to conduct its activities.

Article IIIMEMBERS

Section 3.0. This Corporation shall have no members.

Article IVDIRECTORS

Section 4.0. Powers. Subject to the provisions and limitations of the California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law and any other applicable laws, all powers and activities of the Corporation shall be exercised directly by or under the ultimate direction of the Board.

Section 4.1. Powers - Instruments. In addition to all other powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors, on behalf of the Corporation, is empowered to do and perform all acts reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Corporation, including the execution of instruments.

Section 4.2. Number of Directors. The Board from time to time, shall fix the number of directors, but at no time shall there be less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) directors.

Section 4.3. Compensation and Reimbursement of Officers and Directors. The Officers and Directors shall serve without compensation though they may be reimbursed for their expenditure of monies on behalf of the Corporation.

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Section 4.4. Restriction on Interested Persons as Directors. No more than forty-nine percent (49%) of the persons serving on the Board may be interested persons. An interested persons is (a) any person compensated by the Corporation for services rendered to it within the previous twelve (12) months, whether as a full-time or part-time employee, independent contractor, or otherwise, and (b) any brother sister, ancestor, descendant, spouse, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, or father-in-law of such person. However, any violation of the provisions of this paragraph shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any transaction entered into by the Corporation.

Section 4.5 Appointment and Qualifications of Directors. The directors of the Corporation shall be residents of the State of California. Subject to Sections 4.8 and 4.9 below and as set forth below, the initial directors shall be appointed by the Incorporator. All subsequent directors shall be appointed by the Board. The Board may appoint one resident director for every 60 units. There shall be a Residents Cooperative Council at each site. A resident will be eligible to serve on the Board of directors after two years of occupancy of a DSHC unit. Up to one third (1/3) of the directors may be appointed by the Board of directors from the residents of DSHC communities who are active members of their Residents Cooperative Council.

Section 4.6 Term. The term of office for the initial Board of directors of this Corporation shall be three (3) years. All subsequent directors shall be appointed by the Board. One third of the directors who are appointed to the Board shall serve for an initial term of three (3) years. One third of the directors who are appointed to the Board shall serve for an initial term of two (2) years. One third of the Directors who are appointed to the Board shall serve for an initial term of one (1) year. The directors appointed may use any method they please to arrive at the one third proportion. Following the expiration of each respective initial term, each director shall serve for a term of three (3) years and until such director’s successor is appointed and qualifies under Section 4.5 of these Bylaws.

Section 4.7. Vacancies on the Board of Directors. Vacancies during the term of the office shall be filled and approved by the Board. A vacancy shall be deemed to exist in the event that the actual number of directors is less than the authorized number for any reason.

Section 4.8. Removal of Directors. The Board may remove any director with or without cause. Absence of a director from three or more consecutive Board meetings shall constitute cause for removal.

Section 4.9. Resignations of Directors. Except as provided below, any director may resign by giving written notice to the president or secretary of the Board. The resignation shall be effective when the notice is given unless it specifies a later time for the resignation to become effective. Except on notice to the Attorney General of California, no director may resign if the Corporation would be left without a duly elected director or directors.

Section 4.10. Filling Vacancies. Vacancies shall be filled as provided for in Section 4.5.

Section 4.11. No Vacancy on Reduction of Number of Directors. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

Section 4.12. Meetings of the Directors. A regular meeting shall be held once a year at such time and place as shall from time to time be fixed by the directors for the purpose of organization, election of officers and the transaction of other business.

Section 4.13. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board for any purpose may be called at any time by the president or any vice president, or the secretary or any two (2) directors.

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Section 4.14. Notice. The day, time and place of regular meetings of the Board shall be posted in the Community Room(s) of the Corporation properties. Notice of regular and special meetings shall be given to the directors not less than four (4) days prior to the meeting if delivered by first class mail or not less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting if the notice is delivered personally or by telephone. The notice must state the date and time of the meeting and the place of the meeting if it is other than the principal office of the Corporation.

Section 4.15. Waiver of Notice. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who, either before or after the meeting, signs a waiver of notice, a written consent to the holding of the meeting, or an approval of the minutes of the meeting. The waiver of notice or consent need not specify the purpose of the meeting. All such waivers, consents, and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meetings. Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who attends the meeting and does not protest, before or at the commencement of the meeting, the lack of notice to him or her.

Section 4.16. Quorum. A majority of the authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, except to adjourn. Every action taken or decision made by a majority of the directors present at a duly held meeting of which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.

Section 4.17. Adjournment. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, notice of the adjournment to another time or place must be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.

Section 4.18. Action Without a Meeting. Any action that the Board is required or permitted to take may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board consent in writing to the action. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as any other validly approved action of the Board. All such consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board.

Section 4.19. Meetings by Conference Telephone. Members of the Board may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone or similar communications equipment, so long as all persons participating in the meeting can hear one another. Participation by directors in a meeting in the manner provided in this section constitutes presence in person at the meeting.

Section 4.22. Standard of Care - General. A director shall perform the duties of a director, including duties as a member of any committee of the Board on which the director may serve, in good faith, in a manner such director believes to be in the best interest of this Corporation and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, as an ordinarily prudent person in a like situation would use under similar circumstances.

In performing the duties of a director, a director shall be entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by:

(a) One or more officers or employees of the Corporation whom the director believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented;

(b) Counsel, independent accountants or other persons as to matters which the director believes to be within such person’s professional or expert competence; or

(c) A committee of the Board upon which the director does not serve, as to matters within its

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designated authority, which committee the director believes to merit confidence, so long as in any such case, the director acts in good faith, after reasonable inquiry when the need thereof is indicated by the circumstances and without knowledge that would cause such reliance to be unwarranted.

Except in the case of a self-dealing director, as described in Section 4.24 of these Bylaws, a person who performs the duties of a director in accordance with the above shall have no liability based upon any failure or alleged failure to discharge that person’s obligations as a director, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any actions or omissions which exceed or defeat a public or charitable purpose to which the Corporation, or assets held by it, are dedicated.

Section 4.23. Standard of Care - Investments. Except with respect to assets held for use or used directly in carrying out this Corporation’s charitable activities, in investing, reinvesting, purchasing, acquiring, exchanging, selling and managing this Corporation’s investments, the Board shall avoid speculation, looking instead to the permanent disposition of the funds, considering the probable income, as well as the probable safety of this Corporation’s capital. The provisions of Section 4.22 of these Bylaws shall apply to this Subsection.

Section 4.24. Self-Dealing Transactions. Except as provided below, the Board shall not approve a self-dealing transaction. A self-dealing transaction is one in which the Corporation is a party and in which one (1) or more of the directors has a material financial interest or a transaction between this Corporation and any entity in which one (1) or more of its directors has a material financial interest. The Board may approve a self-dealing transaction if a majority of the Board, not including the self-interested director, determines that the transaction is fair and reasonable to this Corporation and, after reasonable investigation under the circumstances, determines that it could not have secured a more advantageous arrangement with reasonable effort under the circumstances.

Section 4.25. Inspection. Every director shall, at his or her own expense, have the absolute right at any reasonable time during the business hours of the Corporation to inspect and copy all books, records, and documents, and to inspect the physical properties of this Corporation.

Article VOFFICERS

Section 5.0. Officers of the Corporation. The officers of the Corporation shall be a president, a vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer. The Corporation may also have, at the Board’s discretion, a chairman of the Board, one or more additional vice presidents, one or more assistant secretaries, one or more assistant financial officers and such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with Section 5.2 of these Bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except that neither the secretary nor the treasurer may serve concurrently as either the president or the chairman of the Board.

Section 5.1. Election of Officers. The officers of the Corporation, except those appointed under Section 5.2 of these Bylaws, shall be chosen annually by a majority of the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Officers must be chosen from among the directors of the Corporation.

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Section 5.2. Other Officers. The Board may appoint or may authorize the president, or other officer, to appoint any other officers that the Corporation may require. Each officer so appointed shall have the title, hold office for the period, have the authority, and perform the duties specified in these Bylaws or determined by the Board.

Section 5.3. Removal of Officers. Any officer may be removed with or without cause by the Board and also, if the officer was appointed by an officer, by the officer who appointed him or her.

Section 5.4. Resignation of Officers. Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the president or secretary of the Corporation. The resignation shall take effect as of the date the notice is received or at any later time specified in the notice and, unless otherwise specified in the notice, the resignation need not be accepted to be effective. Any resignation shall not affect the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party. Nor shall the resignation of any officer from the office he or she holds affect his or her position as a director of the Corporation.

Section 5.5. Vacancies in Office. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other cause shall be filled in the manner prescribed in these Bylaws for regular appointments to that office, provided, however, that vacancies may be filled as they occur.

Section 5.6. Reimbursement of Expenses. The Corporation shall provide reimbursement for monies expended on behalf of the Corporation by its officers.

Section 5.7. Duties of the Officers - President. The president shall preside at meetings of the Board and shall exercise and perform such other powers and duties as the Board may assign from time to time. Subject to the control of the Board, the president shall be the general manager of the Corporation and shall supervise, direct, and control the Corporation’s activities, affairs, and officers.

Section 5.8. Duties - Vice Presidents. If the president is absent or disabled, the vice presidents, if any, in order of their rank as fixed by the Board, or, if not ranked, a vice president designated by the Board, shall perform all duties of the president. When so acting, a vice president shall have all powers of and be subject to all restrictions on the president. The vice presidents shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board or these Bylaws may prescribe.

Section 5.9. Duties - Secretary. The secretary shall have the following duties:

(a) The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept, at the Corporation’s principal office or such other place as the Board may direct, a book of minutes of all meetings, proceedings, and actions of the Board and of committees of the Board. The minutes of the meetings shall include the time and place that meeting was held, whether the meeting was annual, regular, or special, and, if special, how authorized and the notice given.

(b) The secretary shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office, a copy of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended to date.

(c) The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Board and of committees of the Board required by these Bylaws to be given. The secretary shall keep the corporate seal in safe custody and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as the Board or these Bylaws may prescribe.

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Section 5.10. Duties - Treasurer. The treasurer shall have the following duties:

(a) The treasurer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct books and accounts of the Corporation’s properties and transactions. The treasurer shall send or cause to be given to the directors such financial statements and reports as are required to be given by law, by these Bylaws, or by the Board. The books of account shall be open to inspection by any director at all reasonable times during the business hours of the Corporation.

(b) The treasurer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, all money and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Corporation with such depositories as the Board may designate, shall disburse the Corporation’s funds as the Board may order, shall render to the president, chairman of the Board and the Board, when requested, an account of all transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation, and shall have other powers and perform such other duties as the Board or these Bylaws may prescribe.

Article VIEMPLOYEES

Section 6.0. Employees. The Corporation shall employ the Executive Director of the Corporation and such other employees as the Board determines are necessary to effect the Corporation’s business. The Board shall establish a job description for the Executive Director. Employees shall be hired within the salary ranges and hiring procedures adopted by the Board of directors.

Article VIICOMMITTEES AND COUNCILS

Section 7.0. Committees of Directors. The Board may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, designate one or more committees, each consisting of three or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board. Appointments to such committees shall be by majority vote of the directors then in office.

Section 7.1. Committee Meetings. Meetings and actions of committees shall be governed by and held and taken in accordance with the provisions of Article IV and Article VIII concerning meetings of directors, with such changes in the context of these Bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board and its members. Minutes shall be kept of each meeting of any committee and shall be filed with the corporate records. The Board may adopt rules for the governance of any committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these Bylaws concerning meetings of directors.

Section 7.2. Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall consist of up to five (5) members of the Board: the president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and one additional member appointed by the President with the approval of the Board. The Executive Committee must include one (1) member who is a Board appointed community member. During periods between scheduled Board meetings, the Executive Committee shall be empowered to conduct the ordinary and necessary business of the Corporation which cannot wait until the next Board meeting and such other business as the Board may from time to time delegate by resolution to the Committee. The Executive Committee shall have primary responsibility for all policy matters pertaining to personnel administration and staffing of the Corporation. The Committee shall report its action to the Board at the Board’s next meeting.

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Section 7.3. Finance Committee. The Finance Committee of the Board shall perform such duties as may be established by resolution of the Board. The committee shall be chaired by the Treasurer of the Corporation, and shall include the President of the Corporation and such additional Members of the Corporation as may be appointed by the Board. The responsibilities shall include the receipt and discussion of the Audit and Management reports with the outside auditors of the Corporation.

Section 7.4. Property Management Committee. The Property Management Committee shall work with the property management staff on representing the resident’s interests. The specific duties and authority of the Committee, and the Members of the Committee shall be established by the Board.

Section 7.5. Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall identify and nominate candidates to stand for appointment to the Board of directors. The specific duties and the Members of the Committee shall be established by the Board.

Section 7.6. Publicity and Outreach Committee. The Publicity and Outreach Committee shall publicize the activities of the Corporation to the members and the general public. The specific duties and the Members of the Committee shall be established by the Board.

Article VIIIDEDICATION AND DISPOSITION

Section 8.0. Dedication. The property of the Corporation is irrevocably dedicated to charitable purposes, and no part of the net income or assets of the Corporation shall ever inure to the benefit of any director, officer, or member of the Corporation or to the benefit of any private individual.

Section 8.1. Disposition. Upon the winding up and dissolution of the Corporation, and after paying or adequately providing for the debts and obligations of the Corporation, the remaining assets shall be distributed for the sole purpose of providing permanently affordable nonprofit housing in Davis, California to a nonprofit fund, foundation, or corporation that is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes, and which has established and maintained its tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the corresponding provision of any future Internal Revenue Code.

Article IXMISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.0. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of this Corporation shall end each year on December 31.

Section 9.1. Corporate Seal. This Corporation may have a seal which shall be specified by resolution of the Board. The seal may be affixed to any corporate instruments, as directed by the Board or any of its officers, but failure to affix it shall not affect the validity of the instrument.

Section 9.2 Contracts. All contracts entered into on behalf of this Corporation must be authorized by the Board, or, where the contract is for less than Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), by the treasurer.

Section 9.3. Execution of Checks. Except as otherwise provided by law, every check, draft, promissory note, money order, or other evidence of indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed by such individuals as are authorized by the Board.

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Section 9.4. Insurance. The Board of directors may adopt a resolution authorizing the purchase of insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent of this Corporation against any liability asserted against or incurred by the director, officer, employee or agent in such capacity or arising out of the director’s, officer’s, employee’s or agent’s status as such, whether or not this Corporation would have the power to indemnify the director, officer, employee, or agent against that liability under law; except, the Corporation may not purchase insurance to protect self dealing directors (as defined in Section 4.24 of these Bylaws) from liability.

Section 9.5. Reports to Directors. If the Corporation has more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) in gross receipts in any fiscal year, the president shall furnish a written report at the first regular meeting of the next fiscal year to all directors of this Corporation containing the following information:

(a) The assets and liabilities, including the trust funds, of this Corporation as of the end of the fiscal year;

(b) The principal changes in assets and liabilities, including trust funds, during the fiscal year;

(c) The revenue or receipts of this Corporation both unrestricted and restricted for particular purposes, for the fiscal year;

(d) The expenses or disbursements of this Corporation, for both general and restricted purposes during the fiscal year.

Regardless of the gross receipts of the Corporation, the president must furnish a written report to all directors that lists any transaction during the prior fiscal year involving One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) or more between this Corporation or a subsidiary and any director or officer of this Corporation or a subsidiary. The report must disclose the name of the director or officer and the person’s relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person’s interest in the transaction and, where practicable, the amount of such interest. The president must also furnish an annual written report to all directors disclosing the amount and circumstances of any indemnifications or advances aggregating more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) paid during the prior fiscal year to any officer or director of the Corporation.

Section 9.6. Indemnification. This Corporation shall indemnify its directors, officers, employees, and agents, including persons formerly occupying any such position, to the fullest extent permitted by law, against all expenses, judgments, fines and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether it is civil, criminal, administrative or investigative.

In all cases where indemnification is sought, the Corporation shall be subject to the following restrictions and requirements:

(a) Where the action or proceeding is brought on behalf of the Corporation or involves self-dealing transactions, as defined in Section 4.24 of these Bylaws, the Corporation shall not indemnify against amounts paid in settlement or judgment amounts, but shall, upon the express authorization of the Board, indemnify the director, officer, employee or agent against expenses incurred in defense of an action arising from his or her relation to the Corporation. To indemnify in such cases the Board must find the person met the statutorily prescribed standard of care by acting (1) in good faith, (2) in the best interests of the Corporation, and (3) with the care of an ordinarily prudent person.

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(b) Where the person seeking indemnification under this section has been held liable to the Corporation, or has settled his or her liability to the Corporation, the Corporation shall not indemnify against expenses without the approval of the court or the Attorney General.

(c) The Board shall determine whether the person seeking indemnification has acted in accordance with the standard of care set forth in subsection (a) of this section by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of disinterested directors. The termination of any proceeding in a manner adverse to the defendant seeking indemnification shall not create a presumption that such person failed to meet the standard of care.

(d) Where the person seeking indemnification has been successful on the merits in defense of any action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation or in defense of any claim or issue involved in such action or proceeding, the Corporation shall indemnify against all expenses actually or reasonably incurred.

(e) The Corporation shall not advance any money to the person seeking indemnification for the purpose of defending against any action or proceeding without the receipt of an undertaking by such person to repay all advances unless it is ultimately determined that he or she is entitled to indemnification.

Section 9.7. Amendment of Bylaws. The Bylaws may be amended or repealed and new Bylaws adopted by the vote of a majority of all the members of the Board. Such amended or newly adopted Bylaws shall take effect immediately.

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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

I, the undersigned, do hereby certify:

(1) That I am the duly elected and acting Secretary of Davis Senior Housing Communities, Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit Corporation (the “Corporation”); and

(2) That the foregoing Bylaws, comprising ten (10) pages, constitute the Bylaws of such Corporation as duly adopted by action of the Board of Directors of the Corporation at a duly constituted meeting held on _________________, 2008.

IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name, this day of , 2008.

_______________________________ , Secretary

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