District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development

1. District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development Property Acquisition And Disposition Division Pre-Bidder’s Meeting Solicitation For Offers #2 for Florida and Q Street, NW, Washington, DC August 6, 2014

2. Overview of DHCD – Florida and Q Street, N.W The DC Department of Housing and Community Development’s (DHCD) mission is to create and preserve opportunities for affordable housing and economic development and to revitalize underserved communities in the District of Columbia. DHCD fulfills its mission by: • funding the rehabilitation of single-family and multi-family homes • providing funding for homelessness prevention • addressing vacant and abandoned properties • overseeing the administration of rental housing laws • providing gap funding for affordable housing and community facilities • supporting communities through neighborhood-based activities • increasing first-time homeownership opportunities

3. Site Details – Florida and Q St, N.W, Washington, DC

4. Site Details - Florida and Q St, N.W, Washington, DC Neighborhood • NoMa is a vibrant, growing neighborhood nestled between Union Station, the U.S. Capitol, Shaw, and the H Street, NE corridor in Washington, D.C. Over the last several years, private developers have invested more than $5 billion in the 35-block area within the NoMa BID boundary, and have plans to develop more than 20 million square feet of additional office, residential, hotel, and retail space. With a capital investment of $50 million from the District government in 2013, NoMa will soon have great new parks and public spaces as well. NoMa is home to more than 3,900 terrific new apartments, and more than 40,000 people work here each day. Zoning • The site is split zoned – lots 806 and 825 are zoned R-4, while the remainder of the lots are zoned C-2-A. R-4 is a low to moderate density residential zone which permits single family, duplex, rowhouse, and flat (2 residential units) development by right, but does not permit new multi-family development. C-2-A is a low to moderate density mixed use zone which allows residential multi-family and limited commercial development. Affordability • No Offer shall be selected unless the Project conforms with the Affordability Covenant attached to the PDA and at a minimum requires at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the Units in the Project be sold or rented to persons with annual household incomes that do not exceed 80% of “AMI”. For this Solicitation, PADD requires a minimum affordability period of 15 years for homeownership and 40 years for rental housing.

5. Background & Goals – Florida and Q Street, N.W, • Development Goals: • Mixed‐use development; • local neighborhood job creation; • Good workmanlike construction, quality design and architecture that complements the existing architecture of the neighborhood; • Adequate financing from pre‐development through final completion; • Family style affordable dwelling units (2 or more bedrooms) which allow families to grow in place; • 51% of the units to be affordable at 80% AMI or below • A commitment to at least 15 years of affordability for homeownership and 40 years for rental projects ; • Community outreach and development coordination; and • Use of green materials, techniques and systems that meet the 2011 Green Communities Criteria.

6. Photos & Neighborhood Context– Florida and Q Street, N.W, Washington, DC

7. Florida and Q Street, N.W, Washington, DC

8. Florida and Q Street, NW

9. Florida and Q Street, NW

10. Evaluation Criteria – Florida and Q Street, NW

11. SFO Schedule – Florida and Q Street, NW

12. Florida and Q Street, N.W, Washington, DC Questions and Answers

13. SFO - Florida and Q Street, NW Karanja Slaughter, Manager, PADD 202-442-7282 Karanja.Slaughter@dc.gov Michael Woodson, Sr. Project Manager, PADD 202-478-1369 Michael.Woodson@dc.gov