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2) List project price - fixed fee. Stark Associates proposes a fixed fee of $98,000~00 to administer Cabarrus County's Fishertown Community Development Project. This fee is higher than normal for the basic reason that the Cabarrus County program is so housing rehabilitatio~ concentrated. This element of 40 homes is the most time intensive of any activity eligible for CDBG. Bob Stark, Project Director, has over 15 years direct experience in housing rehabilitation having rehabbed over 700 homes during that time. 3) Staffing plan. Stark Associates will involve three (3) experienced CDBG professionals in the administration of the Fishertown Project. They are: Project Director - Bob Stark Assistant Project Director - Sandy Ridley Administrative Assistant - Mary Beck Bob Stark and Sandy Ridley will provide 100% of the professional level Of management required in the Fishertown project. Belo%~ is a brief description of the role of each member of the administratiw team. PROJECT DIRECTOR In the area of Community Development, Bob Stark is the most experienced member of the team. Ne is also the owner of Stark Associates. He, therefore, will be the project leader~ Bob has lived in Cabarrus County for the past 14 years, is the son of a Presbyterian minister and is a Vietnam veteran. He was educated in North Carolina and began his professional career as a planner in Orange County (Orlando), Florida. After several years, he moved back to North Carolina where he hagan his career in Community Development in 1974. His experience in CD grantsmanship is extensive. He has designed 26 CDBG applications with 19 being funded. From 1976 through the present, he has been the project leader on all 19 projects, During these 19 programs, he Has personally performed every aspect of running a CD program and has broad knowledge of local, state and federal laws and regulations governing CD activities, During this time he also has established a reputation among CD administrators and audit firms for his innovative and efficient approach to housing rehabilitation. As a result, Bob was asked by Mount Holly, N.C. to take over their CD project in 1988 that was in such bad shape through mismanagement and fraud that the SDI was investigating the program, It has now gone to the grand jury. This project is now in good shape and is being closed out as complete by the state. As project leader, Bob Stark will oversee the administration of the program, He will concentrate his e~forts on the active part of the program (getting the various construction activities under way and completed and explaining these activities to citizens) rather than the passive part of the program (maintaining the massive amount of paperwork and files which accompany each program activity). Bob will handle the major portion of the contacts with the public and with contractors. He will be responsible for answering questions about the operation of the program and explaining t.o contractors and i...