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Host: Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo February 2nd 2017 Recreation Community/Education Housing History/Sustainability

Agenda

• 1. NYCEDC Process
• 2. Proposed Development
• 3. Employment & M/WBE

Opportunities

• 4. Timeline

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NYCEDC Process

Bedford Union Armory

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Our VISION: New York City is the global model for inclusive innovation and economic growth, fueled by the diversity of

• ur people and our businesses

Our MISSION: Create shared prosperity across all five boroughs of New York City by strengthening neighborhoods and growing good jobs

New York City Economic Development Corporation

In Summer and Fall 2014, the City conducted extensive community engagement to better understand how the Bedford Union Armory redevelopment could address the community’s needs, meeting with:

Elected Officials (Summer 2014 – present) Leaders/Local Community Organizations (Summer 2014) General Public (Fall 2014)

Local elected officials co-hosted two public meetings with NYCEDC in October 2014 with a combined 250 attendees. Attendees were asked to complete a survey expressing their preferred uses and priorities for the Armory redevelopment. Attendees then discussed their individual priorities in randomly assigned small groups, and completed surveys that identified shared group priorities. Community Board 9 Executive Committee 71st Precinct Council Bedford Union Franklin Block Association Brooklyn Avenue Tenants Association Community Board 8 Community Board 9 Community Armory Committee Corcoran Real Estate Crow Hill Community Association Crown Gardens Tenant Association Crown Heights Community Council Crown Heights Jewish Community Council Crown Heights Youth Collective Crown Montgomery Homeowners Association Crown Street Block Association Ebbets Field Apartments Tenant Association First Baptist Church of Crown Heights Friends of Crown Heights Local Development Corporation of Crown Heights Medgar Evers College Montgomery Street Block Association (Rogers & Bedford) Montgomery Street Block Association (Rogers & Nostrand) Tivoli Tower Tenants Association Washington Avenue Botanic Block Association

Review of Engagement Process

Borough President Adams Council Member Cumbo Congresswoman Clarke State Senator Hamilton Assembly Member Mosley Assembly Member Richardson

Negotiate for Community Needs

Lease, not sale Community-Serving Space Job Training & Opportunities Contextual Housing Contextual Design &Construction Guaranty What Community Requested The Project Today  Establish long-term lease to maintain City control  Allow limited exception for small residential condo  Include reporting and financial penalties to ensure development team’s performance  Include proven operator  Include wide range of facilities at discounted rates  Target M/WBE participation of 25%  Participate in HireNYC for construction and permanent jobs  Spread units across more income bands  Include permanently affordable units, more 3-bedrooms  Reserve units for local residents  Limit project height and largely maintain historic structure

EDC Requires Developer to Fulfill Its Commitments

Developer Commitment To Begin Lease To Continue Lease Raise Sufficient Financing Construct in Timely Manner Operate Responsibly Advance Workforce Development  Provide construction budget and proof

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 Set aside fit-out funding  Submit payment & performance bond, completion guaranty  Establish escrow to collect returns until completion  Sign operator agreement for rec space, regulatory agreement for rental housing  Submit plans for M/WBE participation, HireNYC  Place returns in escrow until construction completion  Maintain capital maintenance reserve  Place returns in escrow until construction completion  Ensure community benefits through audited annual reports, rent credits, penalties, lease termination  Pay penalties if fail to pursue M/WBE, HireNYC plans

Proposed Development

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Development Team

Developer: 100% Own & Controlled by BFC Partners Operator of the Community Facility M/WBE Architect

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Maintenance Garage Drill Hall Head House

Stables

Existing Bedford Union Armory

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Proposed Project

• Community
• Recreation
• Education
• Housing

Community Benefit

• Required to provide $1,500,000 annual community benefit to a range
• f individuals in the form of discounted access, facility use or

leases.The requirement increases 3% annually.

• Detailed Annual report will be submitted to EDC including, but not

limited to; total number of users, rates charges to users, community benefit calculation, capital expenditures, etc.

• Bedford Courts is required to pay as additional rent any shortfall

amount in community benefit.

• If Bedford Courts does not provide at least $500,000 (3% increase

annually) for 2 consecutive years it is an Event of Default under our lease agreement.

Proposed Community, Education & Recreation

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Recreation Facility- Existing Conditions

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Renderings of Proposed Recreation Facility

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Proposed Recreation Facility

• 67,752 GSF
• Wood & Multi-sport

Surface

• Fitness Rooms
• 6 Lane, 25M Swimming

Pool

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Proposed Community/Education Facility

• Approximately 40,000 GSF of office

space leased to non-profits, small businesses, and local community groups

• Discounted office rents
• Includes 4,500 SF flexible community

event space Approximately 26,000 SF Educational Facility

Existing conditions

One of the 10,000 children CAMBA serves each year.

• CAMBA makes New York City a vibrant

and safe place to live by helping 45,000 New Yorkers in need obtain jobs, find affordable housing and raise happy, healthy families each year.

• CAMBA is a Brooklyn based non-profit

that was created in 1977 and has grown today to encompass over 160 programs at 80 locations in New York City.

Who We Are

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Community Centers & Facility Operations

CAMBA currently operates 12 Community Centers

3 school-based Beacons and 9 Cornerstones in NYCHA facilities across Brooklyn.

• CAMBA provides: Security, Maintenance, Marketing, and Community Affairs
• We coordinate and manage the activities of over 50 different co-located service

providers and partnering agencies.

• Diverse programming for 6,300 children, youth, parents, and community

members each year based on community interest and amenities available:

• For youth: Unique services and opportunities that spark creativity and talent

like archery, dance and step, robotics, slam poetry, film and music production experienced from 3-9pm daily including Saturdays.

• For adults: adult basic education and ESOL, financial literacy workshops,

fitness classes, and tax preparation services.

• 180 full-time and part time staff, many of whom live in the communities we serve
• Operator of the BED STUY Multi-Service Center since 2012
• 150,000 sq. foot facility includes 13 non-profit tenants and a school.

CAMBA’s Beacon 271 teaches archery to youth in the community, to develop their skills, become world-class competitors, and pursue collegiate scholarship programs.

Where You Can…Work

CAMBA has almost 40 years of experience helping New Yorkers find and maintain jobs

Workforce Development

• We’ve helped over 3,300 people get jobs in the past

two years

• Specialize in helping unemployed and underemployed

people overcome barriers to employment

• Offers job readiness training in the fields of Private

Security and Customer Service

• Connects clients to other job training providers and

employment agencies.

Careers:

• 500+ job openings across a variety of fields with

competitive benefits and salaries

• Community hiring for Bedford Armory positions

For more info:

www.camba.org/about/careeropportunities

• Main office: 1720 Church Ave, 2nd Floor

Brooklyn, NY 11226

• Phone: 718-287-2600

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• Services over 200 students annually

through after-school and weekend programs and throughout the day during the summer.

• Since 2005, New Heights has maintained

a 100% high school graduation rate.

• Graduates have maintained a 98% college

matriculation rate and 75% college completion rate within 6 years

• $53 Million estimated in total scholarship

and financial aid dollars have been awarded to New Heights student-athletes from independent, boarding and local high schools and top tier colleges.

• New Heights program is free.

New Heights’ mission is to educate and empower promising inner-city youth to be leaders, champions and student-athletes by developing the skills necessary for success in high school, college and life.

• New York City's largest learn-to-swim

school, welcoming over 4,000 students each week to its 9 pools in Manhattan and 5 pools in Brooklyn

• Provides lessons to children ages 4

months and up

• Offer a wide array aquatic programs:
• Learn-to-Swim Lessons
• Stroke Refinement Lessons
• Competitive Swim Team
• Water Polo
• Synchronized Swimming
• Imagine will offer discounted lesson

rates, open swim and other special programs based on financial need. In the pool at Imagine Swimming, we to produce a lifetime love of the water. By listening to children’s fears as well as encouraging their curiosity, Imagine seeks to lead young swimmers on their first strokes in the swimming pool and the aquatic world.

Employment & M/WBE Opportunities

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Economic Impact & Jobs

• Construction of the both the community and residential components
• f the Armory will create 679 direct construction jobs
• 460 additional indirect jobs will be created
• On-going operation of the both the community and residential

components of the Armory will create 121 direct permanent jobs

• 17 additional full-time indirect jobs will be created

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Source: Appleseed 2016 study

Economic Impact & Jobs

• Committed to 25% M/WBE participation
• Bedford Courts committed to to 50% Hiring

Goal; 40% Retention goal of those HireNYC hires; 30% Advancement goal of the retained HireNYC hires

• Committed to paying a living wage for all

permanent jobs at the Armory.

• All available and feasible positions listed

with SBS Workforce1

• Local outreach events throughout the

development process, , including job fairs and MWBE capacity building workshops

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By the Numbers Consulting Services

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• By the Numbers Consulting Services Corp (BTN Consulting) is a

leading provider of compliance and supportive services to housing and commercial developers, construction contractors and suppliers, and property managers.

• BTN Consulting is a 100% minority-owned firm headquartered in

Brooklyn, New York, and works throughout New York State.

• BTN Consulting was hired by Bedford Courts to do specialized
• utreach in Central Brooklyn for the project’s M/WBE and HireNYC

compliance.

M/WBE & Local Hiring Outreach To Date

• M/WBE Info Sessions
• Target was M/WBE construction related firms of Central Brooklyn and immediate

surrounding area

• 2 events held; 37 firms attended
• “Get Certified” event
• Target was non-certified M/WBE construction related firms
• 42 firms referred to SBS for Certification as an M/WBE
• HireNYC Info Sessions
• Target was social service and workforce development providers of Central Brooklyn as

well as members of Community Board 9’s Economic Development Committee

• 10 providers attended; event to be repeated in early Spring 2017

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Future M/WBE & Local Hiring Outreach

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• Repeat Past Events for Maximum Coverage
• M/WBE Info Session
• Get Certified Event
• HireNYC Info Session
• Quarterly Recruitment for EDC’s ConstructNYC Course
• Doing Business with BFC Partner’s Construction Unit
• Individualized technical assistance for local M/WBE firms
• Regular Updates
• Bedford Courts Newsletter
• Regular Attendance at CB9 Economic Development Meeting
• Regular Contact with M/WBEs Identified in Past Events

Opportunity M/W/DBE

NYCEDC’s Opportunity M/W/DBE works to counter documented disparities in public procurement by increasing opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises using a two-pronged approach:

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Compliance (Building Demand) Capacity- Building (Enhancing Supply) Opportunity M/W/DBE

Building Demand

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• Local Law 1 (voluntary)
• OneNYC - $16 billion awarded M/WBEs by 2025
• City-wide goal of 30% award to M/WBEs by 2021(changes to LL1)
• City Council reporting requirements for real estate and IDA/Build projects

City-wide M/W/DBE Goals

• M/WBE Participation Goal Applicable to:
• Eligible City funded projects
• All real estate development (sales and lease)
• Eligible IDA/Build projects
• Eligible EDC self funded projects
• Emerging Developer Preference on eligible real estate projects

NYCEDC’s contribution to City-wide M/WBE Goals

Building Demand

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• M/W/DBE participation goals vary depending the project specifics
• Total value of the project
• Type of project
• Availability of M/WBE firms
• Bedford Union Armory M/WBE Participation Goal: 25%
• M/W/DBE progress on projects monitored quarterly (Corporate-wide and Departmental)
• Reporting metrics include:
• Commitments, Awards and Payments

Goal Setting and Monitoring

Opportunity M/W/DBE

NYCEDC’s Opportunity M/W/DBE works to counter documented disparities in public procurement by increasing opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned and disadvantaged business enterprises using a two-pronged approach:

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Compliance (Building Demand) Capacity- Building (Enhancing Supply) Opportunity M/W/DBE

Enhancing Supply

• Launched in March 2016
• Designed to give more opportunities to small-to-mid sized MWBE/DBE contractors to work on NYCEDC projects
• ConstructNYC firms are selected after a collaborative vetting process
• Intensive financial management training and technical assistance available to participating firms
• Pre-qualified firms will have access to NYCEDC contracts
• Partnering with Capital Programs and Asset Management
• Program Goals for 2017:
• Award $25 Million to pre-qualified M/WBE firms by Dec. 2017
• Pre-qualify 45 M/WBEs
• Program Progress to date:
• Selected CMs that will manage ConstructNYC projects
• Pre-qualified 28 M/WBEs
• Awarded $150,000
• ConstructNYC projects to start in March 2017

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Lender: Basis Management Group Loan Loan Siz Size and and Ter erms:

• Pre-development: $100,000-$750,000, up to 75% of financing needs
• Acquisition/Construction: $100,000-$2.5 million, up to 30% of total financing needs
• Maximum interest rate: 5% + 1-month LIBOR
• Loan Term: between 6 and 60 months
• If emerging developer comes in as a co-developer, role must be significant to the project, and it must

be described in loan application

Senior Debt (60-70%) Subordinate Debt (10-30%) Equity (10-20%)

Target Need:

• Legal and title costs
• Security deposits
• Environmental assessments and appraisal fees
• Design and tax credit application fees
• Costs related to financing of the acquisition or ground leasing of

the property

Enhancing Supply

HireNYC Development at NYCEDC

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Creates upward career mobility by providing opportunities for low-income individuals to participate in the City’s economic growth.

• HireNYC: Construction
• Establishes hiring process on EDC-managed real estate dispositions that create construction jobs
• Developers & Tenants sign-up on HireNYC Portal and work with NYC SBS’s Workforce1 program and

community organizations to identify and interview HireNYC candidates

• Job examples: trade labor and site administration
• HireNYC: Permanent
• Establishes hiring, retention and advancement goals for EDC-managed real estate dispositions that

produce permanent jobs upon construction completion for eight years:

• Bedford Union Armory Goals:
• 50% Hiring Goal
• 40% Retention goal of those HireNYC hires
• 30% Advancement goal of the retained HireNYC hires
• Developer and Tenant work with EDC, hiring partners, and community organizations to identify and

interview HireNYC candidates

• Job examples: retail, administrative

Successful HireNYC Project

• Community organization engagement
• Outreach and marketing to project’s local community
• Deliver interview day and local job fairs
• Provide career training
• Example: Loew’s Kings Theater in Brooklyn
• Conducted outreach and direct marketing throughout Brooklyn and community organizations
• Attracted 650+ prospective candidates to the 102 positions available
• Worked with NYC SBS Workforce1 to source candidates for Interview Day
• Had a job fair planned but did not need it because Interview Day was successful

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How to make your project a successful HireNYC project

Position Interviewed Hired Ushers 117 49 Ticket Sellers 8 9* Supervisors 30 4

Project Timeline

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Project Timeline

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Program Development Environmental Review (CEQR) ULURP Construction Establish site program (uses, sizes, components) that are used as inputs for environmental review Due diligence with relevant agencies;

• Landmarks Preservation

Commission

• Dept. of Transportation
• Dept. of City Planning
• Public Design Commission
• Environmental Assessment

Statement (EAS), Positive Declaration and Draft Scope of Work issued December 23, 2016

• Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) being prepared

• Scoping hearing: March 7,

2017

• Scoping comment period until

March 17, 2017

• DEIS anticipated:

Spring/Summer 2017

• DEIS/ULURP Hearing: TBD
• Certification date and DEIS

Hearing: Spring/Summer 2017

• Community Board 9 (60 days)
• Borough President (30 days)
• City Planning Commission (60

days)

• City Council (50 days)

2016 Winter 2016 –Spring 2017 Spring 2017-Winter 2017 2018 - 2021

• Complete Design
• File Building Permits
• Procurement/Bidding
• Commence Construction
• Completion Summer 2020-

Winter 2021

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