18 November 2021
Julie B. Lucido
Public Works Director
City of Napa Public Works Department
1600 First Street
Napa, CA 94559
Subject: RFQ For Professional Services Aimed at Increasing Local Contactor Participation
Dear Ms. Lucido:
Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) For Professional Services
issued by the City of Napa’s Public Works Department on October 27, 2021. My name is Lynetta Cornelius
Grier, Owner and Principal Broker at EAPR, a real estate and consulting firm with over 20 years of
experience. I/my company is WOSB, MBE, SB (Micro) Certified with DBE pending approval. We are a
Napa-based company located at 315 Pear Tree Terrace, Unit E, Napa, CA 94558.
I operate a small firm consisting of 3. For the purpose of this project, The Mark USA, will be partnering with
us as sub-consultants. The Mark USA is a data-driven company whose reputation exceeds them as one
of the top data research and evaluation firms in California, established in 2007 with over 13 employees.
I will be joined by:
Traci Shirachi, MBA, Owner/CEO
Jessica Martone, Director of Research and Evaluation
Noely Banos, Assistant Director of Research and Evaluation
I submit my responses to the subject RFQ as follows:
As described in the RFQ, the goal of the project is to increase local contractor/worker participation and
increase opportunities for community members to participate in construction industry training and
apprenticeship programs by leveraging the City of Napa’s Public Works Contracting.
Real estate drives many construction markets and as a licensed California Real Estate Broker, I am
centered in trends in the construction industry landscape. A “hot topic” in current trends is women picking
up a hard hat and making construction work a career. This makes this project even more exciting for me,
that while ensuring that the result of this project yields a greater and increased participation by our
community members, that it also includes equitable representations in the data that will be presented as a
part of outcomes.
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The recommendation outcomes will be drawn from data collected, analyzed and evaluated from other
similar public works agencies, school districts and counties throughout Northern California taking in to
account the city's current policies and practices. Programs such as the Future Build program headed by
the City of Pittsburg, which focuses on Construction apprenticeships and training of future construction
workers will be explored to determine feasibility of bringing a similar program to Napa. Additional focuses
will be placed on furthering the discussion surrounding Project Labor Agreements (PLA) policies and
outcomes at similar agencies.
As a current Sub for both Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and with various other past performances, my responsibilities for coordinating and
overseeing various construction projects (i.e., concrete pours, retro fits, full remodels, to name a few).
This experience has allowed me direct exposure to the construction industry which places me at an
advantage in knowing where to seek out information pertaining to this field and while most of my experience
has been with privately owned corporate assets vs. public works, I believe my skill set
places me at an advantage when it comes to identifying resources for data collecting and speaking
confidently amongst construction professionals.
By selecting my company, you will gain access to proven capabilities with:
Over 20 years of experience in working with a diverse pool of customers in the Construction
Industry and its various trades locally and in surrounding areas.
Extensive experience in Research and Reporting on related data sets.
Strong legal writing and interpretation skills of codified laws, policies and procedures.
Citizen engagement, community education, outreach and awareness campaigns.
It is my hope that you will see that our team’s framework as being uniquely positioned to assist the City of
Napa with achieving the desired goals of this project with my assurance of delivering meaningful outcomes.
Sincerely,
Lynetta Cornelius Grier
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