CADA Neighborhood Survey Link:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cada

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We stand at the cusp of a great moment in our city.
CADA‟s work over the years in implementing the
State‟s Capitol Area Plan and the City‟s R Street
Corridor Master Plan has transformed blocks of
parking lots and blighted buildings into the vital
neighborhood we know today. Sacramento‟s urban
core, including Downtown, Midtown and the State
Capitol Office campus, provides a full range of
opportunities for Sacramento residents to live, work
and play.

I thank the CADA Board for giving me the
opportunity to lead CADA at this time. I do so
cognizant of the challenges ahead. The most
significant challenge will be addressing the
Governor‟s directive to sell state-owned properties
leased to CADA. Our goal is to address the
Governor‟s directive in a manner that maintains the
State Capitol Area Plan objectives: creating infill
housing, maintaining an affordable housing stock,
and connecting the State Capitol Office Campus
with surrounding city neighborhoods through
infrastructure improvements. I am grateful to
Jackie Whitelam for her ongoing work on
formulating a framework for the sale of State
properties in a manner that will allow CADA to
continue in its role as a neighborhood-builder and
affordable housing provider.

Later this year, we will initiate a strategic planning
process that will explore how best to position CADA
in the future. We will proceed on this endeavor,
confident that city life is a viable path towards a
sustainable future for our City and our State.

As I hope you know, city life gives
time for making a living, time for
friends and family, time for
personal fulfillment and time for
civic engagement. Please watch
this page and stay engaged.
Wendy Saunders,
CADA Executive Director

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Framework for the Sale of State-owned Properties in the Capitol Area Public Workshop Report-Out Document

As part of a statewide directive to reduce the State’s footprint, the Department of General Services has been directed by the Governor to consider the sale of state-owned properties leased to the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA).   These properties consist of a total of 14 acres in the area bounded by 10^th to 17^th Streets and by Capitol Avenue to Q Street, south of Capitol Park in downtown Sacramento.

At the request of the Department of General Services and the Department of Finance, CADA has prepared a framework for discussion that would enable these properties to be sold over the next 12 years.  If CADA’s proposal is accepted by the State and the City, property sales would proceed within the context of an annual public review process and CADA’s role as a neighborhood builder and provider of affordable housing will continue during and beyond the sale of these properties.

Framework for the Sale of State-Owned Properties in the Capitol Area (PDF)

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Upon her appointment, Ms. Saunders will initiate a strategic planning process allowing CADA to capture the momentum gained with its East End Gateway and Warehouse Artist Lofts projects and its public infrastructure work on R Street and 16^th Street.  Ms. Saunders brings both public and private experience to CADA.  She currently is the City of Stockton Economic Development Director and previously was the director of the City of Sacramento Economic Development Department.  Her private sector experience includes project development at New Faze Development and providing community relations and land entitlement services for the URS Corporation.

The CADA Board is grateful to Ms. Whitelam for the progress made in addressing the State directive to consider the sale of the state-owned properties leased to CADA as part of a statewide effort to reduce the state’s footprint.  Under Ms. Whitelam’s leadership, CADA is preparing a sequenced disposition plan for these properties consistent with State policy regarding affordable housing, sustainable communities, and the development of the Capitol Area.  This plan, which includes the continuation of CADA’s property management and urban infill development activities in the neighborhood south of Capitol Park, will be the subject of a public workshop to be held at the end of March.

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CADA is a joint powers authority of the State of California and the City of Sacramento responsible for the implementation of the residential and neighborhood commercial components of the State Capitol Area Plan and the revitalization of the central section of the City’s R Street Corridor.  For more information, visit the CADA website: www.cadanet.org

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Tower on 16th & O

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CADA Executive Director Position Fact Sheet

CAPITOL AREA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Executive Director
Sacramento, California

CADA’s vision is “A sustainable Capitol Park Neighborhood that captivates city
dwellers and inspires the people of California.”

Our client, the Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA), seeks an Executive Director. CADA manages and develops State-owned properties within a 53.5 block area south and east of the State Capitol in Sacramento. CADA has annual revenues of $10 million and a staff of 44 (41 Full-time and three part-time). CADA works closely with its two joint powers authority partners, the California State Department of General Services and the City of Sacramento. CADA is unique in that it is a local public agency charged with meeting government mandates within fiscal parameters, patterned after a private land development and property management company. CADA’s 2008-2013 Strategic Plan addresses the implementation of the Capitol Area Plan, takes steps to assure there are adequate resources to fulfill its mission and maintains stakeholder consensus. The Capitol Area Plan was adopted in 1977 (updated in 1997 and expanded in 2002) and presents a comprehensive, long-term plan for the development and conservation of the Capitol Area. The physical gap that existed in the urban fabric when the Capitol Area Plan was adopted in 1977 is filled. A strategic relationship now exists between the actions CADA and the State take in the Capitol Park Neighborhood and the actions the City and community effect in the central city. Energy conservation and smart growth, principles pioneered in the Capitol Area Plan, are now commonly accepted. Sustainable development is CADA’s past, present, and future. CADA has continually affirmed its commitment to affordable housing, and is transforming the R Street Corridor into a special destination connecting the Capitol Area to the surrounding city fabric, serving as a model of smart growth, relieving traffic congestion, and improving regional air quality. For more information on CADA, please visit their website at www.cadanet.org. For information on the Sacramento area, please visit www.sacramento.com.

The Board of Directors of CADA seeks an Executive Director to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and manage the five service units of the Authority: Administration, Asset Management, Property Management, R Street Project Area, and Development.

The Executive Director reports directly to the Board of Directors, which consists of two State of California appointees, two City of Sacramento appointees, and one member voted at-large by the Board. The first year expected outcomes for the Executive Director include:

Within 90 days:
1. To have conducted an organizational review and become familiar with the issues, structure, processes, development projects, the Capitol Area Plan, and CADA’s employees.
2. To have identified and met with CADA’s key stakeholders and institutional partners (Administration, including the Governor’s Office, the Secretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency, the State Department of General Services [DGS], the Department of Finance [DOF], local State Legislators, Mayor of Sacramento, Sacramento City Council Members, City Manager, real estate development interests, and community and neighborhood leaders).
3. To have become intimately familiar with CADA’s history and previous strategic plans and to have developed a clear understanding of Downtown Sacramento’s commercial and residential real estate market. This familiarity and understanding will provide the basis for commencing with the development of a new five-year strategic plan.

Within 180 days:
4. To have begun the process of creating a new five-year strategic plan, including strategizing with key stakeholders to refine CADA’s mission and addressing the State’s evolving interest in the Capitol Area and R Street Project Areas.

Within 270 days:
5. To have created the new strategic plan and begun implementation.

Within 1 year:
6. To be an effective manager.
7. To be leading the implementation of the new strategic plan.
8. To be functioning as an effective representative of CADA’s interests in coordination and collaboration with CADA’s key stakeholders and institutional partners.

We are seeking candidates with any combination of education, training, and experience that demonstrates the capacity to successfully perform these duties and achieve these expected outcomes. Typical qualifications would include the following:

• 10-15 years of administrative experience in an organization with a minimum of $5 million in revenues and a minimum of 20 employees.
• Experience with public agencies, progressive urban and regional planning principles and practices, and real estate development and management programs, (to include public participation processes, smart-growth and transit-oriented principles).
• Experience creating and executing an organizational strategy that balances the interests of diverse stakeholders.
• Familiarity with California’s political and administrative institutions, including a fundamental understanding of key players and their roles and responsibilities.
• An understanding of low and moderate-income housing and tax increment financing.
• Experience working directly with elected and/or appointed officials and a Board of Directors.
• Experience with the audit requirements and the accounting principles of a public agency.
• Experience in property management.
• A minimum of undergraduate degree in a related field.

The Board of Directors of CADA offers an exceptional opportunity to lead the implementation of CADA’s compelling urban vision. The base salary range is $119,580 to $179,364, and there are excellent benefits. The Search Committee will interview preselected candidates on January 21, 2013, with second interviews with the full Board of Directors on January 22, 2013.

For consideration, at your earliest convenience and no later than December 20, 2012, please email your chronological resume (to include description and size of current/prior organizations and responsibility) and compensation expectations to:

CADAED@wilcoxcareer.com

Miller & Nelson
btopper@wilcoxcareer.com
www.wilcoxcareer.com

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