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complex. The Agency provided design assistance and the completed project is consistent with the Joint Project Area's design strategy. · Kohl's department store and Bed Bath and Beyond opened at Bayfair Center and interior mall improvements were initiated. In 2006-07, Old Navy, Staples, Chili's, Starbucks, Red Brick Pizza, Jamba Juice and a relocated Chevys opened for business. Additional interior mall improvements are also scheduled. Design work continues for future phases of improvements, all privately funded by mall owner, Madison Marquette. The Agency continues to work with Alameda County and BART on the Bayfair BART/Coelho Drive pedestrian improvement project. · The Agency provided $100,000 in funding for the San Leandro LINKS. LINKS is a shuttle service started in 2002 to transport employees between industrial businesses and the San Leandro Main BART Station. Ridership has doubled in the past two years from 9,213 in August 2004 to 17,047 monthly passengers in August 2006. · In the West San Leandro/MacArthur Project Area, the Agency provided funding for the Doolittle Drive/Airport Gateway roadway and landscape improvement project. Improvements to the Doolittle Drive and Davis Street intersection were completed and design work continued on the remaining project, which is scheduled for completion in 2007-08. · Also in the West San Leandro/MacArthur Project Area, the MacArthur Boulevard Streetscape Project was completed. The project included traffic reconfiguration, streetscapc enhancements and pedestrian and lighting amenities. Businesses have responded positively with fayade and building improvements and new development has occurred on once blighted sites. HOUSING ACTIVITIES The housing objectives of the San Leandro Redevelopment Agency 2004-09 Implementation Plan, City of San Leandro Housing Element, City Housing Strategy for 2003-06, and the City's U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan, address the underserved housing needs of households and families in San Leandro. One of the primary goals in these City housing plans is to provide programs that foster and maintain affordable housing. The Agency is a crucial funding source and has effectively leveraged set- aside funds with other sources in cooperation with non-profit developers and the City in achieving these goals. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33080.1(c), notable Agency- assisted housing activities for FY 2005-06 include: · The Agency acquired the Islander Motel with set-aside funds in September 2005. This property has been a neighborhood blight for decades, and will be developed into a 68-unit affordable apartment. The Agency determined there were 18 very low and low income households residing in the Islander Motel prior to the acquisition who were eligible for relocation benefits. The Agency worked closely with each household to ensure they were properly relocated under State Redevelopment law. The Agency entered into a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) with Mercy Housing California (MHC), 7