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Executive Summary The Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Leandro ("Agency") has endeavored to develop, reconstruct or rehabilitate the deteriorated and blighted conditions and areas that exist within the community which act as a barrier to new investments by private enterprises. The City Council decided to utilize the redevelopment process, as authorized in the State Community Redevelopment Law, Health and safety Code S33000 et seq., as the principal means to achieve this goal. In 1993, the City of San Leandro adopted the Alameda County-City of San Leandro Redevelopment Project Area by Ordinance 93-012. Over the years, the Agency has provided low-interest loans to property owners within the Redevelopment Project Area in order to encourage property improvement with the overall goal of eliminating blighted conditions. The Islander Motel Lodge is a 68-unit motel situated at 2398 East 14th Street in San Leandro within the Redevelopment Project Area. The City of San Leandro and the San Leandro Police Department identified the motel as a property that experienced a high amount of crime and vice. Efforts dating back to 1995 oore made to work with the motel O'Mler to eliminate the blighted conditions which include criminal activity and various health and safety issues. By May of 2005 the Agency recognized that no significant improvement had been made to mitigate the blighted conditions. The Agency then determined to enter into negotiations with the owner of the Islander Motel Lodge with the goal of purchasing the property and converting the property into affordable housing. On May 23, 2005 the property owner and the Agency entered into a purchase agreement with an anticipated closing date of September 22, 2005. The Agency expects to enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement and a Property Management Agreement with Mercy Housing. In the short term, Mercy Housing's property management company, Mercy Services Corporation, intends to manage the property for the Redevelopment Agency. Eventually, Mercy Housing is expected to own and rehabilitate the property to create rental units that will be made available to persons of Low and Very Low Income. Mercy Services Corporation will manage the property in a professional manner in order to create a decent, safe and sanitary living environment for the occupants. Between June and August of 2005, the Agency conducted various inspections of the property in order to investigate the condition of the motel and to identify any health and safety issues that needed to be addressed. In August of2005, the Agency was advised that the health and safety issues were too severe to allow for continued, long-term occupancy of the building. Contractors recommended to Agency staff that all occupants be required to move from the building as soon as reasonably possible to allow for significant rehabilitation. During the week of May 23, 2005 each existing weekly occupant of the motel was given a General Information Notice that described the Agency's efforts to purchase and convert the motel. The Notice encouraged the occupants to remain at the motel. A EW weeks later each Relocation Impact Study and Last Resort Housing Plan Page 1