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Senior Center Phase 1 P&S 2 July 2, 2007 Analvsis The senior center project is being constructed in two phases because of funding limitations and contractual obligations. The purchase and sale agreement with Eden Township Healthcare District also requires the City to complete Phase 1 entrance and parking lot improvements by June 2008. The Phase 1 improvements consist of: . Removal and demolition of former auto dealership site at 13889 East 14th Street (note that the building removal has already been completed as a Finance Department project) . 1 72-space northern parking lot and entry road · Traffic signal at the entry road (138th Avenue and East 14th Street) and East 14th Street improvements within Caltrans' right-of-way . Landscape improvements . Joint Senior Center/San Leandro Hospital monument sign Future Phase 2 work will complete the project with construction of the senior center building and southern parking lot. Design of Phase 2 improvements is ongoing and anticipated to be complete in Spring 2008; construction of Phase 2 could proceed after this date depending on available funding. Funding for Phase 1 improvements comes from a variety of sources: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Housing and Urban Development grant (HUD), Redevelopment Agency (RDA), and City Capital Improvement Program funds. Funding for Phase 2 has not been finalized at this time. Current City Council/Redevelopment A2encv Policy . The project is consistent with the Five-Year Implementation Plan adopted by the RDA . The proposed senior center project is consistent with the criteria of California Redevelopment Law at Health and Safety Code Section 33445 for the use ofRDA funding Previous City CounciVRedevelopment A2encv Action(s) . On September 3,2002 by Resolution No. 2002-120, the City Council approved a contractual services agreement with Group 4 Architecture for a needs assessment and conceptual design . On May 3, 2004 by Resolution No. 2004-065, the City Council approved the FY 2004-05 HUn Consolidated Action Plan, which included $1,750,000 for land acquisition, design development, and improvements for the senior center · On December 6, 2004 by Resolution No. 2004-23, the Agency adopted the 2004-2009 Implementation Plan for the Project Area, which identifies the Senior Center Phase 1 Improvements, Project No. 06-210-18-116 and similar public improvements as being of the highest priority in implementing the objectives of the Agency to eliminate or reduce blight and blighted conditions presently existing in the Project Area . On December 19, 2005 by Resolution No. 2005-163, the City Council authorized the City Manager to enter into negotiations to purchase property for a new senior center . On February 6, 2006, the City Council referred the design contract to the Facilities Committee