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Housing Element of the City's General Plan and the Consolidated Plan (Con Plan). The City adopted its 2003-2006 Housing Strategy to implement the Housing Element of the General Plan. I) Relationship of the Use ofCDBG Funds to Priorities, Needs, Goals and Specific Obiectives. All CDBG funds were used to help the CDBG Program meet its national objectives of providing a suitable living environment, decent housing, and economic opportunities to benefit low- and moderate-income persons. The City has met or exceeded all of its anticipated housing and community development outcomes under its FY2006-07 Action Plan. Even with the constrained budget situation in the City and continual CDBG budget cuts, the City Council committed to supplementing General Fund monies for social services. The majority of CDBG funds were allocated towards the ongoing development of a new multi- purpose Senior Center. The specific goals for FY2006-07 were to continue with the design phase and begin the bid process for construction of a parking lot. Both of these goals were achieved, as explained more fully under the "public facilities and improvements" section on page 13. Fifteen percent (15%) of CDBG funds were allocated towards public services for five subrecipients on six projects. The City provided CDBG- funded public services to 11,200 persons in need, exceeding its goal by 106%. Services and performance outcome measurements are explained for each of these subrecipients under the "fair housing", "public services" and "homeless needs and prevention" sections. 2) Changes in Program Obiectives During this program year there were no changes to the program objectives, and no amendments were made to the Annual Action Plan. 3) Assessment of Efforts in Carrying Out Planned Actions Overall, the City has met or exceeded all of its housing and community development goals (see Exhibit A) in its FY2006-07 HUD Action Plan. The City provided the requested certifications of consistency with the Consolidated Plan for HUD program applications. The City did not hinder Consolidated Plan implementation by action or willful inaction. The City pursued all the resources it indicated it would pursue to meet the goal of improving the housing stock and assisting seniors to age in place. The City also continued to use Redevelopment Set-Aside Funds to fund its Housing Rehabilitation and First-Time Homebuyer Programs. The City jointly embarked upon a concerted effort to address the homeless issue with local service providers and the Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department. Several presentations were made to the Human Services Commission, whose commissioners unanimously endorsed the Alameda Countywide Homeless and Special Needs Plan (EveryOne Home Plan), and one to the Human Relations Committee. Subsequently, the City Council unanimously adopted the EveryOne Home Plan in November 2006. Our City was the first city to adopt this Plan among the Alameda County HOME TAC consortium members. Final Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2006-2007 City of San Leandro Page 25