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MINUTES Page 3 City of San Leandro City Council, San Leandro Economic Development Agency, and San Leandro Redevelopment Agency Joint Meeting-Apri121, 2008 Breathe California in the category of Smart Growth for the San Leandro Downtown Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Strategy. Planning Manager Kathleen Livermore noted that the City received the award for the collaboration between the community, regional and transit agencies, staff and the City Council in the development and adoption of the TOD Strategy. Ms. Livermore and Community Development Director Luke Sims distributed to the Council several resolutions issued by State legislators congratulating San Leandro for receiving the award, and for its TOD Strategy. 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS-CITY COUNCIL Public Hearing Comments are limited to 5 minutes per speaker, subject to adjustment by the Mayor. When you address the City Council, you should fill out a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk so the order of speakers maybe determined and an official record of names and addresses obtained. A. Matter of Approval of FY 2008-2009 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Annual Action Plan (approves the Annual Action Plan, which represents the fourth year of the Five-Year Consolidated Plan to implement the strategies from the Five-Year Plan through the use of Community Development Block Grant [CDBG] and Home Investment Partnership [HOME] funds from HUD). This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on the above matter, City Manager Jermanis gave a brief background on the item and introduced Housing/CDBG Manager Tom Liao. Mr. Liao described the minor changes made to the Draft Plan since the March 17, 2008 City Council meeting, the proposed CDBG and HOME activities for FY 2008-2009, and the next steps in the process. The Hearing was then opened to the public. Michael Wharton, Congregations Organizing for Renewal (COR), addressed the City Council, inquiring about the approximately $400,000 in unrestricted funds. Mr. Wharton asked if these funds could be committed to any future affordable housing project, such as the affordable housing proposed for the Westlake property, and how many such projects are currently being considered. Mr. Jermanis responded that staff would be reviewing projects and applying the funds for either rehabilitation of existing housing stock or for new construction. Mr. Jermanis indicated that the funds maybe considered for use in developing the affordable housing component of the Downtown TOD project, and that there were no current projects being considered. He suggested that Mr. Wharton meet with City staff to more fully address his questions. There being no further comments from the public, and without objection, the Public Hearing was closed.