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<br />Rose Padilla Johnson <br />Executive Director <br />Boazd of Directors <br />Sue Kleebauer, Esq., President <br />Pat Raposo, Vice President <br />Patrick Sangiacomo, CPA, Treasurer <br />[sobel Dvorsky, Secretazy <br />Kathy DeJong-Wilson <br />Gordon Galvan <br />Mika Hiramatsu, MD <br />Luster Knight <br />Kali Knox <br />Judge" Laython Landis <br />Colleen McKeown <br />Terry Rogers <br />Mike Wiesner <br />Susanne Wong <br />DAMS STREET <br />FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER ~~~ ~~~~~~ <br />helping others help themselves JUN 2 6 200 <br />June 25, 2008 <br />CITY OF SAN i.EAN~RO <br />John Jermanis, City Manager <br />City of San Leandro <br />835 East 14~' Street <br />San Leandro, CA 94577 <br />Dear john Jermanis: <br />Last summer the DSFRC board of directors resolved to purchase <br />the FRC as a strategy to ensure the family support services we <br />provide to the low income are available to the residents of our <br />City now and for the future. To that end, we began the process of <br />exploring potential funding sources, and to date have been <br />successful in securing over $200,000 in capital funds as well as <br />invitations to submit proposals to private foundations once we <br />raise at least sixty percent of the total campaign. <br />We met with our County Supervisor with the invitation to bring <br />county services to San Leandro, using the Fremont Family <br />Resource Center as an example. This concept would have the <br />county out station some complimentary services at our FRC, <br />justifying the financial investment to Davis Street. Supervisor <br />Alice Lai-Bitker was supportive of our proposal and the vision to <br />ensure services in her district and directed the county to conduct <br />an independent "sustainability" assessment of the entire <br />organization. The study focused on the programmatic stability <br />and the financial viability looking back 5 years and forward 5 <br />years. This process took nearly 7 months and the result was a <br />detailed blue print illustrating the severe burden our space cost <br />has on the organization. Please refer to your copy of the report. <br />The recommendation from this study is to relieve this burden <br />through the purchase of the FRC and is written in the <br />"Opportunities far Cost Reduction" section of the analysis on <br />page 11. <br />3081 Teagarden Street • San Leandro • GA • 94577•tel. 510.347.4620 •ftzx. 510.483.4486 • <br />www.davisstreet.org • DSFRCinfo@davisstreet.org <br />