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FY2007-2008 CAPER -7- September 15, 2008 <br />Priority # 9. Support public services. <br />♦ Services for Low -Income Families, Children, Women in Crises, Seniors and Persons <br />with Disabilities <br />• The City funded five (5) projects (operated by four (4) agencies) with CDBG funds -- <br />Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), Davis Street Family Resource <br />Center (DSFRC), Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO), and Project Literacy. <br />Collectively, they provided services to 9,987 low-income persons. These services <br />include emergency housing, provision of food, clothing, childcare, medical care, and job <br />readiness training, fair housing and landlord/tenant counseling, and literacy educational <br />programs. <br />• With money from its General Fund, the City provided funding to twenty-one (21) non- <br />profit social service agencies that offer a total of twenty-two (22) programs. Services <br />provided include childcare, adult literacy, health & counseling, and catering to the needs <br />of several target groups such as the homeless, adults, youth, persons with disabilities, and <br />children & women in crises. Four (4) CDBG-funded agencies (DSFRC, ECHO Housing, <br />BFWC, and Project Literacy) also received General Fund monies in FY2007-08, <br />reflecting the City's leveraging efforts for CDBG. <br />Priority # 10. Support public facilities and other community improvements. <br />♦ With regard to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements, sixty-five (65) new <br />curb ramps were constructed this fiscal year. HUD funds were not used for the new curb <br />cuts. <br />♦ The City continued to work closely with San Leandro Hospital on the proposed Senior <br />Center since the building will be located on a parcel acquired from the hospital. Bids were <br />opened for the Phase I site improvements on July 9, 2007. Construction is currently <br />underway, and the Phase 1 improvements are anticipated to be completed in Winter 2008. <br />Design of Phase 2 building was also completed. The project is currently out for public bid <br />with a bid opening scheduled for July 22, 2008. <br />HCD informed the City late in FY2007-08 that the Senior Center was approved for a <br />$245,000 grant from the HUD -Economic Development Initiative (EDI) Program. However, <br />the HCD-EDI agreement will not be executed until FY2008-09. <br />Current City Council Policy <br />Current Council Policy is defined by the FY2005-2009 Consolidated Plan adopted by Resolution <br />No. 2005-046 on April 18, 2005. <br />Previous City Council Action <br />The Action Plan containing the programs and <br />approved by the City Council on April 16, 2007. <br />City Council Committee Review and Action <br />N/A <br />activities carried out during FY2007-2008 was <br />