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Redevelopment Agency Of They City Of San Leandro Redewet~ap~ent Agencies f~~anciat Tr~rlgaactiohs Report Acfiie~ement Infcrmatton (Unaudited} ' Suzuki Motors and Mitsubishi Motors of San Leandro opened for business along San Leandro's Marina Boulevard Auto Mall. The dealerships co-located at 575 Marina Boulevard across the driveway from the McKevitt Volvo dealership. Preferred Freezer commenced grading fora 240,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art specialty warehouse improving along-abandon blighted and under-utilized industrial site. The Commercial Fagade Improvement program is also available to business and property owners in the Joint Project Area. In the West San Leandro/MacArthur Boulevard Project Area, construction continued on the Doolittle Drive/Airport Gateway streetscape enhancement project. This phase included new landscaping, improvements to existing medians, new streetlights, the placement of monuments to mark city entries and the relocation of traffic signals on Doolittle Drive from Davis Street north to 98th Avenue in Oakland. Construction began in April 2007, with San Leandro acting as the lead agency on this joint project between the Cities of San Leandro and Oakland and the Port of Oakland. Agency contribution is budgeted at $3.67 million. In 2007-08 the Agency provided $200,000 in funding for the San Leandro LINKS shuttle which transports employees between industrial businesses and the San Leandro Main BART Station. Ridership of the shuttle continues to be very strong Grants have been secured for the next three fiscal years which will result in a decrease to Agency contribution. Whitehouse Catering completed work on a formerly blighted commercial building with assistance from the Agency's Fagade Improvement Program. Work was also completed on the Vila Cereja renovation project. Using Housing Set-Aside Funds, the Agency, working in partnership with the non- profit affordable housing developer Mercy Housing California, completed construction of the former islander Hotel a 68-unit affordable apartment complex on East 14th Street renamed Casa Verde. The 67 affordable units for very low income renters were fully leased and will be operated by Mercy Housing. The Agency also approved a $2 million loan in Jufy 2007 to the nonprofit Eden Housing, Inc., for the construction of a 51-unit affordable senior housing complex Achievement Information (Unaudked) Page 3 t2/16/200t3