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Summary Report of Health & Safety Code Findings -Ninth Grade Campus Benefit to the Project Area The 2004 South End Strategy adopted by the City Council in 2004 identifies the Palma District on East 14th Street between San Leandro Boulevard and 141St Avenue as a proposed vibrant center for the South Area. Completion of the Ninth Grade Campus and the related public improvements will add vitality to the area as students, faculty and staff, and students' families frequent the area. The new school will relieve overcrowding at San Leandro High School, currently the City's only high school, and thus will provide enhanced educational benefits to all City public high school students including those who reside within the Project Area. In addition to enhancing opportunities for existing and new retail establishments in the area, completion of the Project will complement other public facilities being constructed in the immediate area, including the San Leandro High School Performing Arts Center and the Senior Community Center. In addition, pursuant to a proposed Joint Use Agreement with the District, Project Area and other City residents will be entitled to use of the gymnasium for recreational purposes during evenings, weekends, holidays and days during which school instructional classes are not being conducted. No Other Reasonable Means of Financin The District has indicated that it has no other reasonable means of financing completion of the gymnasium and related public improvements without assistance from the City and the Agency. The budget constraints of the City are such that it has no general fund revenues which are not already committed or required for the provision of essential services such as police and fire services. The extraordinary voter approval requirements applicable to traditional methods of fmancing (such as general obligation bonds and community facilities district special tax bonds), as a practical matter prevent the City from financing the Project by such means. No moneys of the City were, are or are reasonably expected to be available on a long-term basis for the Project. In addition, assessment financing or special tax fmancing could overburden benefited properties, and in addition, special taxes require atwo-thirds vote, and assessments are subject to a majority protest. Consistency with the A ency's Implementation Plan In December 2004 the Agency adopted its current Five-Year Implementation Plan. The Project is consistent with the following objectives as stated in the Plan: • Assist City departments to implement projects consistent with the City's East 14th Street South Area Plan. • Upgrade the appearance of the Project Area visible to the public, so that it will be more inviting to consumers and residents, stimulating increased sales and private investment in the area. • Implement streetscape-related recommendations of the East 14th Street South Area Plan, including widening sidewalks. 3