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FY 2005-09 Five Year Strategic Plan Summary of Public Comments Commmunity meetings to receive public input prior to the City's preparation of the draft Five-Year HUD Consolidated Plan were conducted on January 15 (at the Halcyon Park building), January 19 (at the Main Library), and January 27 (at the Marina Community Center). Participants ranked housing and community development needs and objectives at these meetings. Participants at each of the meetings were asked to evahlate the housing and community development objectives under four housing and community development priority need categories (Housing, Homelessness, Supportive Housing, and Non-Housing Conununity Development) using a "High," "Medium," and "Low" ranking. High meant that the City should fund the objective with available federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME funds, Medium meant the City should fund the objective if additional CDBG and HOME funds were to become available, and Low meant that the City should not fund the objective. The table below shows the tabulated summary of priority needs and objectives from the three community meetings. There were some instances where no consensus on a priority could be reached so a range of rankings are shown (e.g. high-medium, medium-low). Regarding the Housing Priority, participants generally felt that making rental and ownership housing opportunities available to low-income households was a high priority, but more of a medium priority for moderate-income households. Regarding Homelessness Priority Needs, there was agreement at each community meeting for the City to provide supportive housing for homeless individuals and families. People felt strongly as well that the City should continue to make supportive housing for non-homeless people (e.g. persons with disabilities) a high priority. Regarding non-housing Community Development Needs, participants ranked senior facilities and services, childcare facilities and services, and public services as high; followed by parks and recreation facilities, community centers, crime prevention, and accessibility improvements. There were many comments brought up during discussions at each meeting regarding housing and community developments. Below is a list of the notable ones: - Assist extremely low-income households when preserving existing affordable rental housing. - Many homeless are living in San Leandro Creek, San Leandro needs a Fuller Gardens supportive housing model for them. - Panhandling in the Plaza seems to be worse. Oakland's homeless are coming into San Leandro. City needs to work with Oakland to address this issue. A greater police presence is needed in the Plaza, particularly for the businesses and senior customers. - Help homeless with employment opportunities. - Need adrop-in center for homeless to receive phone messages and mail. - There are more shelters for women and children than single men. - Need more recreational options for at-risk teens in low-income housing complexes as well as social services for single mothers. - Aging in place is a concern for the senior population, therefore housing rehab is important. - City should re-assess its down-payment assistance program to first-time homebuyers since it has not been actively used in recent years. Housing and Connnunity Development Strategic Plan - FY 2005-09 City of San Leandro Page 32