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PART III: EVALUATION OF ANNUAL PERFORMANCE The purpose of this section is to assess the City's progress in meeting the priority needs and specific objectives identified in the Strategic Plan FY2000-2004 that will make the City's vision of the future become a reality. 1) Relationship of the Use of CDBG Funds to Priorities, Needs, Goals and Specific Objectives. a) FY2000-2004 (Consolidated Plan Period) San Leandro completed year five of its FY2000-2004 HUD Consolidated Plan. The need to increase affordable housing, both rental and for sale, is one of the main goals of both the Housing Element of the City's General Plan and the Consolidated Plan. The City adopted a Housing Strategy in 2004 to implement the Housing Element of the General Plan. All CDBG funds were primarily used to help the CDBG Program meet its national objectives of benefiting low- and moderate-income persons. The City has exceeded two thirds of its anticipated housing and community development outcomes under its 2000-04 HUD Consolidated Plan. The City provided CDBG-funded public services to 26,442 persons in need, exceeding its goal by 148%. Even with the dire budget situation in the City in recent years, the City Council remained committed to providing General Fund monies as well for social services. Several of the City's key goals focused on producing or rehabilitating housing within San Leandro. Over the past five years, 403 units were newly constructed or rehabilitated with CDBG, HOME, and/or Redevelopment Set Aside Funds (RDA). These units included 91 units at Las Palmas and 46 units at Surf Apartments, both owned and managed by Citizens Housing Corp., a non-profit housing developer, using HOME and other funds. Also included are 143 below- market rate (BMR) units at Eden Lodge Apartments for very low-income seniors and four BMR units at Golden Gate Apartments for very low and low-income persons, using RDA Set Aside Funds. The acquisition and rehabilitation of these four properties resulted in 284 additional rental housing units alone. In addition, Broadmoor Plaza, which was funded with HUD Section 202 monies, created 59 BMR units for very low-income seniors over 62 years old. Lastly, 59 newly constructed affordable housing units were developed through the City's Redevelopment inclusionary requirement. Many of the anticipated housing and community development goals were exceeded. For example, the City anticipated that 46 units of new construction would be developed through its existing inclusionary zoning requirement, but 59 units were created. Originally, the Broadmoor Plaza senior rental housing project was expected to produce 26 units, but the final project had 60 units. (See also Exhibit A, Comparison of Goals and Objectives). Although the City increased the availability of affordable rental housing units by 205%, the City was overly optimistic in its targeted goal of 20 capital improvement projects for non-profit Draft Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2004-2005 Ciry of San Leandro Page 20