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agencies. While eight projects were completed, agencies may have been reluctant to embark upon capital improvements with the uncertainties of future CDBG funding. However, the City has nearly completed renovations at three public parks, including ADA improvements at all three, and should officially be done with them in early FY2005-06. Also, reflecting the needs of the City's senior population, the City embarked upon land acquisition for amulti-purpose Senior Center. Although the City did not meet its fair housing goal of handling 300 complaints, inquiries and audits, it is a good sign that there are less, not more, fair housing complaints and audits. Although ECHO Housing was provided CDBG funds to handle fair housing inquiries, complaints and audits, City staff only reported the number of complaints, omitting the inquiries and audits for previous years, which resulted in lowered performance outputs. ECHO also did not reach the 300 target due to a variety of other reasons: eviction complaints and inquiries declined in the last two years when a law was changed to increase notice to tenants from 30 to 60 days; tenant complaints decreased generally due to lower rents in Alameda County for the last several years; and ECHO's CDBG funds were decreased when CDBG entitlement grants were reduced. Fair housing inquiries and audits were included for FY04/O5. b) FY2004-2005 (Action Plan Period) City staff met with several developers seeking funding and sites. However, only one affordable housing project went forward this past year, the Islander Motel. Acquisition for the Islander Motel will be completed by the end of September 2005. The City is working with anon-profit developer, Mercy Housing California, to develop the motel into a permanent affordable rental housing complex. A City-wide inclusionary zoning ordinance was passed in December 2004. It states that any new housing development must now designate 15% if its housing units, whether rental or ownership, as affordable. Currently, construction plans have been approved for two projects that will include inclusionary units. However, no inclusionary housing units were constructed in FY04- O5. The Housing Alliance Project, now known as Lorenzo Creek Apartments, completed approximately 75% of its construction fora 28-unit facility in Castro Valley. By October 2005, construction should be completed and tenants should begin occupying units. This project will provide supportive housing for very low-income people with special needs who were formerly homeless. The City provided CDBG funds for land acquisition and HOME funds for construction to Allied Housing, Inc., anon-profit developer. Allied Housing partnered with Resources for Community Development, an experienced non-profit developer, which became the lead agency for development. 2) Changes in Pro agr m Obj ectives During this program year there were no changes to the program objectives, and no amendments were made to the Annual Plan. Draft Consolidated Anneal Performance and Evaluation Report: FY200~1-2005 Ciry of San Leandro Page 21