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3) Assessment of Efforts in Carr ~in~ Out Planned Actions Overall, the City has met or exceeded two thirds of its housing and community development goals (see Exhibit A) in its HUD Consolidated Plan for the past five years. The City provided the requested certifications of consistency with the Consolidated Plan for HUD program applications. The City did not hinder Consolidated Plan implementation by action or willful inaction. The City pursued all the resources it indicated it would pursue to meet the goal of improving the housing stock and assisting seniors to age in place. The City also continued to use Redevelopment Set-Aside Funds to fund its Housing Rehabilitation Program. Most of the notable accomplishments with CDBG and HOME funds are mentioned above in section "a) FY2000-2004 (Consolidated Plan Period)" and in earlier sections of this document. However, other accomplishments include 2,202 households receiving tenant/landlord counseling services from ECHO Housing, exceeding their goal by 10%. Additionally, Project Literacy served 239 persons in FY04/O5, exceeding their goal by 59%, for a total of 1,013 persons over five years. Project Literacy also recruited and trained 60 new tutors and provided the community with 19,200 tutor service hours. Project Literacy provides parent literacy workshops and free children's book distribution at the main library and at community agencies which serve parents and their children ages 0-4 years. Family Literacy clientele include teen mothers, low- income childcare and early education providers, Ca1WORKs single parents and low-literacy parents. Project Literacy's Computer Lab helps improve each student's quality of life too. The City has a policy of completing CDBG-funded projects in a timely manner to assure that the grant money is spent. However, CDBG grant disbursements for the Senior Center were delayed due to a longer period spent on negotiations for acquisition. The City advised our HUD representative of this situation and will keep her apprised of our progress. Neighborhood revitalization funds were also diverted to the Senior Center. The City anticipates the close of escrow by summer/fa112005. 4) Funds Used for National Objectives All of the CDBG funds were used for activities benefiting homeless, very low, low- and moderate-income persons. No CDBG funds were used to eliminate slum/blight conditions and for urgent needs. 5) Acquisition, Rehabilitation or Demolition of Occupied Real Property There was no acquisition, rehabilitation or demolition of occupied real property through use of CDBG or HOME funds. b) Economic Development Activities Undertaken Where Jobs Were Not Taken. No economic development activities were undertaken in FY2004-OS where jobs were made available for low-income persons. 7) Activities Serving Limited Clientele City staff tracked and verified income data and all activities serving limited clientele not falling Draft Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY2004-2005 City of San Leandro Page 22