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FY2008-2009 CAPER -7- September 21, 2009 children & women in crises. Four (4) CDBG-funded agencies (DSFRC, ECHO Housing, BFWC, and Project Literacy) also received General Fund monies in FY 2008-09, reflecting the City's leveraging efforts for CDBG. • Adult Literacy Project Literacy promotes adult, youth, and family literacy through tutoring, community outreach, volunteerism, and collaborative partnerships. Project Literacy provides free literacy support services and a computer lab to the functionally illiterate population. This program's primary goal is to help low- and moderate-income individuals gain literacy skills that they can apply in social, educational, employment, and community settings, thereby increasing their independence and self sufficiency. Project Literacy provided adult literacy services to 158 students, of which forty-five (45) were new students, exceeding their goal by 121 %. The large majority or 81 % of the students ranged from extremely low-income to low-income clients. Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the students increased their independence and self-sufficiency as indicated by their demonstration of new applications of literacy skills. Priority: Support public facilities and other community improvements. • With regard to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements, fifty-three (53) new curb ramps were constructed this fiscal year. HUD funds were not used for the new curb cuts. • With the passage of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the City received cone-time allocation of $195,836 in Community Development Block Grant Recovery Program (CDBG-R) funds. As mandated by this Recovery Act, the City submitted to HUD on June 3, 2009 a Substantial Amendment to its FY2008-2009 HUD Annual Action Plan. This subsequent plan constitutes the City's proposal to use these CDBG-R funds to construct fifty-eight (58) new concrete handicapped accessible ramps and sidewalks along the public right of way throughout the City. The City is still awaiting HUD's official approval of its substantial amendment. Once the City receives its Grant Funding Agreement, this "shovel-ready" project will commence immediately. • The City continued to progress towards completing the construction of the proposed Senior Center. Partially funded by CDBG funds, this project has been planned to be constructed into two (2) phases. OC Jones and Sons, who was awarded the Phase I contract, completed the Phase I northern parking lot and traffic signal improvements in November 2008. Bids for Phase II construction, which consists of the construction of the Senior Center building and southern parking lot, were opened on July 22, 2008. Construction began in October 2008 and is anticipated to be fully completed in summer 2010. • HUD-Economic Development Initiative (EDI) Program grant funds partially funded the completed portion of Phase I and Phase II construction of the Senior Center. The City expended two (2) HUD-EDI funds - $96,224 from FY 2005-06 and $245,000 from FY2008- 09 -totaling $341,224. City staff submitted to HUD all relevant documents to officially and administratively close-out both HUD-EDI -Special Project Grants. • Family Service Counseling and Community Resource Center (FSCCRC), which has been providing mental health and community resource services for San Leandro residents since 1926, succeeded in completing the building repair and energy efficient improvements for its facility.