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• 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. For instance, eleven (1l) students were prepared to vote in the November 2008 Election, and eight (8) of these students actually casted their votes. Four (4) parents read for the first time to their children's preschool classes. The program, in addition, recruited and trained fifty-five (55) tutors who provided 19,226 volunteer tutor service hours. Priority # 10. 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 curb cuts. • With the passage of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the City received aone-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. The parking lot and traffic signals are currently in use. 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. Twelve bids were obtained with values ranging from $10.7M to $12.9M. The project was awarded to the low bidder, Alten Construction. 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. Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY 2008-2009 City of San Leandro Page ] 4