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Executive Summary FY 2010-2011 Action Plan The FY 2010-2011 Action Plan outlines the proposed activities, objectives, and budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The Plan includes information on funding resources for housing and community development activities, a description of activities to be carried out, and other actions that the City will take to address issues such as barriers to affordable housing, anti-poverty strategy, and fair housing. The FY 2010-11 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is $785,872. While there will be no CDBG program income, there is approximately $10,405.34 unallocated CDBG funds from FY 2009-10. Therefore, the total CDBG funds available in FY 2010-11 is estimated to be $796,277.54. In preparing the proposed program budget, the following were considered: housing and community development priority needs, Five-Year Strategic Plan objectives for FY 2010-14, and CDBG eligibility criteria. The City is proposing to allocate its available CDBG dollars in the following eligible funding categories: Public Services, Public Facilities, and General Administration. For public services, the City proposes to fund homeless services and a shelter, homeless prevention services, mental health services, services for special needs population (i.e. meal delivery service for homebound seniors), and landlord/tenant counseling through Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO Housing). Objectives and outcomes for each proposed CDBG-funded project can be found in this Action Plan under Exhibit A, "Proposed Projects". In past years the City has funded public services agencies such as the San Leandro Shelter for Women and Children/Building Futures with Women and Children, Davis Street Family Resource Center, Project Literacy, and ECHO Housing. Past performance for such public services was evaluated and described in the City's final CAPER for FY 2008-09 submitted to the HUD Regional Office on September 24, 2009. The CAPER evaluating FY 2008-09 was published for public comment from September 1st through 21St, 2009. The amount allocated for FY 2010-11 to public services is $117,880. Table 1 identifies the estimated allocation by project name. However, the total will not exceed $117,880. As reflected in the City's Amendment #1 to the FY 2009-2010 Action Plan, $300,000 from pre- award reimbursement of future CDBG funds was allocated to Davis Street Family Resource Center to assist in the acquisition of its facility. The City recommends directing the remaining available funds for the non-profit BRIDGE Housing Corporation's construction of tenant improvements for a community child care center for The Alameda, where a 100-unit affordable housing project that is projected to commence construction in April 2010. CDBG capital improvement funds will also be allocated to begin the repayment of the City's pending $2.5 million HUD Section 108 Loan for the senior center construction. The City, in addition, received Home Investment Partnership. Program (HOME) funds in the Action Plan - FY2010-2017 City of San Leandro Page 3