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FY 2009-2010 CAPER -8- September 20, 2010 HUD in June 2010. The Senior Center is projected to complete its "punch" list items by September 2010. The new facility is expected to open once the City can find adequate funding for its operation in the challenging current economic climate. • With regard to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements, the City allocated $195,836 Community Development Block Grant Recovery Program (CDBG-R) funds, which was a one-time infusion of funds from the American Recovery & Reinvestment Action of 2009 (ARRA), and an additional $250,428 CDBG funds to construct new concrete handicapped accessible ramps and sidewalks along the public right of way throughout the City. The City has completed 153 ADA curb ramps to date. • The City opened bids for its East 14th Street Streetscape & Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project, which consists of installing new landscaped medians, enhanced pedestrian crosswalks, and other related streetscape improvements along an eight -block long segment of East 14th Street (from 136th Avenue to 144th Avenue), in August 2009. The project is partially funded by the City's HUD Economic Development Initiative Grant (HUD -EDI) for $345,000. In September 2009 the City awarded the contract. To date the City has reconstructed fifteen (15) wheelchair accessible curb ramps within the project limit, but the median island construction was put on hold until the Department of Transportation approves the City's traffic control plan. Approval of this plan and the subsequent restart of construction is anticipated in September 2010, and project completion is projected by December 2010. • After receiving approval for the City's amendment to its FY 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan and FY 2009-2010 Action Plan, the City provided Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC), a local non-profit public services provider, $500,000 in CDBG CIP loan funds to assist in the acquisition of its current facility. DSFRC closed escrow on June 30, 2010 to successfully purchase its facility located at 3081 Teagarden Street, San Leandro. As the facility owner, DSFRC will now be able to reduce its overhead costs by nearly $250,000 per year. DSFRC will reallocate these costs savings to the multitude of social support programs and services it provides to low-income San Leandro individuals and families. • The San Leandro Boys and Girls Club, which provides affordable after-school education and enrichment programs for school-age children, utilized CDBG Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds to replace thirteen (13) of its facility's single -glazed windows with new dual - glazed, energy efficient windows. Current City Council Policy Current Council Policy is defined by the FY2005-2009 Consolidated Plan adopted by Resolution No. 2005-046 on April 18, 2005. Previous City Council Action The Action Plan containing the programs and activities carried out during FY 2009-2010 was approved by the City Council on April 20, 2009. City Council Committee Review and Action N/A