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<br />DRAFT Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report: FY 2012-2013 <br />City of San Leandro <br />Page 28 <br />Actions Taken to Improve Public Housing and Residential Initiatives <br /> <br />San Leandro has no public housing. The Housing Authority of Alameda County (HACA), which <br />also has no public housing sites in San Leandro, administers the Section 8 voucher and Shelter <br />Plus Care certificate programs for the City. HACA provided 1,456 vouchers and sixteen (16) <br />certificates in FY 2012-2013. <br /> <br />Actions Taken to Evaluate and Reduce Lead-Based Paint Hazards <br /> <br />As required by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the City Building & Safety <br />Services Division requires contractors to be EPA-lead certified before they can obtain necessary <br />City building permits and before they can work on homes built prior to 1978. <br /> <br />The City’s Housing Rehabilitation Program, which was restored for fiscal year 2012-2013, <br />provides lead-based paint awareness and information literature in each application packet <br />requesting for low interest loans and minor home repair grants. Testing is always performed on <br />homes when there are children ages seven years old and under living in them. The City utilizes <br />lead abatement contractors in addition to general contractors when appropriate to perform the <br />necessary repairs. Similarly, the program requires EPA certificates from its general contractors <br />certifying their training with regard to lead-based paint. <br /> <br />The City informs tenants of lead-based paint and complies with both the new EPA law on lead <br />and renovation as well as with applicable HUD lead-based paint hazard reduction guidelines and <br />regulations when it uses federal funds, such as HOME funds, for acquisition and rehabilitation of <br />apartments for preservation or maintenance of affordable housing <br /> <br />Actions Taken to Ensure Compliance with Program and Comprehensive <br />Planning Requirements <br /> <br /> Monitoring <br />City staff monitor CDBG- and HOME-funded projects regularly. The Housing Services <br />Division staff regularly monitor CDBG-funded public services projects through review of <br />quarterly progress reports, invoice reimbursements, frequent communications with subrecipient <br />staff, and site visits. Staff conducted CDBG-monitoring onsite visits to all six (6) CDBG-funded <br />public services providers: Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC), Davis Street <br />Family Resource Center (DSFRC) for its Basic Needs and Community Counseling programs, <br />Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO Housing) for its Tenant/Landlord Counseling <br />and Rental Assistance programs, Girls, Inc., Safe Alternative to Violent Environments (SAVE), <br />and SOS/Meals on Wheels. Furthermore, staff monitor CDBG capital improvement projects for <br />the City through review and approval of ongoing reimbursement requests and invoices and <br />constant communications with relevant staff. Staff coordinate with pertinent agency staff to <br />ensure that the projects adhered to the regulations and requirements of the CDBG program. <br /> <br /> Managing the Process <br />The Housing Division staff assisted the Recreation and Human Services Department in issuing <br />the two-year (FY 2010-2012) Request for Proposal (RFP) for the City’s Community Assistance <br />Grant Program (CAP) that provides financial support to community-based non-profit