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progress made in implementation will be assessed. The appropriateness of existing <br />policies and action programs will be determined, and recommendations will be <br />made for improving the existing Element's effectiveness. The effects of new or <br />pending legislation also will be considered. City staff will be responsible for <br />providing quantitative and qualitative feedback on the effectiveness of existing <br />policies and action programs. <br />7.3 Prepare Needs Assessment <br />This task will essentially restate the baseline conditions narrative prepared in Task <br />4.1 using the Housing Element format. The Needs Assessment will provide the <br />reader with a basic understanding of the major demographic and housing <br />characteristics of the city. Trends in population age, ethnicity, income, household <br />type and size, tenure, total numbers of units, and housing affordability will be <br />documented. Overpayment and overcrowding also will be analyzed. The report <br />will also cover the characteristics of persons with special housing needs, including <br />the elderly, disabled, homeless, farmworkers, single parents, and those with <br />extremely low incomes. <br />This task will also assess the City's efforts to conserve any subsidized housing at <br />risk of converting to market rate, and the level of risk associated with expiring <br />subsidies during the planning period. It will also review residential energy <br />conservation measures, particularly efforts to reduce energy costs for lower income <br />households. It will summarize the City's efforts to comply with the Fair Housing <br />Act. <br />7.4 Prepare Inventory of Adequate Sites <br />Barry Miller will complete the State -mandated adequate sites analysis. The starting <br />point for this analysis will be the 2007-2014 inventory. Each of the listed sites will <br />be field -checked to determine if it they are still available, and to update information <br />on General Plan designation based on the new Land Use Map. Additional sites will <br />be added to the inventory as appropriate. Sites will be characterized based on their <br />ability to support different densities of development, to ensure that the City can <br />meet its low and very low RHNA targets. Barry Miller will coordinate directly with <br />City staff to conduct any needed GIS analysis and to prepare maps of the available <br />sites. <br />The product of this task will be an updated Excel data base that lists all sites in <br />rows, with attributes in columns. Among the attributes will be mailing address, <br />Assessor Parcel Number, General Plan and Zoning designations, existing use, <br />maximum potential units per acre, realistic number of potential units, and any <br />issues or constraints associated with reuse. <br />