Agmt 2014 The Planning Center DC&E

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C I T Y O F SAN LEANDRO SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND EIR E X H I B I T A: S C O P E O F WORK AND COSTS progress made in implementation will be assessed. The appropriateness of existing policies and action programs will be determined, and recommendations will be made for improving the existing Element's effectiveness. The effects of new or pending legislation also will be considered. City staff will be responsible for providing quantitative and qualitative feedback on the effectiveness of existing policies and action programs. 7.3 Prepare Needs Assessment This task will essentially restate the baseline conditions narrative prepared in Task 4.1 using the Housing Element format. The Needs Assessment will provide the reader with a basic understanding of the major demographic and housing characteristics of the city. Trends in population age, ethnicity, income, household type and size, tenure, total numbers of units, and housing affordability will be documented. Overpayment and overcrowding also will be analyzed. The report will also cover the characteristics of persons with special housing needs, including the elderly, disabled, homeless, farmworkers, single parents, and those with extremely low incomes. This task will also assess the City's efforts to conserve any subsidized housing at risk of converting to market rate, and the level of risk associated with expiring subsidies during the planning period. It will also review residential energy conservation measures, particularly efforts to reduce energy costs for lower income households. It will summarize the City's efforts to comply with the Fair Housing Act. 7.4 Prepare Inventory of Adequate Sites Barry Miller will complete the State-mandated adequate sites analysis. The starting point for this analysis will be the 2007-2014 inventory. Each of the listed sites will be field-checked to determine if it they are still available,and to update information on General Plan designation based on the new Land Use Map. Additional sites will be added to the inventory as appropriate. Sites will be characterized based on their ability to support different densities of development, to ensure that the City can meet its low and very low R.HNA targets. Barry Miller will coordinate directly with City staff to conduct any needed GIS analysis and to prepare maps of the available sites. The product of this task will be an updated Excel data base that lists all sites in rows, with attributes in columns. Among the attributes will be mailing address, Assessor Parcel Number, General Plan and Zoning designations, existing use, maximum potential units per acre, realistic number of potential units, and any issues or constraints associated with reuse. THE PLANNING CENTER I DC&E 30 MARCH 3.2014