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Page 3of13 San Leandro Housing Element Implementation Program -2013 Annual Progress Report-Table C Name of Goal/Program Objectives/Summary of Actions Timeframe Status of Program Implementation in H.E. Action 54.01-B: Update the Redevelopment Agency's Five-Year Plan for the City's three redevelopment 2010 ACHIEVED.The City completed its 2010-2014 Five-Year Redevelopment Implementation Redevelopment Plan Update project areas, including revenue projections, to quantify the 20% housing set-aside for Plan.The Council approved this Implementation Plan on September 20,2010. various housing programs and special needs groups. Action 54.04-A:Changes to Discuss revisions to long-term affordability requirements with the City Council, because Ongoing ADVANCE:No action to date on"at-risk unit"strategy.No affordable housing preservation Long-Term Affordability shorter terms may be acceptable or desirable when the outcome is the creation (or opportunities have arisen yet.Owners of recent BMR properties whose affordability periods Requirements preservation) of affordable units that would otherwise not be possible at all. Where not have expired have declined to extend their affordability periods. Staff has reached out to precluded by state or federal law, consider using a"sliding scale"for affordability terms BMR property owners with expiring affordability periods to discuss extending affordability based on the amount of financial assistance that is provided. periods. Resident Preferences Action 54.05-A:Monitoring Document the need for affordable housing among residents and benefits of new affordable Ongoing ADVANCE:Ongoing data collection efforts by Housing Division,Notable data sources are Data to Demonstrate Local units,particularly data on homeless students,overcrowding,homelessness,and the former summarized below.The benefits of affordable housing include housing for the workforce to Needs&Benefits place of residence (and current place of employment) for occupants. Collect data on avoid long commutes, housing for seniors and other people with special needs, and affordable housing production relative to other local cities. housing stability for homeless people. The need for affordable housing is well documented in the City's Housing Element Update. 40-45% of City households have low incomes. This need includes growth in household sizes and number of children,foreign-born households,and expected growth in the senior population. Demographic data indicates a high need for affordable rental housing for young adults and families for which the housing market is not keeping pace. Staff regularly monitors affordable rental housing need based on the waiting lists for existing City/RDA regulated affordable units. Waiting lists at other City/RDA regulated below-market rate rental properties are currently closed. Ongoing collection of public services data comes from CDBG-funded,local non-profits. EveryOne Home's (EOH)2013 Homeless Count Report showed 1.961 people moved from homelessness to permanent housing in 2012. An average of 38% of all people served by homeless programs exited those programs to permanent housing in 2012. From Oct. 2009 to August 2012, the mid-county Housing Resource Center (HRC), located in DSFRC and funded by a 3-year funding federal stimulus allocation. assisted 4,279 retain their permanent housing and aided 1,226 homeless persons obtain permanent housing.These are all unduplicated numbers. April Showers provided 28"showers'and related services to 2,865 homeless individuals in CY 2013.These are all duplicated numbers. Alameda County HCD is currently collecting data on affordable housing production from jurisdictions to analyze implementation of EOH's goal for creating 15,000 affordable housing units countywide in 15 years. Public Access to Information Action 54.07-A:Web-based Expand web-based GIS applications so that the public can access data about particular 2010 or as ACHIEVED and ADVANCE:City's website provides residents access to Geographic GIS Applications parcels and their surroundings via the internet. funds allow Information Systems(GIS)data.http:/lwww.sanleandro.org/depts/cityhalugis/default.asp Parcel information from both Alameda County and the City can be accessed using specialized software such as Google Earth or Google Maps. Additionally,ArcGIS Explorer Desktop,a free stand-alone GIS application,can be downloaded from ESRI to view shape file data available from the City's website at this link . http:Uwww.esri.com/software/arcgis/explorer/download.html The City does not distribute parcel ownership information, owner name and address, online per CA GOV Code§6254.21.A resident would have to obtain this data directly from the County. If funds are available,the IT Department would like to make data more accessible via the Internet.