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WORKING DRAFT FOR HCD REVIEW EVALUATION OF 2010 ELEMENT 2-10 SAN LEANDRO HOUSING ELEMENT The City partially achieved the first objective. Estabrook Place was completed as scheduled. The Crossings development (now Cornerstone Apartments) was delayed, and eventually re-envisioned as a 200-unit complex (including 115 units for families and 85 units for seniors). Construction is scheduled for late 2014. The City did not achieve the second or third objectives due to poor market conditions, limited financing, and the elimination of the Redevelopment Agency and reduction of other funding sources. The proposed Cornerstone project is scheduled to include 20 extremely low income units.The combination of market forces and revenue constraints made it impossible to build over 600 units of affordable housing within a four-year timeframe. Significant progress was made on carrying out the individual policies and programs, as noted below. Policy 53.1 was to “provide and maintain an adequate supply of land to accommodate the City’s fair share housing assignment for the 2007-2014period.” This was fully achieved and remains a relevant policy. The supply of land increased dramatically in 2007 when the TOD Strategy was adopted and over 100 acres in the station area were rezoned for high-density mixed use development. In some cases, land previously zoned for office and industrial uses (where residential development was a prohibited use) was rezoned to require high-density housing as a component of new development. The capacity for more than 3,500 units—more than double the 2007-2014 RHNA assignment—was created in the TOD area alone. Policy 53.2 was to locate future higher density housing in areas served by transit, and to support transit improvements along East 14th Street. This policy is being achieved and is still relevant. The two largest residential developments in the City in the last seven years were both on the East 14th Street corridor and the largest pending residential development is across the street from the San Leandro BART station. The City has also been working with AC Transit on service improvements along East 14th Street, including a Bus Rapid Transit line from Downtown Oakland to the San Leandro BART station. Policy 53.3 was to “actively pursue and leverage private, non-profit, and public funds to facilitate the development of affordable housing….” It also called on the City to provide administrative and technical assistance to housing developers. This continues to be an appropriate policy that has been implemented consistently over the past decade. In addition to working with non-profit developers to construct Casa Verde and Estabrook Place, the City has worked closely with BRIDGE Housing Corporation in the financing and permitting of the Cornerstone development. The City also provided technical assistance to Standard Lakeside Properties in its rehabilitation and acquisition of Lakeside Village, and conversion of the complex to affordable housing. As a member of the Alameda County HOME Consortium, the City also annually applies for HOME funds from the County to leverage investment in affordable housing. Policy 53.4 formalizes the City’s Inclusionary Housing requirements. It indicates that the City will require the inclusion of affordable housing in new development both within and outside of redevelopment areas. The policy needs to be updated to delete reference to redevelopment areas and to reflect the outcome of the Palmer/Sixth Street Properties vs the City of Los Angeles lawsuit (e.g., the “Palmer” decision), which invalidated inclusionary requirements for rental housing except where certain conditions apply. Otherwise, the policy remains relevant and is implemented by the City on an ongoing basis. As indicated in Table 2-1, additional revisions to the City’s Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance may be needed in