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File Number: 17-306 <br />the number of affordable childcare slots. Therefore, the City approved an $800,000 loan from General <br />Funds to BRIDGE Housing in February 2017 to more expeditiously “jump start” the childcare center <br />tenant improvements. <br />City staff recommends making the following amendment to the FY 2010-11 Action Plan for the <br />$100,000 in available CDBG funds: <br />1. Eliminate the Alameda Childcare Center project and re-allocate the $100,000 in Community <br />Development Block Grant (CDBG funds). <br />2. Add Housing Consortium of the East Bay ADA Improvement project and allocate $10,000 in <br />CDBG funds for this project. <br />3. Add ADA Transition Plan and allocate the other $90,000 in CDBG funds for this project. <br />The Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB) is an established 501(1)(c)(3) nonprofit providing <br />affordable housing for persons with development disabilities or other special needs for over 20 years. <br />HCEB owns and operates Luella Fuller Home located at 342 West Joaquin Avenue in San Leandro. <br />Luella Fuller Home houses 4 tenants with developmental disabilities. HCEB requested and submitted a <br />CDBG application for $10,000 to make needed renovations to Luella Fuller Home including accessible <br />doors, outdoor lighting, and motion sensors for safety. Staff will bring forward separately in the future <br />for City Council review a contract with HCEB for the $10,000. <br />The City established an ADA Transition Plan for City facilities around 2011 to make needed <br />improvements to all City facilities (including City Hall, Marina Community Center, Main Library, etc.) to <br />make them more accessible to persons with disabilities. As part of the Plan, the City established a goal <br />of utilizing an average of $130,000 in CDBG funds per year beginning in FY2011-2012. As CDBG <br />funding declined and fluctuated since that time, the City has annually averaged $80,000 in CDBG <br />funding for the ADA Transition Plan. Therefore, staff recommends the additional $90,000 be <br />re-allocated to the ongoing ADA Transition Plan capital improvement activities to make up for lost <br />funding in the past. <br />There is no need to amend the FY2010-2014 Five Year Consolidated Plan as both the HCEB <br />proposed rehabilitation of Luella Fuller Home and the ADA Transition Plan comply with the Plan <br />priority of “Community Development Need - Public Facilities and Improvements” that encourage the <br />use of CDBG funding for City and non-profit capital improvements. <br />Previous Actions <br />The City Council approved the FY 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan and FY2010-2011 HUD Annual <br />Action Plan in April 2010. <br />Environmental Review <br />Reviews under the National Environmental Protection Act will be conducted on each individual project <br />proposed in the amendments prior to commitment or expenditure of CDBG funding. <br />Summary of Public Outreach Efforts <br />A notice of public hearing was published in the Daily Review on April 28, 2017 to notify the public with <br />more than a 30 day notice that City staff will present the substantial amendments to the FY 2010-11 <br />Action Plan at the June 5, 2017 City Council meeting as required under the CPP. There have been no <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/30/2017 <br />20