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File Number: 17-533 <br />City’s annual allocation is not typically large enough to be used for a HOME eligible housing <br />program, Alameda County HOME Consortium cities pool their funds so that they can be used on <br />a competitive and/or rotating basis among member cities. In FY 2016-2017, the City of San <br />Leandro spent a total of $262,708 in HOME Consortium funds. Of those funds $5,947 were <br />expended on City staff administration and $256,761 for the Marea Alta Phase 2 (aka San <br />Leandro Senior Housing). This is a portion of a $1 million total loan approved by the City Council <br />of San Leandro in 2016 to BRIDGE Housing for this affordable rental housing development. The <br />remaining loan amount of $743,239 from former City Redevelopment Agency Housing Set-Aside <br />Fund loan repayments were also expended in FY 2016-2017 and the project is currently under <br />construction. Marea Alta Phase 2 will construct 85 new affordable senior rental housing units for <br />very low-income seniors. The 85 units will comprise 77 one-bedrooms and the remainder two <br />bedroom units including one manager’s unit. San Leandro Senior is estimated to complete <br />construction in Summer 2018. <br />San Leandro Senior is the second phase of the Marea Alta Transit Oriented Development and <br />mixed-use project. Marea Alta Phase I had its grand opening in May of 2017. Phase I has 115 <br />multi-family affordable rental units with a bike room, 5,000 square feet of ground floor program <br />space for a proposed childcare center, landscaped courtyard, a children’s play area, a <br />multi-purpose community room with kitchen and adjacent patio, laundry room on each floor, and a <br />community garden. Phase I is a five-story building including underground parking garage with 400 <br />parking stalls, including BART parking. <br />Objective: Create Suitable Living Environment <br />Priority/Action: Homeless Needs/Maintain, improve, and expand the capacity of housing, <br />shelter, and services for homeless individuals and families including integrated <br />healthcare, employment services, and other services; Maintain and expand activities <br />designed to prevent those currently housed from becoming homeless. <br />Building Futures with Women and Children (BFWC) - San Leandro Shelter: The City <br />funded Building Futures with City General Funds to provide supportive services to homeless <br />families at its emergency shelter, known as the San Leandro Shelter. In FY 2016-2017, BFWC <br />provided emergency shelter and supportive services, which included 10,848 bednights, of which <br />1,695 bednights were directly supported by the City of San Leandro. There were 32,543 meals <br />for 117 homeless women (73) and children (44) in crisis. All 117 women received access to <br />health care and group sessions which help to advance essential skills, such as employment <br />strategies, money management, housing strategies, parenting skills, and other basic life skills. <br />Out of these 117 women and children served, 84 where sheltered of which 40% exited to safe <br />and stable permanent housing. <br />Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC): The CDBG funded DSFRC with CDBG <br />public services funds to provide supportive services to homeless persons. DSFRC provided an <br />array of basic services to 113 homeless persons. Homeless persons received various services, <br />including three days’ worth of groceries up to twice a month, emergency clothing, and household <br />items. DSFRC Family Advocates/Intake Specialists also provided these clients with information <br />and referral to DSFRC's other programs that include free acute medical and dental care, <br />childcare, employment counseling, housing assistance, and case management services. <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/12/2017