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Section 1. Introduction Application | Parrott Street Apartments September 2017 4 B. Project Team  Eden Housing, Inc. (EHI) is a mission‐driven affordable housing non‐profit organization. Eden leads the development team and is the primary entity responsible for coordinating with the City and managing the entire development process from design and approvals, through financing, and construction. Eden Housing has a long and successful track record in the City of San Leandro and is the largest developer and owner of affordable housing developments in the City.  Under the Eden Housing umbrella, Eden Housing Management, Inc. (EHMI) will provide quality onsite management and maintenance for the property and Eden Housing Resident Services, Inc. (EHRSI) will provide supportive services to residents.  Leading the design efforts is KTGY Architecture + Planning. KTGY is an award‐winning architecture firm that designs buildings for the top apartment developers in the country, including both market‐rate and affordable developers. Eden and KTGY have successfully partnered on other apartment projects in the Bay Area. C. Community Outreach From our experience, we know that it is critical to involve stakeholders early in the process, to generate feedback and go through an iterative design process to ensure that our development is appropriate for its unique community context. Our goal is to create numerous opportunities for authentic public input and to keep the public informed on our process. Thus far we have presented Parrott Street Apartments to the following groups and individuals to garner feedback, which we have incorporated into our project program and design.  Eden Housing San Leandro Advisory Committee. Eden Housing convenes an advisory committee to help oversee the operation and management of our properties located in San Leandro. This committee is comprised of Eden Housing residents who live in these properties, as well as other San Leandro neighbors, a former Eden Housing board member, and a former San Leandro elected official.  Community meeting. We mailed notices to all addresses within a 500 foot radius of our site. We held the meeting at Eden Housing’s Estabrook Place and presented our concept and solicited feedback. The owners of the adjacent vacant lot attended, as well as current residents of the four‐plex on the site. Following the feedback we received, we altered our design, as described further in Section 3(B): Design. We are also committed to working with the current residents on relocation as well as providing a leasing preference for current residents who wish to return following construction to Parrott Street Apartments. More details on this are provided in Section 3(E): Population and Leasing Preferences. 53