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File Number: 18-432 Phase 2). The most recently constructed of these developments is La Vereda, which is 85 new affordable senior rental housing units for very low-income seniors. La Vereda began the competitive application process in spring 2018. Construction completion and lease-up should occur in late 2018. The City also appropriated local General Funds to the following programs in FY 2017-2018. These programs address the City’s affordable housing, homelessness, and community development needs, as identified in the City's current HUD-approved FYs 2015-2019 Five-Year Consolidated Plan. $11,000 to Davis Street Family Resource Center to provide affordable housing services, including affordable rental housing referrals/placement, to lower income households. $45,000 to ECHO Housing to provide tenant and landlord counseling, which includes mediation/conciliation services in addition to assisting City staff to administer the Rent Review Program. $35,000 to Bay Area Affordable Homeownership Alliance (BAAHA) to administer and monitor the City's First-Time Homebuyer Program. $25,000 to Building Futures with Women and Children to provide emergency food and housing to homeless women and children in addition to social support services. Current Agency Policies Current City Council Policy is defined by the FYs 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, which included the FY 2017-2018 Annual Action Plan, adopted by Resolution No. 2017-083 on June 19, 2017. This FY 2017-2018 CAPER covers the third year of the FY 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan cycle. Previous Actions The Action Plan containing the programs and activities carried out during FY 2017-2018 was approved by the City Council on June 19, 2017. Applicable General Plan Policies The Housing Element of the General Plan addresses increasing the supply of affordable ownership and rental housing in San Leandro in Goal 53 - Affordable Housing Development of the Housing Element of the General Plan. Additionally, Goals 47 to 51 of the General Plan address the provision of community services and facilities in coordination with non-profit and other social services providers. Such services range from library and childcare services to youth and senior services. Summary of Public Outreach Efforts A notice of the public hearing was published in The Daily Review on August 24, 2018. The CAPER was available at City Hall, the Main Library, and on the City's website for public comment from August 31 through September 14, 2018. Letters were sent on August 24, 2018, to the City’s “CDBG’s Mailing List” which includes CDBG service providers, homeowner associations, and Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/11/2018