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DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT <br /> <br /> The annual audit of the City’s National Flood Insurance Program Community <br />Rating System was completed and the City retained its ranking of 8, providing the <br />community with 10% discounts on flood insurance. <br /> The five year I.S.O.’s Building Code Effective Gra ding Schedule (BCEGS) is <br />currently underway: preliminary indications are that the City will retain the current <br />2/2 rating. <br /> Implementation of FEMA approved final floodplain maps for the City effective <br />December 2018 and creation of, with assistance from Information Services, a <br />public-friendly FEMA mapping tool on the City website. <br /> In partnership with the California Earthquake Authority, seismic retrofit classes and <br />$3,000 per household grants to seismically strengthen qualified single-family <br />residences continued to be offered to the community. <br /> Planning activity continued to grow with new commercial and industrial investment <br />and strong interest in residential accessory dwelling units. <br />Year Planning Business License Building Permit <br /> Applications Approvals Reviews <br /> <br />2016 75 546 303 <br />2017 88 501 237 <br />2018 103 507 263 <br /> <br /> Staff completed substantive amendments to the Commercial and Professional <br />Development Regulations in Article 6 of the Zoning Code. The Code was changed <br />to update the Professional Office or P -Zone and streamlined to better clarify <br />development standards. The update was approved by the City Council on <br />December 17, 2018. <br /> The City adopted a new Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance in 201 7 to <br />address concerns related to the displacement of residential tenants in the City. <br /> The Housing Division applied for and received a State Housing-Related Park <br />grants for over $160,000 in funding for improvements to Warden Park. <br /> The Economic Development Division worked with the San Leandro Chamber of <br />Commerce to expand programming and services to businesses, including initiation <br />of Small Business Week and Manufacturing Day activities. <br /> The Economic Development Division created a wide range of promotional <br />materials, including a new Development Map, Manufacturing Map, and video <br />highlighting Downtown Community Events. <br /> Over $290,000 in forgivable loans were provided to 7 businesses through the <br />Commercial Rehabilitation and Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs. <br /> Supported completion of a Fiber Optic Master Plan that identif ies community <br />priorities to expand fiber optics and explore s uses that support community goals <br />for the City’s share of Lit San Leandro fiber strands. The Plan explores fast- <br />developing “Smart City” technologies to identify technologies that will assist the <br />City to improve services, reduce costs and promote San Leandro as a center for <br />innovation. <br />171 <br />193