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For CDBG General Administration, HUD allows entitlement cities and counties up to 20% of the total CDBG allocation. A total of $141,503 is available for the administration of CDBG funded activities including the provision of federally mandated fair housing services. Of the $141,503, staff recommends $131,503 be allocated for CDBG general admin costs. Staff also recommends $10,000 for ECHO Housing to continue providing fair housing services. For Public Facilities improvement projects, both the total CDBG award to the City and the carryforward CDBG funds from prior years will result in one-time new allocations for public facilities for City residents. Staff recommends an allocation of $300,000 to the Boys’ and Girls’ Club’s proposed major renovations to its facilities at 401 Marina Boulevard. The second recommendation is for $143,725 to Building Futures for Women and Children (BFWC) for ADA improvements and to address deferred maintenance to the San Leandro Homeless Shelter located at Saint Leander’s Church. The remaining CDBG-funded public facility projects reflect ongoing projects: Section 108 loan repayment for the Senior Community Center construction which is based on a HUD repayment schedule ($187,414) and the City’s ADA Transition Plan. For Housing Activities, staff recommends providing $100,000 in CDBG funding to Rebuilding Together Oakland/East Bay (RTO) to administer the City’s Single Family Home Rehabilitation Program. The program remains in high demand for low income San Leandro homeowners in need of minor home repairs. In the current fiscal year, RTO made substantial progress in processing applications to complete rehab work and expend CDBG funds. The $100,000 is the same amount that RTO received annually in the prior two fiscal years. Staff recognizes that RTO Bay is providing outstanding service. The City will have an allocation of $221,998 in HOME funds as its pro-rata share administered and distributed by Alameda County HOME Consortium. Alameda County is the lead administrator of HOME funding and the HOME Consortium. In order to comply with encumbrance and expenditure rules of the HOME program, these funds are combined with all the HOME Consortium member cities into a pool of funds. These funds can be used by any HOME Consortium member City who has an opportunity site ready for purchase or an affordable housing development with a funding gap. In FY 15-16 the City used $256,761 of the HOME Consortium pool of funds to assist BRIDGE Housing’s 85-unit La Vereda (formerly San Leandro Senior Housing) development. The City’s HOME allocation for FY 19-20 will be the last installment of funds used to repay this and two other allocations made by the HOME consortium in the last eight years. 3. Evaluation of past performance This is an evaluation of past performance that helped lead the grantee to choose its goals or projects. The City of San Leandro’s FY 2019-2020 Action Plan is the last year of a five-year planning cycle. The most recent required Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) was completed 24