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___________________________________ Citizen Participation Plan City of San Leandro Page 5 of 11 Although the City does not provide transportation to meetings, the City could assist in finding transportation programs that could provide rides for low income persons, seniors, or disabled persons if remote access to the meeting is not available. Every effort will be made to hear the testimony of all who wish to comment at a public hearing; however, in the event that there is not enough time to hear everyone's testimony, the public is encouraged to submit their comments in writing. Special accommodations will be made for people with disabilities if a request is submitted within five working days before the hearing. The request shall be submitted to the City Clerk's Office. The City will make every effort to provide translators for people who do not speak English and sign language interpreters, if requests are made within five working days prior to the hearing. A virtual hearing method may be held in lieu of an in-person public meeting and/or hearing. If a virtual meeting or hearing option is used, then real-time responses and accommodation for persons with disabilities and/or with limited English proficiency will be made available to the greatest extent possible. Virtual meetings shall be publicly noticed, and in the event traditional noticing tools are unavailable or will not effectively reach the public, alternative public noticing efforts must be made and documented. 6.0 PLAN DEVELOPMENT 6.1 The Five-Year Consolidated Plan (“Consolidated Plan”) 6.1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION: The Five-Year Consolidated Plan is a comprehensive document, providing a detailed description of the housing and community development needs in San Leandro, prioritizes them and then develops a strategy with goals and activities for addressing the needs. 6.1.2 THE PROCESS: 1. In 2004, and every five years thereafter, the San Leandro Housing Services Division will prepare a calendar containing a schedule for the preparation of the Consolidated Plan. The schedule shall contain tentative dates for the preparation of the Plan along with the dates for community meetings, public notices, public hearings, comment period start and end dates, and when the proposed and final Plans are expected to be available to the public. As soon as feasible after the start of the process, the City will make related data and supplemental information available to the public. 2. Community meetings will be held at various locations convenient to the public. The City will utilize outreach methods that will encourage participation from as many community members as possible. Examples include sending out notices to individuals and organizations on a contact list of interested parties, posting notices at neighborhood centers and other locations accessible to the public, and advertising in the newspaper, local television cable channel and local radio station. The objective of these meetings is to explain the purpose and process of the Consolidated Plan, share HUD-provided data,