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In 1998, the City of Pleasanton joined with the City of Livermore and with Allied Housing (a nonprofit housing developer) to implement the new Tri-Valley Housing Scholarship Program discussed earlier. This program is part of a series of collaborative efforts that have improved the delivery of housing and services to Tri-Valley residents. The City of Pleasanton has continued to take a lead role in the activities of the Tri Valley Affordable Housing Committee (TVAHC), which is made up of representatives of cities in the Livermore Amador Valley area (Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, and Danville). The TVAHC has actively participated in annual outreach activities promoting public awareness of affordable housing in the Tri-Valley area, working with the East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO). In addition, the TVAHC recently initiated the development of the Tri-Valley Housing Opportunity Center (TVHOC). The TVHOC is envisioned as a "cleating house" initially for ownership programs and ultimately for a continuum of housing assistance of different types. PUBLIC ItOUSING IMPROVEMENTS AND RESIDENT INITIATIVES The City currently administers two below-market rent senior housing projects: 1) Ridge View Commons (200 units; owned by a private non-profit), and 2) Kottinger Place (50 units of HUD- subsidized Public Housing; owned by the Pleasanton Housing Authority). Ridge View Commons was opened in 1989, and the current operating budget (which includes an ample replacement reserve) is deemed sufficient to maintain current levels of maintenance and service to residents. City Housing staff recently completed a refinancing of the existing $8 million mortgage with CalHFA. This restructuring will ensure the continued financial well-being of the project. As part of an on-going program, the City has allocated CDBG and City Housing Funds for several years to make facility improvements at Kottinger Place, which is 30 years old. Past improvement projects include reroofing, repainting, installation of new doors, and landscape rehabilitation to decrease maintenance costs. This program will continue in FY 2005 with an emphasis on interior and exterior rehabilitation improvements. A $260,000 federal ClAP grant was awarded to the project in 1996 and construction was recently completed on modernization improvements at Kottinger Place. The complex now receives an annual allocation of Capital Funds from HUD (approximately $60,000 per year) which is enabling improvements to both the physical and operational aspects of the project. In November 2003, the City Council approved a 11-member task force to study the potential for redeveloping Kottinger Place. This is part of a long-term effort to plan for the eventual replacement of these units, which comprise the only housing units administered by the Pleasanton Housing Authority. The project may also involve an adjacent senior development, Pleasanton Gardens (40 units located across the street at 251 Kottinger Drive). The task force includes representatives from the Housing and Parks and Recreation Commissions as well as six at-large members. The group met regularly during 2004 and obtained consultant DRAFT - Action Plan - FY05 City of Pleasanton Page 33