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The Pleasanton Housing Commission has sponsored similar workshops to promote the understanding of affordable housing, particularly financing issues. A 2002 workshop was oriented specifically to our local community and targeted decision makers as well as community partners and the general public. The City collaborated with other cities in the Tri-Valley area to sponsor another housing forum in 2002. The latter event was widely attended and featured Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher as a key-note speaker. [Congresswoman Tauscher was instrumental in the establishment of the Tri-Valley Housing Opportunity Center.] The City collaborated with BayEast Association of Realtors in its sponsorship of a "real estate town hall meeting" in April 2011. In May 2009, a similar event also highlighted the National Association of Realtors (NAR) "Ambassadors for Cities" award to BayEast and the City of Pleasanton relative to their support of the Tri-Valley Housing Opportunity Center (one of only five awards NAR throughout the nation). Areas of Minority Concentration Pleasanton is a small, relatively young city and has traditionally not had any areas in which minority groups reside in significant concentration. Consequently, the City has not found a need to adopt any specific geographic strategies to ensure that the community needs of minorities are met. The City will continue to monitor Pleasanton's demographics in the future (e.g., through activities focused around the 2010 Census) and will modify its policies as needed to address this issue. In addition, the City will continue to work with agencies such as Axis Community Health which serve disproportionate numbers of minority individuals and families and provide good opportunities for outreach. LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION The Alameda County Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (ACLPPP), a department of the Alameda County Community Development Agency, plays a primary role in addressing prevention and treatment of lead poisoning county-wide. Its lead hazard reduction program is focused within the County Services Area (CSA), the special district which funds lead poisoning prevention efforts in the Cities of Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland. Pleasanton is not currently a member of the CSA. Resource Development ACLPPP provides technical assistance to local agencies to encourage the incorporation of lead- safe practices into existing and planned programs affecting health, housing and environmental health. In order to achieve the Federal and State 2010 goal for the elimination of childhood lead poisoning, significant resources will be needed to educate property owners of their responsibilities, develop a trained construction workforce, provide financial assistance for low- income privately-owned housing and develop a compliance infrastructure of local agencies. ACLPPP applied under the FY 2005 SuperNOFA for funds to continue the Lead Hazard Control Grant Program and Healthy Homes Demonstration Project and is seeking out additional resources, opportunities and partnerships to support the 2010 goal. Adlon Plan—FY 2012 City d Pleamntan Page 33