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The Human Services Commission also collaborates twice each year with the City's Housing Commission to conduct ajoint review as part of the annual process of allocating CDBU funds. This collaborative effort, begun in 1996, has helped to improve the coordination of assistance to housing and services in the area and has helped to simplify the process of allocating funds to local non-profits, thereby improving service delivery. [n 1998, the City of Pleasanton joined with the City of Livermore and with Allied Llousing (a nonprofit housing developer) to implement the new'IYi-Valley Housing Scholarship Program discussed earlier. This program, which is now administered by Abode Services, is part of a series of collaborative efforts that have improved the delivery of housing and services to 'Cri-Valley residents. Chc City of Pleasanton has continued to take a lead role in the activities of the 'Cri-Valley Affordable I [ousing Committee (CVAHC), which is made up of representatives of cities in the Livermore Amador Valley area (Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, and Danville). The I~VAI (C has actively participated in annual ovdreach activities promoting public awareness of affordable housing in the Tri-Valley area, working with the Mast I3ay [lousing Organizations (EBC[O). [n addition, the "CVAI[C recently initiated the sucecssfid establishment of the "Cri- Valley [[ousing Opportunity Center (TV[ IOC). 'Chc'l'VHOC serves as a "clearing house," initially for ownership programs and ultimately for a continuum of housing assistance of different types in the "Cri-Valley area. YUI3L[C HOUSING IMPROVF,MF,NTS AND RESIDENT INITIATIVES The City cru•rently 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 [ [UD- subsidized Public [lousing; 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 I [ousing staff recently completed a refinancing of the existing $8 million mortgage with Cal[ IFA. 'Chis 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 35 years old. Past improvement projects include rcrooting, repainting, installation of new doors, and landscape rehabilitation to decrease maintenance costs. "this program will continue in ['Y 2009 with an emphasis on interior and exterior rehabilitation improvements. A $260,000 federal C[AP 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 the physical aspects of the project In 2006, the complex began receiving IIUll Operating Subsidy Action Plan - F'Y09 City of Pleasantmt PaQc 16