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social service providers, and businesses. The survey was also made available on the City's <br />website and was advertised through public notices in three different languages. From October <br />15, 2009 to January 15, 2010, the surveys were presented at numerous neighborhood <br />association meetings and laptops were available to enable residents to enter their survey <br />responses online. More than 1,500 responses were received. <br />*This survey was also used for the City's Consolidated Plan, a Federal-mandated plan that <br />describes needs, resources, priorities and proposed activities to be undertaken with respect to <br />federal programs. <br />The survey had seven categories: 1) Business and Jobs; 2) Community Facilities; 3) Community <br />Services; 4) Housing; 5) Neighborhood Infrastructure; 6) Special Needs Housing; and 7) Special <br />Needs Services; for the participants to rank in importance from lowest to highest. <br />The results from the survey concluded that the number one priority of the community is job <br />creation followed by affordable housing. The following summarizes the community priorities <br />by category: <br />¦ Business and Jobs - Employment opportunities for unemployed or underemployed persons; <br />¦ Housing -Affordable rental housing for large households; <br />¦ Special Needs Housing - Housing for seniors; <br />¦ Community Facilities -Accessibility improvements for the disabled; <br />¦ Community Services - Anti-crime programs; and <br />¦ Neighborhood Infrastructure - Intersection and pedestrian safety. <br />The following is a list of desired City improvements identified during the community <br />information outreach process (in no particular order) and the Agency program that can assist in <br />addressing the community's needs. <br />Table 2: Summary of Community Priorities <br /> <br />Affordable Housing and Special Needs Housing Affordable Housing Program <br />Business and Jobs Economic and Community Development <br /> Program <br />Community Facilities and Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvements Program <br />Infrastructure <br />Community Services and Special Needs Services Public Facility Development Program <br />As discussed in more detail later in the Implementation Plan under the heading of <br />"Expenditures", most of the Agency's tax increment, other than Set-Aside deposits, is <br />Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Agency Im Ttio July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2015 <br />For the Merged Santa Ana Redevelopment Project60 B-2ts Page 24