2018-08-20 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE , BUDGET & TECHNOLOGY

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Ralph Opacic, Founder and Director of the Orange County High School of the Arts — Presented proposal partnering with Wooden Floor and Relampago del Cielo. Together they have been serving over 3,000 families in Santa Ana and with the YMCA project they would like to serve 500 more families. The facility will be a thriving hub for arts in partnership with the Wooden Floor and Relampago del Cielo. Community room available for the community, an art gallery for local artists and student to display their art work, a small performance venue, classrooms. The focus will be a design center to be available to the community. In addition, they will bring other non -profits community users to provide more services. Michael Bohn, provided information of the project. The concept is to restore the building to its historic branch, set up landscaping, create a place for students and community to congregate. Approximate the total cost of the project will be $20,000,000 with a completion period of 24 months. Provided information of construction schedule and financing strategy. Kyle Paine, Community Development Partners — proposing a 50 permanent supportive units for Veterans and a veterans serving center. The Community Development Partners focuses on affordable housing for low income seniors, families, homeless and veterans. Provided completion schedule of approximate one year. Committee Member Sarmiento thanked all presenters. Provided information of the YMCA building that six years ago they thought it was going to work, but things did not work as expected. The YMCA is a very important asset to the City not only economically but also historically. Asked Community Development Partners what the financing would be like for their proposed project. Question and answer period ensued. Chair Martinez thanked all presenters. Added that all have an opportunity to work together. Create an anchor of economic, social and cultural opportunity and actively listen to the community of what their needs are. All the Committee Members care about the community those social educational make the city special. The 2 most important assets the city have are people and land. The four "Ps", People, Public, Private, Partnerships. Putting people first everything goes, having an opportunity to make the first P here in Santa Ana. Committee Member Sarmiento recommended giving staff direction, comments, remarks from the other Committee Members. Steven Mendoza added that if Committee Members had any additional questions or comments, they will gather the missing information for Council before submitting a final recommendation. Committee Member Sarmiento commented that all the presentations were very impressive and very unique in their own way, providing a vile need for the community. One major component of all the presentations is the financing portion. Question and answer period ensued. Chair Martinez would like the same information presented tonight to be forward to all Council Members for review before they bring it to City Council meeting. August 20, 2018 1 Economic Development, Infrastructure, Budget & Technology Minutes