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Commitment of Affordable Housing Funds and PBVs to National CORE and Mercy House January 15, 2019 Page 2 Methodist Church affordable housing project located at 609 N Spurgeon Street, Santa Ana, CA 92701. 2) Recommended that the Housing Authority approve an award of eight (8) project -based vouchers and authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority to execute an Agreement to Enter into a Project -Based Vouchers Housing Assistance Payments Contract with National CORE for the development of the Santa Ana United Methodist Church affordable housing project. DISCUSSION On June 19, 2018, the City Council authorized the Community Development Agency (CDA) to release a Fiscal Year 2018 — 2019 Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop affordable rental and ownership project(s) in the City of Santa Ana with available funds from the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), Project Based Voucher Program (PBV), Inclusionary Housing Fund, and Housing Successor Agency Fund. The RFP also included land assets currently owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana. The RFP was drafted in compliance with the City's Affordable Housing Funds Policies and Procedures adopted by City Council on March 20, 2018. On July 2, 2018, CDA issued RFP # 18-056 for Affordable Housing Development. The RFP was published on both the City and Housing Authority's websites; a public notice was published in the OC Register on July 2, 2018; an e-mail was sent out by Orange County's largest affordable housing membership associations including the Kennedy Commission, 2-1-1 Orange County, and Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing; and an electronic letter was e-mailed to interested developers and nonprofit organizations who had previously requested to be informed of development opportunities on CDA's RFP Process Database. The first annual deadline for the City's RFP # 18-056 for Affordable Housing Development closed on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. The City received thirteen (13) proposals prior to the deadline. The affordable housing developers that submitted a proposal are: Affordable Housing Developer Cesar Chavez Foundation Chelsea Investment Corporation Community Development Partners — 2 Proposals Community Housin Works Habitat for Humanity of Orange Count HomeAid Orange Count Jamboree Housing — 2 Proposals National Community Renaissance & Mercy House Living Centers Orange Housing Development Corporation & C&C Development, LLC Related California LINC Housing Corporation After the deadline, staff conducted a minimum threshold review of each proposal to ensure the proposal complied with all of the minimum requirements in the RFP. Following the minimum threshold review, staff formed a Review Panel that consisted of the Executive Director of the 80A-2