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Commitment of Affordable Housing Funds and PBVs to National CORE and Mercy House January15, 2019 Page 6 National CORE has partnered with Mercy House for this project to provide the services and expertise for serving the permanent supportive housing units. Mercy House's innovative and measurable approach to ending homelessness has placed it in the forefront of leadership in homeless services and permanent affordable housing in the region. Mercy House is a Santa Ana based non-profit homeless service provider dedicated to serving populations with the most critical needs such as veterans and individuals who are homeless or disabled. Mercy House has been serving such populations for over 25 year and is intimately familiar with the City of Santa Ana and its housing needs as they are currently operating Emmanuel Residence, a 21 -unit affordable housing with supportive services for individuals with HIV/AIDS, San Miguel Residence, a 9 -unit affordable housing project with supportive services for individuals and families, and The Orchard, a 71 -unit rehabilitated Santa Ana motel serving chronically homeless individuals and small families. The National CORE -Mercy House team is proposing to develop a new transit -oriented affordable housing community on 1.74 acres located at 609 N. Spurgeon Street. The Project site is currently home to Santa Ana United Methodist Church, a well-established anchor in the community. The Project site is one contiguous, rectangular shaped parcel with two existing church buildings fronting Santa Ana Boulevard and a large surface parking lot located on the northern half of the site fronting French Street. The church currently operates out of the newer building located in the southeast corner of the site. The original church located on the southwest corner is no longer operational and has become a nuisance to the community as homeless individuals are utilizing the building for illegal activities. The entire site is designated Urban Neighborhood in the City of Santa Ana 1998 General Plan and zoned Urban Neighborhood 2 (UN -2) in the Transit Zoning Code. The current land use allows for a base density of up to 30 dwelling units per acre. The proposed Project would require City and a State Density Bonus Agreements allowing up to 54.7 units per acre that will be recommended to City Council in January or February 2019. The proposed Project includes the development of a single residential building with 93 units surrounding an interior, landscaped courtyard. Developed at an overall density of 53.4 units per acre, there will be 30 one -bedroom units, 41 two-bedroom units, and 22 three-bedroom units. Seven of the 2 -bedroom units and seven of the 3 -bedroom units will be two story townhomes accessible from the street. The remaining 79 units will be flats/typical apartment units located on the 2"d 3rd and 4th floors over ground level parking. The building has been designed with the two- story townhome units on the exterior fronting Spurgeon and French Streets and transitioning to a four-story courtyard building in the center of the site. This provides a gradual transition from any surrounding lower density uses and visually breaks up the mass of the building. A 2,576 square foot community center to operate best practice supportive services, 1,065 square foot leasing/property management office and approximately 6,300 square feet of flexible non- residential space will be located on the ground floor facing Santa Ana Boulevard activating the street frontage and interfacing with the proposed OC Streetcar platform to be located at the corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and French Street. One vehicular entry point to the site is provided off French Street. The entry point is a 24 -foot driveway providing secured access to the parking garage. Careful consideration for the character and scale of surrounding neighborhood was taken to ensure that the project architecture and massing blends in with the existing surrounding uses. .1 M .I