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Commitment of Affordable Housing Funds and a Ground -Lease to Habitat for Humanity <br />February 5, 2019 <br />Page 2 <br />and 830 N. Lacy Street, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />2) Recommended that the Housing Authority authorize the Executive Director of the Housing <br />Authority and the Recording Secretary to execute a pre -commitment letter with Habitat for <br />Humanity of Orange County ("Habitat for Humanity") for a 99 -year ground -lease of 826 N <br />Lacy Street and 830 N. Lacy Street (APN: 398-041-22 / 398-041-18) for the development <br />of the Lacy Street affordable housing project, subject to non -substantive changes <br />approved by the Executive Director of the Housing Authority and Authority General <br />Counsel. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On June 19, 2018, the City Council authorized the Community Development Agency (CDA) to <br />release a Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Request for Proposals (RFP # 18-056) to develop affordable <br />rental and ownership project(s) in the City of Santa Ana with available funds from the HOME <br />Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Community Development Block Grant Program <br />(CDBG), Project Based Voucher Program (PBV), Inclusionary Housing Fund, and Housing <br />Successor Agency Fund. The RFP also included land assets currently owned by the Housing <br />Authority of the City of Santa Ana. The RFP was drafted in compliance with the City's Affordable <br />Housing Funds Policies and Procedures adopted by City Council on March 20, 2018. <br />On July 2, 2018, CDA issued RFP # 18-056 for Affordable Housing Development. The RFP was <br />published on both the City and Housing Authority's websites; a public notice was published in the <br />OC Register on July 2, 2018; an e-mail was sent out by Orange County's largest affordable <br />housing membership associations including the Kennedy Commission, 2-1-1 Orange County, <br />and Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing; and an electronic letter was e-mailed <br />to interested developers and nonprofit organizations who had previously requested to be <br />informed of development opportunities on CDA's RFP Process Database. <br />The first annual deadline for the City's RFP # 18-056 for Affordable Housing Development closed <br />on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. The City received thirteen (13) proposals prior to <br />the deadline. The affordable housing developers that submitted a proposal are: <br />Affordable Housing Developer <br />Cesar Chavez Foundation <br />Chelsea Investment Corporation <br />Community Development Partners — 2 Proposals <br />Community HousingWorks <br />Habitat for Humanity of Orange County <br />HomeAid Orange Count <br />Jamboree Housing — 2 Proposals <br />National Community Renaissance & Mercy House Living Centers <br />Orange Housing Development Corporation & C&C Development, LLC <br />Related California <br />LINC Housing Corporation <br />80A-2 <br />