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Commitment of Affordable Housing Funds and Project -Based Vouchers to Jamboree Housing <br />March 5, 2019 <br />Page 2 <br />2) Recommended that the Housing Authority approve an award of eighty-nine (89) project - <br />based vouchers and authorize the Executive Director of the Housing Authority to execute <br />an Agreement to Enter into a Project -Based Vouchers Housing Assistance Payments <br />Contract (for Existing or Rehabilitation) with Jamboree for the development of the Budget <br />Inn affordable housing project located at 1108 N Harbor Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92703. <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 proposals include: <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 County <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 />After the deadline, staff conducted a minimum threshold review of each proposal to ensure the <br />proposal complied with all of the minimum requirements in the RFP. Following the minimum <br />threshold review, staff formed a Review Panel that consisted of the Executive Director of the <br />City's Public Works Agency with his designee, the Executive Director of the Planning and <br />Building Agency with his designee, the Executive Director of the Community Development <br />