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really in need. We are not into this for the money. We did not go into this project for the money. We don’t have illusion of helping everyone, but at least can help some people that need it. 16. Just by looking at the number of units in the project and the affordability levels, it is sad because we have more than 5,000 students that are homeless in the Santa Ana Unified School District. This is a beautiful project and it’s not going to benefit those kids. I do believe every human being deserves a roof, including homeless individuals, but when it comes to kids it’s hard to see them struggling for a roof. RESPONSE: Within the project 90% of the units are affordable to households that are low, very low and extremely low income and 52 units have two and three bedrooms. These are households that are earning less than $45,000 annually. Pastor DePano: The Church wanted the project to be 100% affordable but was asked by the City to incorporate market-rate units. We would like to explore the possibility of making the project 100% affordable. 17. Thank you for advocating for the community. What can we do, as a community, so we can have a 100% affordable project? For the City and Church leaders….do we wait and see what happens? How do we get the project changed? RESPONSE: Based on the comments provided in the meeting, CORE will provide written comments and City Staff is here listening to the comments. We are meeting with them Thursday morning. We were asked by City to explore small portion of market rate - to use this project as a model for truly integrated community. We can share with City Staff, the community’s comments and request for the project to be100% affordable. If we do try for a project that is 100% affordable, we will likely need additional public subsidies/funds to construct the units – it is a balance. 1-43