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Dale Helvig 2536 N. Valencia St. Santa Ana CA 92706 714-541-7254 helvig_denny@msn.com April 21, 2020 Mayor Pulido and Santa Ana City Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, 8th Floor Santa Ana CA 92702 Subject: April 2111 Agenda Items 50A and 75A Tonight you will hear about two of the most controversial projects in Santa Ana: 2525 Main Residential Development and the One Broadway Plaza Project. I am hoping the process goes smoothly for both of these agenda items. Item SOA: 2525 Main Residential Development. To put it in short concise terms, I request that you accept the Certificate of Sufficiency of the referendum petition challenging Ordinance No. NS-2980 and repeal Ordinance No. NS-2980. I look forward to discussing and implementing a new project that is will be suitable for the area. Item 75A: One Broadway Plaza — Some of My Concerns Affordable Housing At the Sunshine meeting the developer said affordable housing would be a part of One Broadway Plaza. At the beginning of the March 30th Planning Commission meeting it was presented affordable housing would NOT be a part of the project. By the end of the meeting affordable housing would be a part of the project. When the meeting was continued to Thursday, April 2nd, City staff presented again that affordable housing would NOT be a part of the project. A profit conscious developer is always going to pay the in -lieu fees. For this project, depending on which study you reference, the estimated $4.5M in -lieu fee will cover the cost of 9-15 affordable housing units. This is a far cry from the 40 plus units (10%of units being built) that would be required if incorporated into the project. The City is now on the hook to get a developer to find a space and build only one-third of the units that otherwise would have been built at One Broadway Plaza. Recommendation: One Broadway Plaza construct its affordable apartment units on -site. Revise in -lieu fees to make it more compatible with the cost of building affordable housing. Development Agreement To show transparency and protect the City, there should be a Development Agreement. Many things have been discussed: traffic mitigation fees, new traffic protections, allocation of Park Development fees, community benefits. These issues need to be included in an enforceable document. \- ` Page 1 of 2 2020-04-21 Letter to City Council.dou