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Building Industry Association of Southern California, Inc ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER June 2, 2020 Mayor Miguel Pulido Santa Ana City Council 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Re: Agenda Item #85A. Discuss and consider directing the City Manager to develop options that would encourage housing construction Dear Mayor and Council: On behalf of our membership, I write to express our support for any policy changes that would encourage housing construction in the City of Santa Ana — Specifically, we ask for a two year pause on the Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO), otherwise known as Inclusionary Zoning (IZ). The Building Industry Association of Southern California, Orange County Chapter (BIA/OC) is a non-profit trade association of over 1,100 member companies employing over 100,000 people affiliated with the home building industry. At the May 5`h, 2020 Council Meeting, the BIAOC submitted comment on item 85B, a discussion on the Housing Opportunity Ordinance, otherwise known as Inclusionary Zoning (IZ). Our comments focused on the negative impacts IZ has on the production of housing, specifically the fact that it adds significant cost to the creation of a home and how it can drastically reduce housing supply. That letter is attached for reference. With that, it is with great optimism we see that several members of City Council agenized a discussion focused on options to spur housing construction. Per our prior comments, we ask that the City Council look to amend the HOO as a way to help achieve this goal. More specifically, we encourage the City Council to propose a minimum of a two-year pause to the HOO for all projects in the pipeline and for those that apply to the city during this suggested time frame. We look forward to the discussion this evening and hope the Council can come to some form of an agreement to help encourage housing development within the City of Santa Ana. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. Respectfully, PRESIDENT SUNTI KUMJIM MBK RENTAL LIVING VICE PRESIDENT ERIC NELSON TRUMARK HOMES TREASURER BROOKE 001 SHEA HOMES SECRETARY NICOLE MURRAY TAYLOR MORRISON IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT RICK WOOD TRI POINTE HOMES TRADE CONTRACTOR V.P. ALAN BOUDREAU BOUDREAU PIPELINE CORPORATION ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT MARK HIMMELSTEIN NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP MEMBER -AT -LARGE PETER VANEK INTEGRAL COMMUNITIES MEMBER -AT -LARGE SEAN MATSLER COX CASTLE & NICHOLSON, LLP EXECUTIVE OFFICER STEVE LA MOTTE