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Orozco, Norma <br />From: Carrie McMullen <carrie.mcmullen@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 10:31 PM <br />To: eComment <br />Subject: 75B. PUBLIC HEARING - ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 2020-03 TO <br />AMEND CHAPTER 41 (ZONING) RELATING TO THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY <br />ORDINANCE AND ADOPT AN AMENDMENT TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUNDS <br />POLICIES AND PROCEDURES <br />Dear Mayor and City Council, <br />My name is Carrie McMullen, and I am in strong support of reducing the $15 per square foot Housing <br />Opportunity Ordinance fee to $5 for ALL Projects - both proposed and entitled, and giving the entitled projects <br />a year to be eligible for the reduced fee. Due to the pandemic, and the fact that not ONE development has <br />pulled a permit under the current $15 dollar fee, now is the time to give all projects the staff proposed $5 option <br />- especially projects that are so close to construction. <br />Further, mandating any type of labor can have significant consequences on the cost and viability of a project. In <br />no way am I opposed to skilled or union labor, but these decisions should be made by the applicant and not <br />mandated as a blanket policy by the City. <br />As a citizen of Santa Ana and a teacher in the same city, I thank you for bringing this topic forward and <br />considering the positive impacts reducing this regulation will have on the housing industry and the residents of <br />Santa Ana. <br />Thank you, <br />Carrie McMullen <br />Carrie McMullen <br />714-290-3515 <br />"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more an important than any other." Abraham <br />Lincoln <br />