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<br />Araiza, Fatima <br />From:Dave Elliott <delliott@santaanachamber.com> <br />Sent:Monday, July 26, 2021 11:39 AM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Special Session on Affordable Housing <br />Dave Elliott, President/CEO <br /> <br />I plan to participate via Zoom but in case not heard just want to reiterate my position to not raise the WOO <br />from $5.00 to $15.00 at this time. Coming out of a devastating Pandemic to our community including our <br />businesses and residents it is not prudent at this time to impose additional regulations, increased taxes and <br />fees. We need additional affordable housing but this can discourage future residential development from our <br />city. I believe no project while the $15 was in place and 2 projects since September 2020 at the $5.00 fee. <br /> <br />I think to at least delay this for 1 year would be something to look at or a compromise in the fees increased <br />over time. <br />I do not think we need to discourage business at this point. We may want more housing and affordable but <br />we cannot make developers come if they cannot make it work. <br /> <br />thanks for consideration <br /> <br />Dave E <br />1 <br />