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CITY OF SANTA ANA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY — AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCIAL, ANALYTICAL & ADVISORY SERVICES F. As NEEDED IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES KMA is available to assist the City and Housing Authority with any additional services that are not specifically Identified In this RFP. For your information, I<MA regularly provides the following additional . services to our clients: Density Bonus Analysis KMA provides evaluation services related to density bonus applications submitted under the auspices of California Government Code Sections 65915-65918. A representative list of clients that KMA has assisted includes the cities of Palmdale, Beverly Hills, Culver City, Pasadena, West Hollywood and Santa Barbara. The services that KMA provides include the preparation of financial analyses that are used to evaluate density bonus applications Including: the required number of affordable units; the requested density bonus; the value of any requested incentives and concessions; and the impact created by any requested development standards waivers. KMA also prepares procedures to be applied by a city in evaluating density bonus applications, which includes a timeline of actions for the applicant, the city, the outside consultants, the Planning Commission and the City Council, Homebuyer Loan Programs KMA has assisted several cities and former redevelopment agencies in creating homebuyer assistance programs that.serve households at a range of income levels. The I<MA role in this process has been to assist in creating the program parameters such as household income qualifications, affordable housing cost calculations, homebuyer down payment requirements, assistance caps, refinancing limitations, junior lien prohibitions and resale controls. KMA has also assisted numerous jurisdictions In preparing policies and procedures manuals for homebuyer programs. The attachments in these manuals include homebuyer selection procedures; homebuyer eligibility applications and instructions; covenants and resale restrictions; transfer disclosure statements; residency recertification forms; household income limits; affordable housing cost calculations; and a subordination checklist. ICMA provided technical financial assistance to the City of Huntington Beach in creating a website that .lays out the income and affordable housing cost calculations applicable to the homebuyer programs offered by the city and former redevelopment agency. The website Information is updated quarterly. Keyser Marston Associates, Inc. mm Page 11.0