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Planning and Building Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/pb <br />Item # 9 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />December 7, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Second Reading of Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2021-03 <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Adopt Ordinance No. NS-XXXX — ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 2021-03 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA REPEALING <br />AND REENACTING IN ITS ENTIRETY ARTICLE XVIII.I. OF CHAPTER 41 OF THE <br />SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY <br />ORDINANCE <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Place Ordinance on second reading and adopt. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City Council conducted the first reading of the Ordinance on November 16, 2021. As <br />part of the first reading of the Ordinance, the majority members of the City Council <br />discussed, articulated, and directed staff to make conforming revisions to the Ordinance <br />reflecting the following refinements for the second reading of the Ordinance: <br />• Omit new priorities that do not directly relate to the production of new affordable <br />housing units. <br />• Reduce to 5% inclusionary for for -sale units. <br />• Include a provision to vest entitled projects and make the necessary conforming <br />changes to the Ordinance, and include a vested project list as an exhibit to the <br />Ordinance. <br />• Require and phase in the use of a local skilled and trained workforce only for new <br />projects proposing 20 or more residential lots or units exercising the in -lieu fee <br />option to satisfy the inclusionary requirements of the Ordinance, and clarify that <br />the provision is not applicable to projects receiving funding from the inclusionary <br />housing fund. The implementation of this provision shall be phased as follows: <br />11/17/2021 — 12/31/2025 1/1/2026 thereafter <br />$15 — No requirements $15 — 30% STW & 35% local hire <br />$10 — 30% STW + 2 trades & 20% local hire $10 — 60% STW & 35% local hire <br />$ 5 — 60% STW + 3 trades & 20% local hire $ 5 — 90% STW & 35% local hire <br />City Council 9-1 12/7/2021 <br />