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Pre-Commitment of Affordable Housing Funds for Jamboree Housing Corporation and <br />WISEPlace; Density Bonus Agreement; Loan Forgiveness <br />June 21, 2022 <br />Page 2 <br />2 <br />8 <br />1 <br />6 <br />HISTORIC RESOURCES COMMISSION ACTION <br />At its regular meeting on March 3, 2022, the Historic Resources Commission (“HRC”) <br />considered Historic Exterior Modification Application (“HEMA”) No. 2022-02 to allow <br />exterior modifications to the historic Santa Ana-Tustin Young Women’s Christian <br />Association building located on the subject property. The HRC recommended approval of <br />HEMA No. 2022-02, with added conditions, by a vote of 8:0 (Commissioner Frazier <br />absent). <br />DISCUSSION <br />On December 7, 2021, the City Council authorized the Community Development Agency <br />(“CDA”) to release a FY 2021-2022 Request for Proposals (“RFP # 21-136”) to develop <br />affordable rental and ownership project(s) in the City of Santa Ana with available funds <br />from the Inclusionary Housing Fund, HOME Investment Partnerships (“HOME”) Program, <br />HOME-American Rescue Plan (“HOME-ARP”) Program, Project-Based Voucher <br />Program, and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program fund (Exhibit 1). The RFP also <br />included one land asset owned by the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Ana. The <br />RFP was prepared in compliance with the City’s Affordable Housing Funds Policies and <br />Procedures amended by City Council on August 18, 2020. <br />Following this approval, on December 8, 2021, CDA issued RFP # 21-136 for Affordable <br />Housing Development. The RFP was published on both the City and Housing Authority’s <br />websites and Planet Bids; a public notice was published in the OC Register on December <br />10, 2021; an e-mail was sent out by Orange County’s largest affordable housing <br />membership associations including the Kennedy Commission, 2-1-1 Orange County, and <br />the Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing; and a letter was e-mailed to <br />interested developers and nonprofit organizations who had previously requested to be <br />informed of development opportunities on CDA’s RFP Process Database. <br />The deadline for the City’s RFP # 21-136 for Affordable Housing Development closed on <br />Monday, February 28, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. The City received three (3) eligible proposals <br />prior to the deadline (two proposals were determined to be ineligible). The affordable <br />housing developers that submitted a proposal are: <br />Affordable Housing Developers <br />Jamboree / WISEPlace <br />C&C Development <br />Habitat for Humanity <br />After the deadline, staff conducted a minimum threshold review of each proposal to <br />ensure compliance with the RFP requirements. Following the minimum threshold review, <br />staff formed a Review Panel that consisted of the Assistant City Manager/Executive <br />Director of the Community Development Agency, the Executive Director of the Planning <br />and Building Agency, the Principal Civil Engineer of the City’s Public Works Agency, the