Item 03 - Pre-Commitment of Affordable Housing Funds for Jamboree Housing

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Pre-Commitment of Affordable Housing Funds for Jamboree Housing Corporation and WISEPlace; Density Bonus Agreement; Loan Forgiveness June 21, 2022 Page 6 2 8 1 6 Since 1924, WISEPlace has served our homeless population, including unaccompanied women. WISEPlace has transformed the lives of more than 8,400 individuals experiencing homelessness since inception in the 1920s. Through the “WISEPlace Way”, clients can achieve personal stability through case management and counseling, financial empowerment, employment assistance, health and wellness, socialization activities, addiction recovery, housing retention assistance and the setting of and completion of personal goals. WISEPlace’s 90+ year history of serving the community has shown that these are the components necessary to help prevent and end homelessness. Project Site Jamboree, in partnership with WISEPlace, is proposing to develop 0.6 acres located on the site of WISEPlace’s current headquarters at 1411 N. Broadway. The site is located along Broadway and Sycamore Street, between 15th Street and Washington Avenue. Main Street, one block east of Sycamore Street, has regular Orange County Transportation Authority bus service including Routes 53 and 83. The site is within one- quarter mile of the Orange County Transportation Authority Route 60, with a stop at 17th Street and Broadway. The Project is within one mile of the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center. The Project site consists of an L-shaped parcel developed with a one- to two-story institutional building located within the Broadway Corridor District of the Midtown Specific Plan (SP-3) zoning designation. Through the City’s Adaptive Reuse Ordinance (“ARO”), residential use will be allowable by right. The existing one-story East-West wing facing Broadway will be renovated as part of an adaptive reuse, including three (3) units with the existing landmark building. The four-story new construction portion will face Sycamore and will have an additional 45 units. The Project will not require a zone change or amendment to the current land use through the ARO. The proposed development gained unanimous approval from the Historic Resources Commission on March 3, 2022 and the Planning Commission on May 9, 2022. Proposed Project The proposed Project includes 47 studio Permanent Supportive Housing (“PSH”) units and one (1) two-bedroom manager’s unit. 100% of the units will be set aside for extremely low-income households at 30% Area Median Income. The studio units will be designated as PSH for persons experiencing chronic homelessness. Fourteen (14) units will serve individuals experiencing chronic homelessness with a mental illness, financed by the Mental Health Services Act (“MHSA”). Services will be provided for these residents on site by the Orange County Health Care Agency. The project consists of the adaptive reuse of the one-story East-West wing facing Broadway, in order to preserve the landmark status of the existing building. The existing North-South wing facing Sycamore will be demolished to accommodate the new construction of a four-story building, with a podium-parking garage on the ground floor