Item 09 - Request for Proposals for Affordable Housing Development

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CITY OF SANTA ANA Outreach policy (Attachment 1), the selected developer may be required to solicit significant neighborhood input during the design process. C. By-Right or Shovel-Ready Projects A by-right project is one that can be approved administratively without discretionary approvals because it already complies with all applicable zoning and development standards. A shovel-ready project refers to a project that is fully prepared to begin construction immediately or within no more than three (3) months. Many of the City’s available funding sources have expenditure deadlines associated with them. As such, the City desires to prioritize projects that can begin construction quickly. Thefore, the City has established a priority for by-right or shovel-ready projects. If applying under this priority, please make sure to provide sufficient documentation demonstrating that the proposed project is by-right or shovel- ready. IV. CITY OF SANTA ANA COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT (CWA) The City of Santa Ana has established a CWA with the goal of ensuring that the community is a part of the workforce on public works construction projects. The CWA applies to City-funded affordable housing projects, and imposes requirements on the project that will be enforced in any final agreement with the City. The Developer will be solely responsible for compliance with the CWA and ensuring any contractors comply with the CWA. Among other things, the CWA requires that all contractors working on CWA covered projects participate in a process for us ing local and skilled workers from the union hiring halls of the various construction trades. It is the Contractor’s responsibility to ensure that the project’s craft hours are performed at least 30% by workers from Tier 1 and 2 ZIP codes and/or veterans and Building Trades Multi-Trade Craft Core Curriculum Pre- Apprenticeship Program graduates, regardless of where they live. Tier 1 ZIP codes are those comprising the City of Santa Ana and Tier 2 ZIP codes are those comprising Orange County. The local hire attainment will be calculated by dividing the hours reported as performed by local workers on Certified Payroll Reports by the total number of hours reported on Certified Payroll Reports. It is the prime Contractor’s responsibility to determine how to attain that goal. Although each subcontractor is not required to meet the goals, the project overall must meet it. V. AVAILABLE FUNDS FOR THIS RFP The available funds for this RFP can be used for a variety of housing types and preferences. Please see the table below for a general summary of the allowable uses of each source of funds: Source of Funds Income at or below 80% Mixed Income Non U.S. Citizens Mixed Use Projects Adaptive Reuse New Construction of Rental Housing Acquisition / Rehabilitation of Rental Units Homeownership Inclusionary Housing Funds X X X X X X X X EXHIBIT 1