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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JANUARY 4, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />DENSITY BONUS APPLICATION NO. 2010-02 <br />TO ALLOW A FIVE-UNIT RESIDENTIAL <br />DEVELOPMENT AT 2034 AND 2038 NORTH <br />BUSH STREET - ORANGE HOUSING <br />DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND C & C <br />DEVELOPMENT, APPLICANT <br />C TY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Receive and file the staff report approving Density Bonus Application No. 2010-02. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached Density Bonus <br />agreement with Santa Ana WBBB, L.P., subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the <br />City Manager and City Attorney for the development of five affordable rental units. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br />On December 13, 2010, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving deviations from <br />the Two-Family Residence (R2) development standards contained in Section 41-246 et seq. of the <br />Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) as allowed by SAMC Section 41-1606 and the State of <br />California Government Code Section 65915-65918 as an incentive to affordable housing <br />production by a vote of 4:2 (Acosta, Walters opposed; Turner absent) to allow a five-unit <br />residential development at 2034 and 2038 North Bush located in the Two Family Residential (R2) <br />zoning district. The Planning Commission made no changes to the recommended action outlined <br />in the attached staff report (Exhibit A). <br />DISCUSSION <br />Density Bonus Agreement <br />The State density bonus law was created to encourage the production of quality affordable <br />housing by allowing cities to approve qualified projects that would have units, or densities, in <br />excess of cities' statutory density caps established under General Plans and zoning. Under this <br />article, developers wishing to construct projects that meet the requirement for a specified <br />percentage of affordable housing units may request to enter into a Density Bonus Agreement with <br />39A-1