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¦ Project Overview <br />¦ Results of Community Open House <br />Housing Opportunity Ordinance <br />¦ State Law - General Plan Housing Element <br />¦ Redevelopment affordable housing obligations <br />¦ City Council direction with adoption of the Transit Zoning Code <br />What is it? <br />¦ Proposes that 15 percent of new housing be affordable (for sale or <br />rental) <br />¦ Designed to help the City meet the affordable requirement established <br />by the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) <br />When Does It Apply? <br />¦ Windfalls or up-zoning <br />¦ Increase in residential density <br />¦ Increase in percentage of residential development <br />¦ Convert commercial or industrial to residential uses <br />¦ Convert rental units to condominium ownership <br />How Does It Work? <br />¦ When new for-sale housing or apartments are built <br />¦ When apartments are converted to condominiums <br />Other Options? <br />¦ Payment of in-lieu fee <br />¦ Substantial rehabilitation of an existing apartment <br />Project Standards <br />¦ Dispersed throughout project <br />¦ Comparable design, materials, quality, and appearance <br />¦ For Sale Units: 45 years <br />¦ Rental Units: 55 years <br />Harbor Corridor Plan <br />¦ Transit Corridor in the Housing Element <br />¦ Land identified as possible new housing sites <br />¦ Westminster/17th Street to just north of Edinger Avenue (2 miles) <br />SCAG Compass Blueprint <br />¦ Funding for demonstration projects <br />¦ Enhance livability, walkability, bicycle use, and public transit <br />¦ Corridors can accommodate growth without changing existing <br />neighborhoods <br />Santa Ana Transit Vision <br />¦ Link downtown, employment centers, educational facilities, and <br />expand housing choices <br />Bus Rapid Transit <br />¦ OCTA is introducing four bus rapid transit (BRT) lines in Santa Ana <br />¦ BRT is an enhanced bus service that stops more frequently than a <br />local bus <br />¦ Attract development interest in TOD-transit-oriented development <br />¦ Create more sustainable corridor <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 12 JANUARY 18, 2011 <br />1 0A-12