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Mitre-Ramirez, Norma From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 12:01 PM To: Mitre-Ramirez, Norma (NMitre-Ramirez@santa-ana.org); Norma Orozco; Trujillo, Rose Ann Subject: FW: Additional Information - Item 75A Please include in agenda packet. Thank you From: Trevino, Jay Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 1:39 PM To: O'Rourke, Kevin Cc: Kurita, Debbie; Rojas, Carlos; Lawrence, Mark; Carvalho, Sonia R.; Hodge, Ryan; Haluza, Karen Subject: Additional Information - Item 75A Mayor and Council, Staff has received a few questions from Council members about the Lyon project - Item 75A on your September 16 agenda. We wanted to update the full Council. Affordable Housing This project is exempt from the Housing Opportunity Ordinance (HOO) because it has a development agreement that already contains an affordable housing requirement. You may recall that, when the Housing Opportunity Ordinance was adopted, the City grandfathered a handful of projects that were already in the pipeline and already had affordable housing requirements under their existing development agreements. I believe this is the last of the projects that were grandfathered. The others included The Met and The Marke, both of which are located along MacArthur Blvd. The development agreement for this project requires a $3,000 per unit affordable housing in-lieu fee. The total fee would amount to $762,000 for the 254-unit project. But while the project may be exempt from the HOO the amount of the in-lieu fee is negotiable. In other words, the City Council could negotiate with the developer to increase/decrease this fee at your discretion. However, staff has recommended staying with the $3,000/per unit fee for consistency; it's what the City approved for both The Met and The Marke. Other Development Agreement Provisions PARKS - Similar to the requirements for The Met and The Marke, this development agreement also requires a parks in-lieu fee. The amount of the fee in the existing agreement is a flat $1.45 million. Lyon has agreed to pay this fee even though it proposes 120 fewer units than were approved for the previous project approved for this site. PUBLIC ART - Though the existing development agreement did not have a public art requirement, staff has renegotiated and Lyon has agreed to commit $125,000 toward a public art piece to be installed in a prominent public location on this site. The agreement calls for the plans for the art piece to be submitted for review and approval by the Planning Commission. Public Input CM 09116113 Additional Staff Correspondence. 75A