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CC <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BUSINESS COUNCIL <br />January 29, 2016 <br />2 Park Plaza, Suite 100 I Irvine, CA 92614.5904 1 P 9 147 , aP2 IjF 949.476.9240 1 www.ocbc.org <br />'L E:;'` <br />, <br />The Honorable Mayor Miguel Pulido and Members of the City Council <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />P.O. Box 1988, M31 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />SUBJECT: First Street Apartments, 1440 East First Street, City of Santa Ana <br />Item 75A scheduled for City Council consideration on February 2, 2016 <br />Dear Mr. Mayor and Members of the City Council: <br />Orange County Business Council (OCBC) is pleased to provide this letter of support for <br />First Street Apartments located at 1440 E. First Street in the City of Santa Ana — a 69 unit <br />affordable workforce housing development proposed by AMCAL Multi -Housing (AMCAL). A <br />key initiative of OCBC is assuring an adequate supply of all types of housing for Orange <br />County's workforce, Our research indicates that Orange County's housing shortage is as much <br />as 62,000 units today with the potential of the shortfall to grow to 100,000 units in the very near <br />future. By approving AMCAL's proposed project, the City will add to the county's housing <br />supply thus helping alleviate the housing crisis we face today. <br />AMCAL is widely recognized as a leader in the industry, with over 35 years of <br />experience developing high quality market rate and affordable housing throughout the State, <br />including rental, ownership, and special needs housing. With a track record of significant <br />accomplishments, the City of Santa Ana could not ask for a better community partner than <br />AMCAL. Recently completed workforce housing communities in Orange County by AMCAL <br />also addressed local inclusionary housing requirements: Alegre Apartments in the City of Irvine, <br />which received the 2015 Project of the Year Award by the Kennedy Commission; and Oceana <br />Apartments in Huntington Beach, in partnership with the City and TRI Point Homes, which held <br />its Grand Opening last week. <br />AMCAL's First Street Apartments will provide numerous benefits to the City of Santa <br />Ana and achieve multiple objectives, including greatly needed affordable workforce housing, the <br />delivery of qualify onsite social services, community investment, redevelopment, and a rare <br />THE LEADING VOICE OF BUSINESS IN ORANGE COUNTY <br />