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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 1, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION <br />AGREEMENT WITH COMMUNITY LAND <br />TRUST THRIVE SANTA ANA, INC. FOR <br />1901 WEST WALNUT STREET <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6) <br />F <br />CI MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2^d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an Exclusive Negotiation <br />Agreement with THRIVE Santa Ana, Inc., for 1901 West Walnut Street, Santa Ana (APN 007- 332- <br />08), for the period of one hundred and eighty (180) consecutive calendar days commencing on <br />May 1, 2018, with an option to extend an additional one hundred and eighty (180) days, subject to <br />non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />On January 16, 2018, City Council directed staff to negotiate an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement <br />(ENA) with THRIVE Santa Ana, Inc. (THRIVE) for the property located at 1901 West Walnut Street <br />(Daisy & Walnut). THRIVE, a Community Land Trust (CLT) established in 2017, was formed by <br />nonprofit leaders and local residents with the idea of acquiring vacant city -owned property for the <br />purposes of providing community benefits such as affordable housing, parks, urban micro -farms, <br />and marketplaces for small businesses. A CLT is a community based nonprofit dedicated to the <br />stewardship of land for the permanent benefit of local residents. Acquired properties would be <br />managed by the CLT, which would work with local residents to determine the needs in the local <br />community. <br />Although THRIVE is a newly formed CLT organization, members of the board have been working <br />to advance a CLT in Santa Ana since the adoption of the Wellness Strategies Resolution by City <br />Council in 2015. Since 2015, nonprofit groups such as Santa Ana Building Healthy Communities <br />have conducted community engagement to educate local residents and inform them about the <br />benefits of CLT's which include promotion of health and wellness, building, generational wealth, <br />supporting long-term housing affordability, and improving access to housing. <br />60C-1 <br />