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80A-355
1 A~'~ ~~TI~~~T ~N~II~~~'~'~ ~S~ ~VIC~U
This Men~or•and~~~n of U~~dersta~ldir~g ~"M~~"~ shall, fo~~ purpose of lderltlficatrot~, shall be dated
of this ~tll day of ~«ne, Q 10. The signatories to this M~~ ar•e the Cam~llrrrlity Redevelap~nent
Agency of the City ~f arlta Arra, ~tl~~ "Agency#'~, the City of arlta Arra, the "City}'~} and the
constitue~~t n~et>~bers of the Santa Ana Collaborative for Responsible De~elap~~rent ~~,ist
rgarr~~atians I-Iere ~jait~tly, tl~e "Collaborative"},
~'actl~al et~iti~ arrt~ I3~ck~~~oux~d
The Agency and tl~e City a~• its the process of~aintly studying at~d planni~lg redevelopinerlt of
a par'tiarl of the City sru'rautldir~g the a~lta Ala Regional Tr'arlspor•tat~o~r Center ~tlre "SARTC"~
the "Station District study"}, The area under strzdy consists afapproxirnately 9~ acres the
"Station District"~ and includes residential, ca~rrrr~ercial and i~7dustr'ial properties sur•ra~~~~dir~g the
~ARTC it~cludit~g the lacy rleillbarlrood, the SARTC and County ofOrarrge-aged la~xd east of
the SARTC, See ~~llibit A,
2, Tl~e bacl~bot~e of the Statlar~ District St~~dy is tl~e proposed specific de~ei~pt~~ent ardi~lat~ce
called tl~e Transit honing Cade ~tlre `~T~C"} ~~hicl~ establishes a carllpreherlsive land ~~se plan for
the pr'apci•tles tllat ar'e ~ltl~~t~ tl~e Statlair I~15t1'r~t study al'ear
3, The Agency's initial r•ale iil tl~e Statia~~ District Study is proposed redevelapine~~t of
appt•o~imately ~ ilail-cantig~~aus acres its tl~e lacy eillbarl~aad ~gcner'ally ho~~~~ded by Santa
Ai~a ~l~vd., Poinsettia, Bra~rl acrd Mor•tir~rer streets} the "Agency Parcels"}, The Agency is
negotiating a disposition and develapinerlt agr•ee~nerlt ~tlle "DDA"~ with a joint de~elopn~eilt
team coinpased of the Related Con~pa~~ies gild rif~rl Realty ~tlre "Developer"~ for canstr'~ictiair
of a range of reiltal acrd l~a~ne~o~~rt~ersl~ilO lo~~-tnoder'ate lt]calne ho~~s~~~g on the Agency Parcels
{tl~e ~`A.ffardahie Ha~isiir Project"}, Tl~e Agency is also iil prelinliilary discussia~~s ~vitl~ the
Developer for a il~aster plair of develap~r~ent far properties iil the StatiQrl District an at~d adjacent
to the SARTC o~Vt~ed tl~e Clty, the Agency and the Ca~~t~ty of Cratlge far' trairsit orietrted
develapil~et~t the "SARTC Master plain"},
Along with the Affaidable Ha~xi~~ Project, the City gild the Agency i~ltend to develop cer'taiil
camn~rii~~ty aillerr~t~es includiir a eornt>~t~n~ty pax~k at~d a joint use coi~lrnunity center, The joint
use cat~~~lritrity center ~ar~ld e developed ix~ pax~tt~ersl~tp ~u~th the Sailta Aila I~nied School
District the "A[~D"~ at Garfield Elernentary School lricll ~s adjacent to the Affordable ~
Hauling Project i~~ the Lacy Neighborhood,
5. Members of the Collabar•ative have cone forward raising a ~~ide range of cor~r~~lunity issues,
seeking agreement and further' assurances frairr tl~e City and the Agency i'egardiilg r'esalutiai~ of
tl~ase iss~res, Among tl~ ca~r~tnurlity issues are those to be addressed in this NiCU as follaurs:
Housi~lg Issries; Cultural and Historic Pr+eservatian Iss~~es; Cperl Space Issues; rssues Affecting
Small ~risir~ess and orl~er's; and safety Issues,
As signatories to this MAD, the Agency, the City and the Callabar•ative seek ta: ~ 1 } ideirtify
specific terirls of the DDA, SIR ar~ ather• formal City o~~ Agency action that mill ir~lple~r~e~~t
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resalr~tio~ of sore iss~zes; at~d, {2} corrrrrrlt ail signatories to frlt~ll'e dialog, study a~~d 1]egatiatiol~
on soave iss~les that car7not final iced t this time,
ousirt~ ~sstre~
c~, Affordable ~ou5~I1~ Pt'o~ec~,
Ael~cy intends to requil•e, by ~vay of 5~ year co~ena~at, that 1 ~~°Io of the rental units its Affoldable
pausing Project mill meet applicable stal~dards of affordability at SO°I~ al~l~ual i~redi~r~rr incol~~e
~ANiI}and belay, ~vitl~ ~a°Io aftl~e ul~its Meeting 3a°Io AEI standard~ext~•e~~~cly lo~~,
Additial~lly~ at least one ul]lt rn each for• sale de~eloplrlet~t black will be restricted far affordable
lloea~vl~er•sl~ip, All aftl~e it~co~i~e restricted "affordable" u~~its will have affar•dab~l~f~ covel~al~ts
1+ecorded an the properties p~ll•s~lant to Mate la~v, These recl~lir•el~~el~ts ~~ill be set forth its tl~e
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b~ Affordable I~o~lsir~g - ~r~tur•e Age~tcy-Assisted Reri~al ausirzg Prajccfs,
V~~tl~ lieal~d to filture rental res~de~~t~al pr•D~eCts rl~ the tat~an ~15ti'lct, tl~e Agency agrees, by ~V~y
of ~5 year cove~~a~~t, that ~f lam at~d tr~adel•ate incorrre l~ousi~~g funds are used to fi~~a~~cially assist
such projects, the u~~its will be affer•ed at 80°Io afthe AI~II, ~vitl~ a ~ninit~lut of l~°I~ oftl~e ~~~~its
at ~~°lo A1~~, slang ~itl~ the requisite affordability cavel~ants,
c, Area,i~~c Affordable Hotisl~~ Baal,
Tie City is prepared to purse tl~e cot~sidel•atiarr of alb "incl~~sionary lousing" ordinance that is
applicable to the i~ld~lstl•ial areas ~vl~icl~, under the TIC, are slated fat' 'r~tr~re cor~versiol~ to
r•eslder]tlal lases, ~1C1'1 an il~clusior~ar•y Dousing or'dirrance would apply to other areas il~ tl~e city
idel~tified in. tl~e City's ~~0 Dousing Elel~~ent for conversion frar~ colnlnercial ~1' ind~lstl•iai lard
~~se to t~~ulti-family residelatial develapt~ent. Tl~e City gill co~~vene, v~ithin tDe nest 9~ days, a
tasl~ farce Tit] the affected property owners al~d stal~el~olde~•s sr~cl~ as tl~e Collaborative and the
l~rildin Xt~dustry Assoclatron with tl~e goal of l~aving an rl~clusrol~ary lousing ordinance il~ dace
before tl~e end of ~ ~ 4, Tl~ls is a matter' of further dialog,
d, Affordable orrsi~rg Project liild dare,
The initial phase of tl~e Affordable ~a~~sitY P~'aject lnclt~des a xODD s,f pl'a~ect col~llr~ur~lty
spa~e~ lender the DDA, tl~e Developer' mill be required to warp v~itl~ tl~e Aget~cya file stal~el~olders
in tl~e colr~ln~~t~ity i~~cludin lr~e~nbers oftl~e Collabar•ative and project residents to identify a
cl~lld care operator' that could ~tlllze a por~ian Dfthis space, up to iaa~ s~, ft,, to ~r~eet tl~e needs
ofpraject residents, The ur~i~npro~ed space will be allocated at loo charge far this p~lrpose;
ha~ever, file aper•ator ~~ill be respat~sible far tl~e fundll~g of any needed tenal~t 1111pra~ements as
well as the p~•agratrl. In the evert that, despite their best efforts, Agency al~d Develal~er ar•e
~~l~able to ~~~d a childcare provider within ~noz~tl~s f~•alr~ issuance of
a final certificate of
occ~lpancy for tl~e day care facility, this 1•equirerrrent is ~~aived, These re~uir•emel~ts 4111 beset
fat~l~ i n tDe I~DA,
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~Y~ uitu~~ai ar~ci istnric Preser~vatia~r ~ssue~
~~fie~d ch~ol ~~irlt use ~r~ltr~u~ri~y er~te~•,
The pity and the Agei~cy ii~te~~d to eater il~ta a cooperative agreement with SAUSU to Delp fili~d
the design slid cor~struction ~f the cominul~ity cente~k part of an e~par~slot~ ar~d reeonfig~llatiol~
~ar•field Scl~oal, A requirei~ent of Agency fut~dil~g 1'Vlll be execution of a ~orrit arse ag1•eel~~er~t
with SAUSD, Tl~e qty will seek the services aftl~e non-i~1'ofit con~i~ul~ity to condr~et
prograir~s~services in the ominunit~ tenter. Tile ~Ity agrees to seed ii~put ~n tl3e l~iildiilg desil~
and pr'ogral~~s to be operated at the eei~ter fi'oir~ the stal~el~olders Ire tl~e catnrriur~rty ii~cluding
I~lell~bei's oftl~e collaborative, along with SA~SD and other stakel~alder, Specific terms shall
be contained tl~e forlnal ag1•eernents with SAUSD and file I~a1~-profit to be selected by tl~e pity.
b, ~ux~d fox ~istu~~~ca~ 1Via~~i~c~~s~
~~ty and Agel~cy ag~•e to jaii~tly fund to $04,444 iii historical i~~arlcer in the p~~blic right of
way iii tl~e Station District with funded p~'ojects to be designed in collaboratiat~ with affected
I~eigl~borhoods aid relevant or~ganizatiol~s,
c, Prever~~inti of Resider~t Disi~Iacexex~f,
Tl~e it~lAgency agrees that all residents displaced foi~ eithei~ p~~blic use ~i,e, parks or private
de~elopi~~ent that in~rol~es the Agency's pu~•cl~ase of
the pr'oper'ty ~~ill be allocated all iegall~
mandated relocation benefits. ~ui~l~er, all displaced resider~ts mill be given first rights to return
and reittlp~ii'cl~ase and r~ew ul~its in the Station District developed with Agency assistance, to tl~e
extent they a~+e deterrriii~ed income eligible to do sa. Tl~e itylAgency will p~•epare, at tl~e earliest
feasible tune, relocation plans foik tl~e affected pr+oper•tres lt~ acordrlce itll applicable la~~~s and
seep participation f1;or~1 stal~el~oiders the coirrin~~I~ity including Irlelribers afthe allaborati~e
aid affected residents ire the coritel~ts of those plans. This is a tr~atter offi~i~tller dialog,
d, ~iix~d fox* f~esidexitial ~n~pi{aver~~erl~,
Tl~e Agency agrees to fiend a 14,000 residential rebate~loan pragraln to encourage
l~omeowi~ei• iii tl~e Station District to re-ii~~est 1~1 tl7eii' properties, Tl~e Agency will adi~~ii~istei•
tl~e pr+agl•ai~.lnp~it from tl~e stalcel~olders in the cat~I~~r~ity incl~Idil~ i~einbers ofthe
oliabor'ative will be solicited an tl~e piaposed program criteria beforo coinlriel~cii~g with the
p~•ogralri, Tl~e progralrr will be offered to incoir~e eligible ~•esidents at 4~i' below 124°Io ofA~1~
with tl~e Baal afn~aiirlizii~ fi~i~dii~g for pi•opei~ty owners at ar below 54~I~ ofAl~1I, This is a
rl~atter offi~r~ther dialog.
e, Pu~iic Ark ompoireYr~ of A~for~iubie dousing Project.
I~der tl~e DDA, the Developer has agreed to p~•ovide public ait in its project ecl~livalent to ,5°fo
of the building permit value of the rental coinponei~t of tl~e pro
jest, ai• in limited circulristances
pa}~ an ire-leiu fee to the pity or Agency of equal cost, Tl~e Developer and tl~e Agency wild ~vorl~
with tl~e stakeholders i~~ the cor~ni~n~~I~ity including merrlbers of tl~e collaborative to identify local
ai`~istic resources to ~ander~ake the p~Iblic art. Tl~e ai~t shall be placed at carious publicly
accessible locatiol~s in al~d around the rental colrrpol~ent ofthe project, These re~uiier~~el~ts will
be set fai-tl~ in the DDA,
PubY~c Art FoIiey~~u~ure Public al~~i Agency-Assisted P~•o~ccfs
The its a~~d Age~~cy ar+ee that tl~e lty u~lll rr~clude a p~~bl~c art co~rrpot~er~t il~ al~y ne~~ public
facility, as well as require p~~blic at~k in any tie private non-residential and re~~tal~residel~tial
de~elopn~ent that is fir~al~cially assisted by tl~e Agency, The amounts mill be Negotiated based old
the scope of the indi~ridual projects not to exceed ~S°I~ of tl~e building costs. Thls cor~7lnltlrre~~t
~~ill f~~r~tl~er4 recl~~i~~e tl~e ~e~eloper• to or•1~ ~~ith tl~e stakeholders in the coln~~7~~nity incl~~ding
lrretnbers ofthe ollaborati~e to ide~~tify local artistic resa~~rces to undertake tl~e p~rblic a~•t. Tl~e
City a~~d the Agency 4~ill work v~itl~ tl~e stakeholders ~1~ tl~e com~n~lr~lty 1nG1L~ding ~r~et~be~~s of the
ollaborati~e to identify local ar~tlstlc resoE~rces to under+take the publ is art. This is ~ lnatter of
fur•tl~er d~a~log~
g, Preset'vatio~a of is~o~~ic Prope~,ties
~lstoric prescrvatiot~ ren~ail~s a ~rrajor policy and goal of tl~e pity of Santa At~a. All current
policies gill re~aiN aNd be applied appropriately to f~~t~zr•e potential pl•eser~ation iss~les. This is a
ll7atter` of further' dialog,
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a, c~rcral ~lax~ Update
A general Play update is an effort req~~iri~~g extensive ti~~~e and money to undertake. YN tlxe e~el~t
grant funds ar other so~uces hecol~ne available, the pity mill ul~dertalce this effort ire tl~e q~~icl~est
~nat~i~er possible as it mould bel~efit the entire co~rrlnut~ity~ This is a natter offurther dialog,
~Yllpiel~]er~tatioYl U~ f~1C olt~plCfe ~tr'eets Acf.
The ~olnplete streets Act is not a set ofspecifie, regulated improvel~nent req~~ir•eta~et~ts iN tl~e
p€~blic right of~ay, Rather, it states that cities shall study and create plal7s that address rr~obility
and safety for all modes oftransportatiol~, The pity ~vili be required to do this when it next
updates the Circ~~iatian l~lenent. ~t~ tl~e plal~l~ing for the Statior~ District, tl~e pity agrees to take
into eo~~sideratiorx factors included i~l ~l~e olnplete treets Act such as: i~ sidewalks that are
complete a~~d have pedestrian lighting ~lo~ver bevel lighting that tl~e t~~aditlor~al tall pa~t~; ii, bicycle la~~es
~n tl~e eo~r~l~~ul~ity that e~lco~~rage ~~on~car modes oftra~7sportatio~a; iii, ~~D reflective c~~oss~valks in high
tra~~sit a~~eas a~~d walking proximity to Garfieid Elel~letYtary; iv, slc~v traffic ir~itiati~re o~• lights that
~iedr~ce tl~c speed alai~g St~~ee~,Santa Ana Bled and civic ente~~ Dr.~ l~t~rti~er, tl~e Affordable
i-iousing project mill be required to ~•epair aNdlor replace any public sidewalk around the
perirneter Oft1le11' sites ar~d provide adequate onsite lighting and access for r~Sldents ar~d ~rlsltors.
This is a tr~attexk of further dialog,
c, PliascI o~rimur~lfy Park,
Tl~e pity and the Agency are pla~~nil~g for a cotr~t~runit~ park of appraxil~ately l , acres to be
dc~reloped ~~ith tl~e Affordable ~a€~sing Project pity agrees to work with tl~e stakeholders il~ the
ea~r~~r~unity including t~etnber* oftl~e allborati~re il~ l~naking a final deter~~Inatia~~ regarding
park desigr~ al~d layout, This is a r~~atter offru~ther dialog.
d, Pr~e~~e~l~io~r of Residcllt Disl~lacemeaa~
fee c., above.
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d, ~af~orl D~s~ric~~.Ar•ea Per;1~ pace,
All new develapt~lent is regr~ired to pro~idc vnsite open space fog, its ~~esidents based ate the T~~
standards, Ire addition, pity parr fees a~~e ix~posd on all r~ew residential unity a~~d fu~~ds are ~~sed
on park impro~erner~ts in that certain geographic area. As the itylAgcrlcy begins pla~~~~i~~g oftl~e
greater Statiar~ ]~istx~ict area, they will worl{ with tl~c stakeholders its the cot~7n~~rt~ity ~~jcl~rdrr~g
rnetbers of the ~llabarrati~re to identify otl~er~ appropriate apen space areas i~~ context ~~?itl~ the
Clew land use de~eloprnent strategy, This is a mattert of f~~t~the~~ dialog.
issues A~fecfir~ Si~~a~l Business arrcl wa~~kers
a, Support I'arLocai Small Busizress,
The DDA far• tl~e Affordable I~ousi~ Project will r•euire tl~c De~elopr• to affer a can~r~~ercial
lease space an Lot 1, Tl~c Dc~rlaper will offer this space at below-market rent to a neighbo~~l~aad
serving retail tenant, The Age~~cy ag~~ees to ~r~a~4ket the space first to area. reside~~t to ape~•ate a
bl~sit~ess; l~awe~er, ifwe are unable to identify a local reside~~t who lras the ~~~ancial ability to
engage its a shall business, then the De~eloperi well be entitled to look ar~ts~de afthe Sta#lar~
District for passible tet~a~~ts. Tl~e Agency and I~e~elaper4 agr+ee to seek assistance from tl~e
stakelralders in tl~e eanlrn~~~~ity including r~re~~bers ofthe allaborati~e to identify a possible
business owner to locate this space. These requirer~rer~ts wrll beset fartl~ i~~ tl~e I~DA,
b, Cn~~tt~~r~ed tlppo~~t ilr #atio~t ]~istr~icf Arcs, City agrees to provide assistance to sir~aii bt~si~~esses
iocated in} ~r~ ~v~lii~~ to locate lrr, ~lre T~~ a~~ea, at a r7~ini~Y~u~r~, fact~itating ti~e~r access to existi~~g
services a~~d resorr~~ces.
c, T2 Area Li~irig wages ar~d ~a~~~i~iurriiy workforce Agreelrierit,
Tile pity and Agency ag~~ee to cot~ti~~ue discussion are this topic as it relates to fi~t~~re Agency ar
arty fl#rldcd ol` assisted projects, This is a ~~atter offurtl~er dialog,
Safely Yssucs
to#ior~ ~istr•ict ~eighbor~~road watch,
`t'he Santa Aria police I~epar~tr~ent s~~pparts tl~e creatia~~ of a ~~eihborl~ood watch pr•og~~aln far tl~e
Station District, wl~icl~ will include a neigl~barl~oad assessment oftl7e feasibility ofcan~rn~~~~ity
n~e~r~ber training ar7d in~al~ernent, The Police ~eparttnerrt will cantint~e to work with tl~e
stakeholders ~t~ the cat~tr~l~nity ~ncl~rd~~lg rner~bcrs of tl~e ollaborati~e defi~~e tlxe progra~rr
details, This is a matte~~ of fcr~~tl~e~~ dialog.
b, off Sle~,Site ~,igiro~~ Lieezases,
There are rr~any regulatiar~s pertarnrr~ to ex~stln at~d ~~ew l~q~~ar licenses, including those afthe
A~. The pity agrees to work with the stakeholders i~~ the comrrrr~nity incl~~ding l~en~bc~~s aftl~c
allabarati~re to identify any prablern b~~sinesses and collaborate with ABA for er~farce~rrent, a~~d
agrees to notify tl~e stakeholders in tl~e cam~nun~ty lnclt~d~n ~ne~nbers oftl~e ~allaborati~e ifa~r~r
new licenses in tl~e area are subrnrtted to tl~e arty for cotrsideratian in tl~e fi~t~rre. ~
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c, #a#ial~ his#~'ic# ~es~g~~ safety ~lei~ien#,
pity a~•ees ensl~re that the design ele~nents of the pr~teets tl~e safety local residents
al~d sch~oi Cllildl'~n, ~at~~ of these standards are set fo~~th in tl~e traffic g~ideiines ap~~'o~ed at
tl~e same tune as tine
allaboi•ati~~e ~l~li~a#Ioi~s
Tl~e allal~orati~e aril its constitu~i~t ~~etn~e~•s agree to formally and publiel~ s~ioi't and
endorse the T~, the EIR, the I)I~A at~d tl~e et~ti~•e station Dist~'ict project thraugl~ hoth letters of
Sl~~~~i't aid T t~t~l~~{~~~ ~VU~~inVll~r
'~Y ~rmr~~ of #~~e I~e~al ffeCf
The signatoi+ies ackna~ledge that this 11011-binding 1~~ C~1~stitutes only a mutual statet~le~~t of
i~ltei'est oi• intent It does not constit~~te a hindir~ legai obligation and shall not impose ~11~
Coilti'aet~al abl~gatiot~s, eo~enants, coa~tr~itine~~ts v~hatsoe~ei', Ali s1gl~atorles acl~no~vl~de that
any participa~lt's signature o~4 endo~~setnet~t ofthis ~~,sl~all not create ai1~r sort of legal or
e~ilitable cause of action, there specific terms a~+e cot~te~npl~ted to another dac~~~~~er~t a~'
age+ee~~et~t si~cl~ as the DDA and tl~e T~, such rcfereilce t~~ this shall not wafer' a~1~ third
pain beneficiary sta#~ts to tie Collal~orati~re or at1~ of its constit~~eilt ineinbers.
~F THE ABTA AAA
D~~ t D ~ ~ l~~A ~NTI~IA ~LU~
it}~ Manager i~~ec~~ti~e Director
~I~I~~I~~R,~T~~l•~
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