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Home My WebLink AboutCORRESPONDENCE - 75AFebruary 2, 2016 City Council Meeting Correspondence 75A - PUBLIC HEARING - FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 2015-01 Date of Sender/Representative Agency 1. 01/29/2016 Larry Bose Orange County Business Council 2. 02/01/2016 Cesar Covarrubias The Kennedy Commission 3. 02/02/2016 Mike Balsamo BIASC Orange County Chapter 4. 02/02/2016 Brian Hendricks Magis Realty, LLC 5. 02/02/2016 Deanne Tate Veterans First IlgreaigazoolclerOgendas12016 Agendas\Exhibits 2016- Current Meeting�_2016-02-02 ExhIbits_Correspondence 25D.doc FAX TRANSMITTAL DATE; January 29, 2016 Cai I FROM: Larry Grose Orange County Business Council 2 Park Plaza, Suite 100 Irvine, CA 92614 TO: Clerk of the Council: 714-647-6956 COMPANY., City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana CA 92701 RE: February 2, 2016 City Council Meeting TRANSMISSION VIA: ❑ U.S. Mail Z FAX Transmittal ❑FedEx Delivery Co ies 1 Pa es 3 incl Descri tion Letter regarding Agenda Item 75A:forFebruary 2, 2016 City Councilcover meeting.Please distribute to councilmembeThank you! THESE ARE TRANSMITTED AS CHECKED SELOW ❑ For Approval ❑ No Exceptions Taken ❑ Copies for Approval ❑ For Your Use ❑ Approved as Noted ❑ Copies for Distribution ❑ As Requested ❑ Revise 8L Resubmit ❑ Corrected Prints ❑ For Review and Comment ❑ For Bids Due ❑ Prints Returned After Loan to Us ❑ Other CCM: 02/02/2016 Item 75A CC ORANGE COUNTY BUSINESS COUNCIL January 29, 2016 2 Park Plaza, Suite 100 I Irvine, CA 92614.5904 1 P 9 147 , aP2 IjF 949.476.9240 1 www.ocbc.org 'L E:;'` , The Honorable Mayor Miguel Pulido and Members of the City Council City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana, CA 92701 SUBJECT: First Street Apartments, 1440 East First Street, City of Santa Ana Item 75A scheduled for City Council consideration on February 2, 2016 Dear Mr. Mayor and Members of the City Council: Orange County Business Council (OCBC) is pleased to provide this letter of support for First Street Apartments located at 1440 E. First Street in the City of Santa Ana — a 69 unit affordable workforce housing development proposed by AMCAL Multi -Housing (AMCAL). A key initiative of OCBC is assuring an adequate supply of all types of housing for Orange County's workforce, Our research indicates that Orange County's housing shortage is as much as 62,000 units today with the potential of the shortfall to grow to 100,000 units in the very near future. By approving AMCAL's proposed project, the City will add to the county's housing supply thus helping alleviate the housing crisis we face today. AMCAL is widely recognized as a leader in the industry, with over 35 years of experience developing high quality market rate and affordable housing throughout the State, including rental, ownership, and special needs housing. With a track record of significant accomplishments, the City of Santa Ana could not ask for a better community partner than AMCAL. Recently completed workforce housing communities in Orange County by AMCAL also addressed local inclusionary housing requirements: Alegre Apartments in the City of Irvine, which received the 2015 Project of the Year Award by the Kennedy Commission; and Oceana Apartments in Huntington Beach, in partnership with the City and TRI Point Homes, which held its Grand Opening last week. AMCAL's First Street Apartments will provide numerous benefits to the City of Santa Ana and achieve multiple objectives, including greatly needed affordable workforce housing, the delivery of qualify onsite social services, community investment, redevelopment, and a rare THE LEADING VOICE OF BUSINESS IN ORANGE COUNTY "Smart Growth" opportunity to provide development where workers can take advantage of public transit with easy access to employment centers, including downtown Santa Ana. Additionally, the development will be designed to provide a mix of two, three and four-bedroom unit sizes to ensure that a diverse segment of the community is housed. With all that the community has to gain with the First Street Apartments, OCBC stands in support of the project and hope you will as well Sincerely, a OW'A� Lar lse Vice President Investor Relations and Business Development LFB:hs February 1, 2016 Mayor Miguel Pulido City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 and Council Mehl r r�FF RE: Item 75A - First Street Apartments, City of Santa Ana Dear Mayor Pulido and Council Members: www.kenaadyaommissi on, org 17701 Cowan Ave., Suite 200 Irvino,CA 92614 949 250 0909 Fax 949 263 0647 The Kennedy Commission is writing in support of First Street Apartments proposed by AMCAL Multi -Housing, Inc. (AMCAL). Located at 1440 East First Street, the proposed development will provide 69 units of high quality affordable housing. The site is well-suited for affordable housing and conveniently located near amenities, educational facilities and recreation services. Fust Street Apartments is also a part of an important revitalization effort to develop residential uses along the Fast Street coffidor — a key gateway for the City of Santa. Ana. AMCAL's proposal is consistent with the vision of local planting documents for the City of Santa Ana. The site is listed as a housing opportunity site in the City's Housing Element, as adopted by the City Council. The rental units, 100% affordable to households earning between 30% and 60% of the Area Median Income, include 3 and 4 bedroom units for larger families, which is greatly needed in Santa Ana. AMCAL is one of the largest affordable housing developers in California, with a strong track record in Orange County, including Vista del Rio in Santa Ana (recipient of the Project of the Year Award), Anaheim, Westminster, Irvine and Huntington Beach. We recently attended the Grand Opening event for Oceana Apartments in Huntington Beach, which was developed in partnership with the City and TRI Point Homes to meet the City's Inclusionary housing requirements. AMCAL also completed Alegre Apartments in Irvine last year, which also received the Project of the Year Award in Orange County. AMCAL's proposal will provide greatly needed, high quality affordable housing in Santa Ana and we ask for your support of this important development, Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions, I can be reached at (949) 2.50-0909 or cesarc@kerrnedycommission.org. Sincerely, Cesar Covarrubias Executive Director Mitre -Ramirez, Norma From: Sent: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Mayor and City Council, Huizar, Maria Tuesday, February 02, 2016 4:32 PM Cavazos, David; Carvalho, Sonia R. Item 75A, City Council Agenda DOC108.PDF Attached is another letter of support on Agenda Item 75A. It has been entered into the record. Thank you kindly. From: Mike Balsamo [mailto:MBalsamo@biaoc.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 10:59 AM To: eComment Cc: Haghani, Hassan; Steve La Motte Subject: Item 75A, City Council Agenda Dear Santa Ana City Clerk: Please be sure the Mayor and Councilmembers receive the attached letter as part of the public record for the meeting tonight. Please reply to confirm receipt of this email. Thank you! Mike Balsamo Chief Executive Officer BIASC Orange County Chapter 24 Executive Park, Ste 100 Irvine, CA 92614 (949) 553-9500 ext. 860 (949) 777-3860 direct www.biaoc.com 1 Building Industry Association of Southern California, Inc ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER February 2, 2016 Mayor Miguel Pulido & Honorable Councilmembers City of Santa Ana 22 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Re: ITEM 75.A., CITY COUNCIL AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 2ND, 2016 Dear Mayor Pulido and Honorable Councilmembers: The Building Industry Association of Southern California, Orange County Chapter (BIA/OC) is a non-profit trade association of over 1,100 member companies employing over 100,000 people affiliated with the home building industry. The Orange County Chapter represents the largest member base within BIA Southern California. Our mission is to champion housing as the foundation of vibrant and sustainable communities. Statewide, Orange County is ranked 2^B only to the Bay area for the highest housing prices. This is largely due to 1) lack of adequate housing stock, 2) a jobs to housing imbalance, and 3) lack of available land coupled with excessive regulation on the housing industry. Policies that support the production of housing allow for fundamental economic principles of supply and demand to occur. Furthermore, the City of Santa Ana's Economic Development website identifies population density as 12,440 people per square mile, much higher than Costa Mesa, at 7,024 or, the city of Los Angeles, at 8,282 per square mile. In short, the City has a timely need for more housing for all income levels. The Santa Ana Planning Commission has formally recommended approval of the Heritage Mixed Use Development and specifically recommended to the City Council that the in -lieu affordable housing fees from that project be dedicated to the proposed First Street Apartments. AMCAL Multi -Housing, Inc. intends to develop the First Street Apartments and the project is ideally suited to benefit the City. The 69 apartment homes will be 100% affordable to Santa Ana families earning between 30% and 60% of median income and will include 3 and 4 bedroom floorplans. Furthermore, this project is centrally located on First Street not far from the I-5 Freeway and Grand Avenue, an area that will benefit greatly from new capital investment and revitalization. AMCAL is a reputable developer in our region and maintains a very high level of credibility for effectively executing affordable housing in Orange County. They have recently celebrated tremendous public private partnerships in Irvine with Alegre Apartments and in Huntington Beach with Oceana Apartments. We strongly encourage 11 A BIR PRESIDENT JIM YATES RANCHO MISSION VIEJO VICE PRESIDENT PHIL BODEM TAYLOR MORRISON TREASURER MIKE GARTLAN KBHOME SECRETARY RICK WOOD TRI POINTE HOMES IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT JOAN MARCUS-COLVIN THE NEW HOME COMPANY TRADE CONTRACTOR V P. ALAN BOUDREAU BOUDREAU PIPELINE CORPORATION ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT MARK HIMMELSTEIN NEWMEYER & DILLION. LLP MEMBER�AT.LARGE LAURA ARCHULETA JAMBOREE HOUSING MEMBER -AT -LARGE SCOTT STARKEY STARKEY COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MICHAEL BALSAMO the City Council to follow the Planning Commission's recommendation for dedicating in -lieu fees to the First Street Apartments. As always, we remain a resource to the City of Santa Ana on important issues that are related to the health and prosperity of our local communities. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration. Respectfully, 71u,.4� Michael Balsam Chief Executive Officer Alcala, Abigail From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 6:10 PM To: eComment Subject: FW: 2001 E Dyer Development and in -lieu fees From: Brian Hendricks[mailto:bhendricksamagisrealty.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 5:26 PM To: Hu!zar, Maria Subject: Re: 2001 E Dyer Development and in -lieu fees Hi Maria ... I accidentally misspelled your last name in the original email. Please see below. Thank youl I hope all is well with youl Best, Brian From: Brian Hendricks <bhendricks@magisrealty.com> Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 5:22 PM To: <c!tycouncil@santa-ana.ore>, <mhuizer@santa-ana.orR> Subject: 2001 E Dyer Development and in -lieu fees (Hello Maria, can you please forward this email or print it out for council members prior to this item be discussed and voted on? Thankyou!) Dear Honorable Members of the City Council, Thank you for you continued service to the great City of Santa Ana. I write to you this afternoon regarding an agenda item on tonight's city council meeting agenda. I'm referring to item 75A under public hearings. My specific concern is the 3rd item under recommended actions that reads, "Option to consider modifying proposed Development Agreement to direct the in -lieu fees as recommended by the Planning Commission." As I read through the staff report I noticed that this included directing in -lieu fees to the Amcal development being proposed on East 1st Street. I wanted to express my strong opposition to this item. As far I understand, both as policy and intent, the City of Santa Ana should use and RFP process to award these types of in -lieu fees to the most qualified and excellent projects. That keeps things transparent and fair. It also guarantees that the best developments will be selected through a consistent process. I would recommend that the city reconsider this action and have the money flow through the RFP process. If it does not go through the RFP process, it will set a precedent on how these things can be done and significantly confuse the process for both market rate and affordable housing developers. As you all know, developers put a very high value on certainty and consistency of process. It also creates the appearance of non -transparency. Also, it is important to note that this project is 18 acres. Developments of this size and scope rarely happen in our city. That being the case, the in -lieu fee is uniquely large. For this reason, these funds deserve to go through the RFP process even more than others, considering the powerful impact they could have on bringing more quality affordable housing developments to Santa Ana. Thank you very much for your consideration. Best regards, Brian Hendricks Brian Hendricks Magis Realty, LLC 937 N Santiago St. Santa Ana, CA 92701 Alcala, Abigail From: Huizar, Maria Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 2:45 PM Cc: Cavazos, David; Haghani, Hassan; Fregoso, Vince; Reenders, Kelly; Carvalho, Sonia R. Subject: AMCAL LETTER OF SUPPORT Attachments: Mario Letter.docx Mayor and City Council, Attached of your review and consideration is a letter of support for AMCAL From: Deanne Tate fmailto:dtateCcbveteransfirstoc.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 11:10 AM To: Huizar, Maria Subject: AMCAL Please distribute this letter of support for AMCAL to the appropriate members of the City Council and the Mayor. Thank you in advance. Deanne Tate President/CEO Veterans First 1 January 28, 2016 v£i£P�riS The Honorable Mayor Miguel Pulido and Santa Ana City Council First City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988, M31 Santa Ana, CA 92701 Board of Directors Deanne Tate President/CEO SUBJECT: Item 75A, First Street Apartments Richard Allen, USMC City Council Meeting, February 2, 2016 (Program Graduate) Dr. Alfonso Alvarez, CNG Dear Mayor Pulido and Members of the City Council: OC social Services Daniel Foster, USA Veterans First is writing in support of First Street Apartments located at 1440 Silver Star Recipient OEF E. First Street in the City of Santa Ana - an affordable housing community Honorary Advisory Board proposed by AMCAL Multi -Housing, Inc. (AMCAL). Founded over 40 years Honorable Ed Royce ago, and headquartered in the City of Santa Ana, Veterans First is the only Honorable Loretta Sanchez 501 c(3) agency in Orange County that works to provide services exclusively Judge Eileen Moore, USA to our region's veterans. Our organization provides a multitude of services AdvisorvBoard including housing, meals, life coaching counseling, life skills, access to Cherie Navarro, CEO mental health counseling, benefit counseling, transportation, as well as job Military Children's Charity training and employment placement assistance. Darlene Powell, OCMHA Mental Health Counselor aeniferschmuiz,LMFT Service members encounter a series of needs as they transition out of the Drug& Alcohol Therapist military, and access to decent, affordable housing is one of the greatest Corporate Offices needs for veterans in Santa Ana and Orange County. In particular, there is 1611 North Broadway a great need for the type of housing proposed by AMCAL, with a unique mix Santa Ana, CA 927o6 of two, three and four-bedroom unit sizes to ensure that families and a Tel: 714-547-0615 diverse segment of the community is housed. www.veteransfirstoe.org Fed Tax ID: #23-7143157 CFC: #78889 We support the AMCAL development on First Street and we hope the City Council will also support it. Memberships Nall Coalition Homeless Vets OCVMFC Thank you for your consideration. Kennedy Commission OC Shelter Providers OneOC Sincerely, American Legion District #29 VVA #765 VETERANS FIRST NAMI %� /%vne 567;&P Founder of the Following: _(We OC stand Down 2011 Deanne Tate OCVMFC 2012 President/CEO Providing Services to Veterans Since 1971