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f BU I LDI NG I N DUSTRY OF SOUTH ERN CALI FORN IA, I NC. <br />ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER <br />i <br />EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE <br />December 7, 2021 <br />PRESIDENT <br />Mayor Vicente Sarmlento <br />y <br />SKUMIIM <br />KIRK E NTI <br />RENTAL LIVING <br />City of Santa Ana <br />22 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />1�T VICE PRESIDENT <br />EPIC NELSON <br />TPUMAPK HOMES <br />Dear Mayor and Council, <br />TREASURER <br />On November 16, 2021, the City Council for the City of Santa Ana ("City") held a public hearing <br />BROOKE DOI <br />during which it addressed Zoning Amendment No. 2021-03 ("Repealing and Reenacting in its <br />SHEA HOMES <br />Entirety Article XVIILI. of Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code Regarding the Housing <br />Opportunity Ordinance"). The Orange County Chapter of the Building Industry Association of <br />SECRETARY <br />Southern California (`BIA/OC") objects to the scope of the City Council's changes to the Housing <br />NICOLE MURRAY <br />Opportunity Ordinance ("HOO") after it was introduced. For the reasons set forth in this letter, <br />TAYLOP MORRISON <br />BIA/OC respectfully requests that the new, re -imagined HOO ordinance be sent back to the <br />Planning Commission for further review and public input. <br />TRADE CONTRACTOR VP <br />On the night of November 16, and into the early morning of the next day, the City Council proposed <br />ALAN BOUDREAU <br />BOUDREAU PIPELINE <br />a dizzying array of amendments to the HOO ordinance, fundamentally changing what had been <br />publicly vetted. As detailed below, the Council made a variety of substantive, non -clerical, and <br />non -typographical changes that the public, the Planning Commission, and City Staff never had a <br />ASSOCIATE MEMBER VP <br />chance to review, including: <br />MARK HIMMELSTEIN <br />NEWMEVER & DILLION, LLP <br />• Altering priorities for the use of the inclusionary housing fund not directly <br />relating to the production of affordable housing units; <br />MEMBER AT LARGE <br />PETER VANEK <br />• Altering inclusionary rates for for -sale units; <br />INTPEGAL COMMUNITIES <br />• Mandating skilled and trained workforce and local hire, phased in at two levels; <br />O November 16, 2021 to December 31, 2025: MEMBER AT LARGE <br />• $15: no requirements SEAN MATSLEP <br />■ $10: 30 percent skilled and trained workforce and two trades, Cox, CASTLE, a NICHOLSON LLP <br />and 20 percent local hire <br />• $5: 60 percent skilled and trained workforce and three trades, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT <br />and 20 percent local hire PICK WOOD <br />O January 1, 2026 onward: <br />■ $15: 30 percent skilled and trained workforce and 35 percent <br />local hire VICE PRESIDENT OC CHAPTER <br />■ $10: 60 percent skilled and trained workforce and 35 percent ADAM WOOD <br />local hire BIASC <br />■ $5: 90 percent skilled and trained workforce and 35 percent local <br />hire <br />• Incorporating a 4/5 vote requirement for future amendments <br />17192 M U R P HY AVE #14445, I RV I N E, CA 92623 <br />949-553-9500 1 BIAOC.COM <br />