HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE_75AMitre-Ramirez, Norma
From: Huizar, Maria
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 6:01 PM
To: Martinez, Michele; Amezcua, Angelica; Reyna, Roman; Benavides, David; Tinajero, Sal;
Sarmiento, Vince; Pulido, Miguel
Cc: Cavazos, David; Carvalho, Sonia R.; Trevino, Jay
Subject: Fwd: Comments on Agenda Item # 75A: 1901 E. First Street
Attachments: Ltr_SA CC 1901 First Street_13.10.21.pdf; ATT840316.htm
Letter received from Kennedy Commission.
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From: linda tang <kencomlt33ggmail.com>
Date: October 21, 2013 5:47:32 PM PDT
To: "Huizar, Maria" <mhuizar ,lama-ana.org>
Cc: Cesar Covarrubias <cesarc(4kennedycommission.org>, Daisy Gonzalez
<daisyggkennedycommission.org>
Subject: RE: Comments on Agenda Item # 75A: 1901 E. First Street
Reply-To: <lindatkkennedycommission.org>
Dear City Clerk Huizar,
Please find attached the Kennedy Commission's comments regarding today's City Council
Agenda Item #75A- Amendment to Development Agreement for a New Multi-Family
Residential Development at 1901 E. First Street- Lyon Community Development.
Thank you for your help and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
Sincerely,
Linda Tang
The Kennedy Commission
17701 Cowan Ave., Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92614
p:(949)250-0909
f: (949) 263-0647
www.Icennedycornrnission.org
10/22/2013 12:41 PM
12:41 PM
October 21, 2013
The Honorable Mayor Miguel Pulido, Mayor of Santa Ana
and Members of the Santa Ana City Council
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92701
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www.kennedyconnnission.org
17701 Cowan Ave., Suite 200
Irvine, CA 92614
949 250 0909
Fax 949 263 0647
ItE: Support for Affordable Homes: 1901 E. First Street- Lyon Community Development
Dear Mayor Pulido and Members of the City Council:
The Kennedy Commission (the Commission) is a broad based coalition of residents and
community organizations that advocates for the production of homes affordable for families
earning less than $20,000 annually in Orange County. Formed in 2001, the Commission has been
successful in partnering and working with jurisdictions in Orange County to create strategic and
effective housing policies that has led to the new construction of homes affordable to lower
income work-force families.
The Commission would like to acknowledge and commend the City for its leadership in
encouraging and facilitating the development of homes affordable to lower income families. By
the end of this year, the City will have completed 191 new affordable rental apartment homes
and in addition, the City has an affordable mixed-use residential development in the pipeline.
The Commission urges the City to continue its great efforts in addressing the City's housing needs
for lower income families at the 1901 East First Street Lyon Community Development. We
support the City Council Ad Hoc Committee's recommendation to include 10 affordable homes in
the 1901 East First Street development; however, we recommend the Council consider
incorporating deeper targets of affordability that are deed restricted to very low-income families,
one of the City's largest needs. According to the California Department of Housing and
Community Development, a household of four earning $48,150 is categorized as very low-income
(please refer to attached).
The Commission looks forward to continuing our partnership with the City to increase affordable
home opportunities for lower income working families. If there are any questions, please feel
free to contact me at (949) 250-0909 or cesare@kennedycommission.org.
Sincerely,
Cesar Covarrub s
Executive Director
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