HomeMy WebLinkAboutCORRESPONDENCE - 75BAugust 4, 2015
City Council Meeting
Correspondence for Item 75B (Housing opportunity ordinance)
1 Steven C. LaMotte, Director of Government Affairs, Building Industry Association
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Mitre -Ramirez, Norma
From: Huizar, Maria
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 3:04 PM
To: Mitre -Ramirez, Norma
Cc: Trujillo, Rose Ann; Orozco, Norma; Gray, Jacob; Alcala, Abigail
Subject: FW: BIA/OC Letter Regarding HOO Proposed Updates
Attachments: BIAOC - Santa Ana HOO Updates - 8.4.15.pdf
Letter for the record.
From: Magallon, Becky
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 8:12 AM
To: Huizar, Maria
Subject: FW: BIA/OC Letter Regarding HOD Proposed Updates
Maria,
I'm forwarding correspondence that the City Council received regarding item 75B.
Becky
From: Steve La Motte [mailto:slamotte@biaoc.com]
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 5:44 PM
To: Pulido, Miguel; Sarmiento, Vince; Martinez, Michele; Tinajero, Sal; Amezcua, Angelica; Benavides, David; Reyna,
Roman
Cc: !City Council
Subject: BIA/OC Letter Regarding H00 Proposed Updates
Mayor and Councilmembers,
Please accept the attached letter regarding the proposed Housing Opportunity Ordinance (H00) updates listed under
item 75B to be heard on the August 4th City Council Meeting.
Best,
Steven C. LaMotte
Director of Government Affairs
Building Industry Association I Orange County Chapter (BIA/OC)
(949) 553-9500 ext. 863
(949) 777-3863 Direct
SLaMotteC@biaoc.com
Building Industry Association of Southern California, Inc
ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER
August 4, 2015
Mayor Miguel Pulido
Honorable Councilmembers
City of Santa Ana
22 Civic Center Plaza
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Re: Proposed Updates to the Housing Opportunity Ordinance
Dear Mayor Pulido and Honorable Councilmembers:
On behalf of our membership, I would like to offer our support for the
proposed changes to the City's Housing Opportunity Ordinance.
The Building Industry Association of Southern California, Orange
County Chapter (BIA/OC) is a non-profit trade association of over 1,000
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 2nd 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 needs more housing, and the proposed
changes to the City's Housing Opportunity Ordinance will create more
flexibility and predictability for the development community.
06
BIR
PRESIDENT
JOAN MARCUS-COLVIN
THE NEW HOME COMPANY
VICE PRESIDENT
JIM YATES
RANCHO MISSION VIEJO
TREASURER
PHIL BODEM
TAYLOR MORRISON
SECRETARY
MIKE GARTI AN
KB HOME
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
DONNA KELLY
LENNAR
TRADE CONTRACTOR V.P.
ALAN BOUDREAU
BOUDREAU PIPELINE CORPORATIO
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
MARK HIMMELSTEIN
NEWMEYER & MILLION, LLP
MEMBER -AT -LARGE
MIKE MCMILLEN
TRI POINTE HOMES
MEMBER -AT -LARGE
SCOTT STARKEY
STARKEY COMMUNICATIONS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MICHAEL BALSAMO
Specifically, we feel several key components of the proposal are
favorable:
1. The adaptive re -use exemption
2. The SB 1818 concessions for projects above 20 units
3. The 15% moderate level income requirement for for -sale projects
4. Allowing a reasonable in -lieu fee for projects below 20 units
Our only suggested modification to the proposed update would be to
encourage the City Council to consider increasing the threshold for
allowing the in -lieu fee to be utilized from 20 units to 50 units.
Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.
Respectfully,
Michael Balsamo
Chief Executive Officer