Affordable Housing Agreement between the City of Lake Forest, the Lake Forest Housing Authority, and National Community Renaissance
Summary
SCH Number
2025030798
Public Agency
City of Lake Forest
Document Title
Affordable Housing Agreement between the City of Lake Forest, the Lake Forest Housing Authority, and National Community Renaissance
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/20/2025
Document Description
This project is an affordable housing agreement between the City of Lake Forest, the Lake Forest Housing Authority, and National Community Renaissance. The agreement commits the City and Authority to a total of $4.35 million loan of the City’s Affordable Housing In Lieu Fees and the Authority’s Low and Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund for the development of a 50-unit affordable housing apartment complex developed by National Community Renaissance. The development project is currently being processed as ministerial by-right process. The Agreement also stipulates the legal terms and conditions for the City and Authority loan.
Contact Information
Name
Jennifer Mansur
Agency Name
City of Lake Forest
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Name
Alexa Washburn
Agency Name
National Community Renaissance
Job Title
Chief Development Officer
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Location
Cities
Lake Forest
Counties
Orange
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
Aspan St and Muirlands Blvd
Zip
92630
Parcel #
617-491-04
Other Location Info
22471 Aspan Street
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) and 15378(b)(4), Government Code Section 21080(b)(1) and 65651(b)(2)
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed project is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sec-tions 15060(c)(3) and 15378(b)(4) of the State CEQA Guidelines, which provides that the definition of a CEQA project does not include the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. The AHA is not a project because it is an agreement to pro-vide financial assistance for a ministerially approved affordable housing development that was not a pro-ject subject to CEQA review pursuant to Government Code Section 21080(b)(1). As such, the AHA is not a project subject to CEQA and no further environmental review is required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City also finds that if the AHA is a project subject to CEQA, the action approving the AHA is exempt from CEQA as it is in furtherance of a permanent supportive housing project which is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to California Government Code Section 65651(b)(2) that was not a project subject to CEQA review pursuant to Government Code Section 21080(b)(1).
County Clerk
Orange
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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