City Hall
456 West Olive Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3707
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sunnyvale.ca.gov
September 13, 2022
Gus
tavo Velasquez
California Department of Housing and Community Development 2020 West El Camino Avenue, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95833
Re:
Letter of Support for 1178 Sonora Court Infill Infrastructure Grant Application Dear
Mr. Velasquez,
The
City of Sunnyvale writes to you in support of MidPen Housing’s 176-unit affordable housing development at 1178 Sonora Court in Sunnyvale. Located on City-owned property, the project will help achieve the goals of the City’s Housing Element of the General Plan by providing adequate housing to meet the needs of the City’s lower-income households and special needs population. Additionally, due to its location adjacent to the Lawrence Caltrain station, this development will increase the supply of high quality, transit-oriented affordable housing in Sunnyvale.
The
City has already committed to provide support for this much needed affordable housing project. In February of 2020, the City awarded the project $14,000,000 in local Housing Mitigation Funds. This award included the amount for the City to purchase the 1178 Sonora Court property, which is currently leased to MidPen Housing for the purpose of this affordable housing project. The Planning Commission approved a Special Development Permit for the project on November 8, 2021.
The
City supports MidPen Housing’s application for Infill Infrastructure Grant of 2019 (IIG- 2019) funding under HCD’s SuperNOFA, as well as any future funding application for 1178 Sonora Court that MidPen may submit to HCD’s IIG program through June 30, 2025. An award of IIG funding will bring this project one step closer to completion. We thank you for your consideration of this letter and look forward to welcoming this project to Sunnyvale.
Sin
cerely,
La
rry Klein
Mayor, City of Sunnyvale
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