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S.A. - Page 292 of 302 Before entitling a project similar to the Greystar project (1585 Studios, a small property with 26 Studio Apartments for people with developmental disabilities in Mountain View), the City of Mountain View conducted a parking study of other inclusive housing projects for people with developmental disabilities Based on that parking study, the City entitled the project with no resident parking. Of the 10 parking spaces provided at the site: • 2 parking spots are reserved for the Property Manager and Maintenance staff. (In addition to the 26 studio apartments, the project has a 2 -bedroom apartment occupied by either the Property Manager or the Maintenance staff.) • 2 parking spaces are fully ADA accessible and are not available to guests and visitors without disability parking placards or license plates. • 6 parking spaces are unreserved and available for guests and visitors. The 1585 Studios project opened in July 2015, and since then has not experienced a parking shortage at any time of night or day. This indicates that the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities in the project would facilitate the reduction of parking requirements at the Greystar project. Affordability Because of San Mateo County's high area median income, many adults with developmental disabilities are unable to meet minimum income requirements for a studio apartment at 50% of Area Median Income. Even a studio priced at 30% of San Mateo County's Area Median Income will be unaffordable to an adult who depends solely on SSI of $940/month. Although many of the adults targeted for this property will have full-time or part-time jobs and will not depend solelyon SSI, they are typically working minimum wage positions in the retail and service sector at around $15/hour. The current public health crisis has taken its greatest toll on this sector of employment. Therefore, we strongly encourage HIP Housing and Greystar to discuss with the County of San Mateo the ability to reserve Project -Based Vouchers for some of the units. Project -Based Vouchers are allowed to be awarded to units for people with disabilities who require certain coordinated services at the property, which is the basis for allowing targeting of Project -Based Vouchers to people served by Housing Choices and Golden Gate Regional Center. Minimum and Maximum Number of Units Housing Choices requests that a minimum of eight units be subject to a preference for people with developmental disabilities. This minimum is needed for the efficiency of providing on-site staff. We typically request that up to 25% (in this case 10 units) be subject to a preference for people with developmental disabilities. However, in smaller projects, where space and parking is limited, we often receive more than 25% of the total units, up to 100%, for example, at 1585 Studios, described above. For more information, please contact Jan Stokley, Executive Director, man@housingchoices.org, direct line 408-713-2613. 295