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HomeMy WebLinkAbout006 - Appendix E - Affordable Housing Plan8 Aspen Affordable Housing Plan 1.19.2024 Project Description 8 Aspen is a mixed-use project site located west of the North 7th Avenue U-Haul and southwest of Gallatfn Valley Furniture. The project site is vacant and is generally bound by North 8th Avenue, Aspen and Juniper Streets. This infill project targets a best use scenario for the site by delivering higher density, smart-growth development with for-rent workforce and affordable housing near the core of Midtown. This project will provide much needed housing in a central locatfon and will foster desirable, walkable urban living, especially as Midtown contfnues to evolve. Furthermore, this project will provide tenant amenitfes not common to most multffamily developments in the area. The development proposed consists of one building to be constructed in a single phase. At full build out the site will include one building totaling 232,167 SF and off-street parking. The building is located on the north end of the site and consists of 5 floors of residentfal for-rent units, a second-floor parking garage, and a first floor of commercial, lobby, and parking. 40 percent of the total residentfal units will be affordable, offered for rent at 60% AMI. The project will also provide open space and tenant amenitfes on site, both on the ground level and on Levels 2 & 3. Additfonally, each of the upper floors has a shared balcony. The commercial space will front onto Aspen Street, providing an actfve and engaging streetscape. The Applicant is partnering with HRDC in order to offer these units first to the local workforce, individuals and families that qualify within the 60% AMI price range. Response to Affordable Housing Plan Requirements (38.380.040) 1.Informatfon required. a. The total number of affordable homes, and market rate homes in the proposed development. Response: The project proposes to construct 289 total units. 40% of the total units (116 total) will be deed restricted for 30 years at 60% of AMI for Gallatin County. b. The table in 38.380.020 to be applied to the affordable housing plan. Response: This project will only meet the requirements for the Shallow Incentives outlined in table 38.380.020-2 (below). This project is a mixed-use project containing multi-household dwellings. Of the dwellings proposed 40% of them (116 units) will be provided at 60% of AMI for a period of 30 years. c. The number of bedrooms in each proposed low income affordable home, and market rate home in the development. Response: This project proposed all one-bedroom units. 40% of the units will be LIHTC affordable units, which breaks down 116, 1-Bedroom units. The remaining 173 units will be market rate. d. Whether each affordable home will be offered for rental or for sale. Response: These units will be offered for rent. e. The locatfon of affordable lots or units in the development. Response: The affordable units will be throughout the building but will be primarily located on the lower levels. The intention is to mix the market rate and affordable units together, so there is no distinguishable difference between the units. f. The applicable AMI and maximum rental or sales price applicable to each low income affordable home. Response: The project will have 40% of the units at 60% AMI in Gallatin County, which for 2023 correlates to $1,184 for 1-bedroom units. These rent prices will be evaluated each year for compliance with 60% of AMI. g. A descriptfon of the requested incentfves from sectfon 38.380.030. Response: The Applicant is requesting to take advantage of the Shallow Incentives, specially the two additional stories allowed under section 38.380.030.C.3.C for the B-2M zoning district. This increases the maximum height from five stories (mixed-use building) to seven stories. h. Any other informatfon that is reasonably necessary to evaluate the compliance of the affordable housing plan with the requirements of this division, as determined by the review authority. Providing 40% 60% of AMI 30 Years Response: The applicant is in the process of preparing an application for LIHTC 4% tax credits. The goal is to have this application submitted to the State shortly. i. If the development is to be constructed in phases: (1) The required informatfon may include specific commitments for the first phase of development and estfmates for later phases of development, provided the combinatfon of committed and estfmated low-income affordable homes in the development equals or exceeds the minimum required to qualify for the incentfves requested. Response: This project has only one building and will be built in a single phase, therefore this item is not applicable. (2) As the number of low-income affordable homes for each later phase is finalized, the developer must submit an update to the affordable housing plan including or updatfng the informatfon required in this sectfon. The review authority shall review and approve, approve with conditfons, or deny the update using the criteria in this sectfon. Response: This project has only one building and will be built in a single phase, therefore this item is not applicable. 2.Development standards for affordable homes. a. The number of affordable homes must meet or exceed the minimum standards needed to qualify for the applicable incentfve in sectfon 38.380.030. Response: The applicant is going above and beyond the requirements necessary for the Affordable Housing Incentives. The applicant is providing significantly more affordable units than are required at a lower price point than is required. b. The mix of bedrooms per unit in affordable homes must be as similar as possible to the mix of bedrooms per unit of the market-rate homes in the development. Response: This project proposes entirely 1-bedroom units and therefore the variation will be the exact same. c. Access to shared amenitfes and services by residents of the affordable homes must be the same as to those in market rate homes in the development. Response: All the shared amenities within and around the building will be open to all the residents of the 8 Aspen project. d. If the development is to be constructed in phases, and the developer has requested affordable housing incentfves, at least 75 percent of the dwelling units in each phase must be affordable homes, unless the city has received adequate legal or financial assurance that any shortiall during earlier phases will be constructed before approval of the final phase of development. Response: This project will be built in a single phase and therefore this item is not applicable.