Santa Ana
City Council
18. Density Bonus Agreement Post
No. 2026-03 - Watermarke
Sandpointe Mixed-Use
Development (200 East
Sandpointe Ave.)
Department(s): Planning
and Building Agency,
Community Development
Agency
Recommended Action: 1.
Adopt a resolution
approving Density Bonus
Agreement No. 2026-03;
and
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-
XXX entitled A
RESOLUTION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
APPROVING DENSITY
BONUS AGREEMENT NO.
2026-03 FOR A MIXED-
USE DEVELOPMENT
WITH 400 UNIT
RESIDENTIAL UNITS,
INCLUDING 20 UNITS
PROPOSED AS
AFFORDABLE TO
EXTREMELY LOW-
INCOME HOUSEHOLDS,
AND 13,887 SQUARE
FEET OF COMMERCIAL
SPACE FOR THE
PROPERTY LOCATED AT
200 EAST SANDPOINTE
AVENUE (APNS: 411-111-
07, 411-111-09, 411-111-10,
AND 411-111-11)
2. Authorize the City
Manager to execute a
Density Bonus Agreement
with CM Sandpointe, LLC,
GH Sandpointe LLC, VMT
Sandpointe LLC, and QC
Sandpointe LLC, with a 55-
year covenant term, for a
rental residential
development consisting of a
400 unit multi-family
residential development,
including 20 affordable units
(5% of the total units)
proposed as affordable to
extremely low-income
households, at the property
located at 200 East
Sandpointe Avenue
(Agreement No. A-2026-
XXX); and
3. Determine that, pursuant
to the California
Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) and the CEQA
Guidelines, the
recommended action
(below) is exempt from
further review under
Sections 15183 and 15162.