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EXHIBIT 1 <br />August ] 1, 2020 <br />Honorable Mayor M iguel P.M. <br />Honorable City Council Members <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Re: The Russell Fischer Parhmrship, LP 2010 <br />Dear Honorable Mayor Pulido and Honorable City Council Members: <br />In September 2019, the City of Santa Ana ("City") Planning Commission issued approvals <br />to The Russell Fischer Parnrership, L.P. ("RF"), for RF to develop an automated car wash, fuel <br />strtionand convenience store ("2019 Project"). Inconnection with the 2019 Project, the Planning <br />Commission issued the followingappeovals. Resolution No.2019-35,appraving. Conditional Use <br />Permit No_ 2019-30 to allow a car wash;, Reoolution No_ 2019-36, approving an amendm alto <br />Variance Na. 201840; and Resolution No. 2019-37, approving Conditional Use P=it No. <br />2019-31 to allow 24-hour operations ofa retail atom_ The City determined that the: 2019 Project <br />was eligible for a CEQA Class 32 In -fill Development Exemption ("CEQA Exemption"). <br />Resolution Nos. 2019.35, 2019.36 and 2074.37 and the CEQA Exemption are collectively the <br />"2019 Approvals"_ <br />RF has chosen to not move forward with the development of the 2019 Project. Due to <br />dramaiie chanees in the economy cartsed by the COVID-19 pandemic, RF sales and profits have <br />substantially decreased_ RF went almost two months without generating any me me, while RF paid <br />all business expenses, including employee wages. Therefore, by this letter, RF hereby requests the <br />City Council torescind the 2014Approvals. Asa condiion precedemto RF's request for rescission <br />ofthe 2019 Approvals, the City Council ism approve the settlement agreementwhich has been <br />reached between RF and the City. This condition precedent maybe waived, ifat all, solely by III. If <br />the City does not approve the senlement agreement, then RF's request to rescind the 2019 <br />Approvals is hereby withdrawn_ <br />a'. Ms. Kristine Ridge <br />Sonia Carvalho, Esq. <br />Alisha Winases"ek, Esq_ <br />;n"nmoorrna:.xi�w <br />