55A - RESO RESCINDING RESO 2019-099

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EXHIBIT 1 <2 �aisute August 31, 2020 Honorable Mayor Miguel Pulido Honorable City Council Members City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana, CA 92701 Re: The Russell Fischer Partnership, LP 2019 Approvals Dear honorable Slayor Pulido and honorable City Council Members: In September 2019. the City of Santa Ana ("City') Planning Commission issued approvals to The Russell Fischer Partnership, L.P. ("RF'), for RF to develop an automated car wash, fuel station and convenience store ("2019 Project"). In connection with the 2019 Project, the Planning Commission issued the following approvals; Resolution No. 2019-35, approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2019-30 to allow a car wash, Resolution No. 2019-36, approving an amendment to Variance No_ 2018-10, and Resolution No. 2019.37, approving Conditional Use Permit No. 2019-31 to allow 24-hour operations of a retail store. The City determined that the 2019 Project was eligible for a CEQA Class 32 In -fill Development Exemption ("CEQA Exemption"). Resolution Nos. 2019-35, 2019-36 and 2019-37 and the CEQA Exemption are collectively the "2019 Approvals". RF has chosen to not move forward with the development of the 2019 Project. Due to dramatic changes in the economy caused by the COV ID-19 pandemic, RF sales and profits have substantially decreased. RF went almost two months without generating any income, while RF paid all business expenses, including employee wages. Therefore. by this letter. RF hereby requests the City Council to rescind the 2019 ,Approvals. As a condition precedent to Rl's request for rescission of the 2019 Approvals. the City Council is to approve the settlement agreement which has been reached between RF and the City_ This condition precedent may be vvatved, ifat all. solely by RF_ If the City does not approve the settlement agreement, then RF's request to rescind the 2019 Approvals is hereby withdrawn_ cc: Ms. Kristine Ridge Sonia C'arvalho. Esq. Alkha Winterswyck, Esq. "`"��` 55A-4