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Santa Ana Planning Commission Re: Amendment Application No. 2022-01 and Conditional Use Permit No. 2022-14 September 26, 2022 Page 2 applicant of the Greenlaw Project and does not agree to the erection of any building or to any other alteration to the Subject Property that would interfere with GPOPA’s property rights in the Subject Property or the GPOPA Easement. In written comments and at the August 22, 2022 Planning Commission meeting, GPOPA, as an owner of a real property interest in the Subject Property, opposed the Greenlaw Project. GPOPA also opposed the Greenlaw Project as an owner of neighboring real property. After receiving our comments regarding the Greenlaw Project, the Planning Commission understood that the Commission cannot approve the Greenlaw Project until or unless GPOPA reconveys the GPOPA Easement back to the owner of the Subject Property. In light of this, the Planning Commission approved a motion to continue deliberations on the Greenlaw Project until the next Planning Commission meeting in order to provide Greenlaw Partners an opportunity to negotiate with GPOPA. Although Greenlaw Partners and GPOPA have been in negotiations regarding the GPOPA Easement, the parties have not reached any agreement regarding it, and GPOPA remains opposed to the Greenlaw Project. In addition, it is our understanding that the utility and drainage easements cannot be extinguished as proposed without negatively affecting my client’s and possibly other neighboring properties’ ability to access utilities and to have proper drainage. It is our understanding that staff has recommended that the Planning commission not approve any portion of the project until or unless all interest holders of the property resolve all matters regarding the Subject Property. We fully agree with staff’s recommendation and, GPOPA kindly requests that the Planning Commission not approve the Greenlaw Project and that staff deem the Project Applications incomplete until or unless the applicant provides the City with proof that it is the record owner of all interest in the Subject Property, including the GPOPA Easement. Thank you for your time and consideration. If you have any questions. please contact me at 949-673-1161 or at the address indicated at the top of this letter. Yours truly, Melinda M. Luthin, Esq. of MELINDA LUTHIN LAW cc: Ali Pezeshkpour (apezeshkpour@santa-ana.org)