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apply to any planning application that has been submitted before the Ordinance takes effect, such as the Major Remodel Application (the "Application") that SOS's working partner, Turner Healthcare Facilities Acquisition LLC ("Turner"), initially submitted to the City on December 22, 2022, and then resubmitted on February 6, 2023, relating to the proposed remodeling of the commercial office building located at 2670 North Main Street in Santa Ana (the "Property") to provide SOS with a new, expanded outpatient clinic (the "Project"). Unless the Ordinance is clarified so that Turner's Application is grandfathered in, and the new CUP requirement for government -subsidized, non-profit medical offices will not apply to that Application, the benefits of the Project will be lost because the seller of the Property is not willing to provide additional extensions of time to close escrow on the purchase of the Property for the time that it will take to obtain a CUP for the Project. To lose the Project —which will bring $34 million in construction jobs and resources into the City and will generate at least 120 permanent jobs at the new clinic —would be a tragic outcome for SOS, the City, and its residents. Over the past year, from March 2022 to the present, Turner and SOS have spent hundreds of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars in preparing plans and meeting with City staff regarding the Project. Now, however, the very life of the Project hangs in the balance and SOS implores the Council to save the Project by either sending the Ordinance back to staff to be revised or clarifying that the Ordinance, in its present form, will not apply to Turner's Application relating to the Project. Facts Regarding SOS And Its Status As A Regulated Agent of the Federal Government. SOS is a non-profit corporation and community health center that was founded in 1978 for the express purpose of implementing the Directives of the Catholic Bishops of the United States in offering a broad spectrum of services and resources to help those in need. For the past 53 years, has delivered high -quality, accessible, and affordable health care services to individuals and families throughout Orange County. In 2012, SOS was designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center ("FQHC") and it currently provides health services to children, adults, and seniors as well as comprehensive care at its four medical locations in Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Mission Viejo, and Newport Beach. For the last 13 years, SOS has been serving the Santa Ana community at its El Sol Wellness Center located at 1014 North Broadway. Last year in Orange County, SOS provided care to over 14,000 unique patients in connection with approximately 43,000 medical and dental visits. Share Our Selves 2 1 P a g e