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<br /> <br />- )006 KATELLA AVE" STANTON <br />'-. KNOTT AT KATELLA <br />(LUCKY MKT CENTER) <br />894-3542 <br /> <br />,7.19 I' O. NlAIN ST, SANTA ANA <br />CORNER OF 8TH & MAIN ST <br />(BLOCK 50 OF BUFFUM51 <br />, 547.0921 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RESTAURANT I CANTINA <br />GREAT MEXICAN FOOD. GREAT COCKTAI <br />COU OIL ACTION <br /> <br /> <br />February 15, 1982 <br /> <br />Honorable Gordon Bricken. Mayor <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza <br />Santa Ana CA 92702 <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Bricken: <br /> <br />On Tuesday, February 16.1982, the City Council will hold a public <br />hearing pursuant to the Allan Fainbarg R~development Project. This <br />project is bounded on the ~orth by Eighth Strfet. on the West by <br />Main Street, on the South by Civic Center Drive, and on the East by <br />Bush Street. 1hese boundaries include Assessor Parcel 9-011-05 <br />which is currently leased by me to provide parking for my business. <br />Sombrero Street Restaurant. <br /> <br />When I came to Santa Ana in 1978. there was no full service restaurant <br />in tha downtown area. The current site of Sombrero Street was a <br />bombed out vacant building. In order to> restore this building, I <br />invested Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($275,000.00) a~d <br />Fourteen (14) months to meet all of the code requirements, inspections, <br />etc. This far exceeded original estimates but. because I was personaily <br />committed to this project, I persisted. <br /> <br />In concurrent action, I attempted to acquire leasehold on the property <br />directly behind the restaurant to be used as a parking facility. With <br />the assistance of the Conmunity Redevelòpment Agency, I was ãble to <br />obtain a 5 year lease, w'lth option to purchase. on the parking area <br />on September 17, 1979. Attached are documents prepared by the Executive <br />Director of the RedevelopmEnt Agency which clearly show that the Agency <br />(and the City Council) understood the inter-relationship of the restaura~t <br />and an available parking area. In the Executive Director's own words, <br />"The sur'viva! of the restaurant is directly related to his need of patron <br />parking". Also attached, is a letter trom Alexander Nalle, then Chaiman <br />of the Redevelopment Colil11ission which speaks of appreciãtion for my <br />investment and commi ttment t() the future of Santa Ana - - - a future <br />of lnitiative, progress, spirit and pride. <br /> <br />/1 <br /> <br />7~ <br />