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March 2l, 2012 Ms. Karatt Haluxa, AICP Planning Manager Clt}r of SArtta Alta Plarttting and I~uilding Agency #M20 Post Office Box I988 Saftt~t Ana, CA 92702 RE: Sexlinger Property - Voltttttary Listing Dear Ms. Haluza: tlt~liV4;ft`,lil' The ttrtdersigtted are representatives of Lutheran High School of Orange County anti Concordia University Irvine, the current owners of the property referenced above. Bout irtstit-itians were forrned years ago as religious, non-profit, corporations. Altltaugh we are separrtte, we are bout Luther=tu Clturclt -Missouri Synod edticatiottAl instittriions with the shared mission of spreading the gospel message of salvation by grace, tluaugh faith in Jesus Christ. We write this letter because we oppose the listutl; of the property as A ltistaricai resotn•ce property. There are several reasons wiry we - as the current owners -oppose this Fiction, F'irsi anti foremost, however, svc Ask that you consider the desires of the former owner of the property, our Cluistian sister Mrs. Martha Sexlinger. During her lift here an earth, Mrs. Sexlinger was a friend anti supporter of bout of our orgattizaliotts. She lived on the property and operated the ar•cltard. As she drew closer to the end of her life, site could have chosen In seek a historical resource property listing for her name and orchard. Slte could have sold the property to art agricultural enterprise, ot• even gifted it to the City for' pArk or cclEtcational puf~toses. However, she chose to gild ilte prapci•ty to us -- knowing that her property vas not close enough to either of as.rt• campuses to be of direct use to us, and knowing ttirther that neither of us offers educational programs that could make use of an orchard. The obvious pttrpasc of Mrs, Sexiinger's gift to us was {and is) to have us sell rite property to provide funds for our ortgaing rnissian, As stewfrrcis of her gift, therefore, eve have entertained offers to sell Mrs. Sexlittger's property, We have discovered through conversations with the City that the use of a cammercia) orchard is not in confnrntArtce with the General Plan designation and zoning for lire site. Kather, the prnperty is zoned Far resiclentiaf housing. Consequently, we ]rave submitted A proposed subdivision plan that is incompliance with the General flan, zanittg and subdivision ordinance. r)C4C~O~FR<•J IN~SC~ I {onvraf~te, and Guttivatud Citizens uincn~~~.e~,~s,z~ ~,<,FFS~t.an4z~t~ O ti~ir, Caf~l~rnia Ica 224.12fl0 ~,i 9?6423203 k .,,F.~a» ,. , EXHIBIT 4 Page i of 2