Item No. 1 - DEV2022-00073 Public Comment from Richard Debeikes1
Susana Barrios
Attachments:CA-Orange-Document-Year DocID-1992 46764.pdf
From: Richard Debeikes <rdebeikes@debeikes.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2023 9:47 PM
To: Ivan Orozco <IOrozco@anaheim.net>
Cc: David H. Clark ‐ Warmington Properties, Inc. (David.Clark@warmingtongroup.com)
<David.Clark@warmingtongroup.com>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Proposed Tesla Dealership at Cinema City
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Ivan,
By way of introduction, I am one of the owners of the Imperial Promenade Shopping Center located at 5645‐5675 E. La
Palma Avenue in Anaheim. In fact, I purchased the site for Imperial Promenade in 1990 when it was a 4.5 acre dirt lot
with one small building on it. I moved my project, Imperial Promenade, through the planning process in 1991, and built
it in 1992. I have proudly owned and managed our 42,500 s.f. commercial center for the past 31 years. I learned that
Cinema City may be closing and in its place a Tesla dealership is contemplated. As the adjacent property owner, we wish
to know more about this project.
An important fact is that there are three properties (Cinema City/Imperial Promenade/Citibank) on three different
parcels, all of which are governed by a Joint and Mutual Grant of Mutual Easements and Maintenance Agreement
(‘Grant of Mutual Easements’) which was recorded in 1992. This document is of public record and available to all for
review, I have attached a copy. Prior to building the Imperial Promenade Shopping Center, I was required by the city in
1992 to enter into this document as well as relinquish all of our access rights to La Palma Avenue. All of our businesses
and their customers do not have direct access to a public street. Rather, they must take access over the Cinema City
property in order to get to La Palma Avenue. I want to make the city aware the proposed use of an auto dealership is
not an approved use within the context of the Grant of Mutual Easements, and it presents many concerns to us. In the
past there have been other use violations of the Grant of Mutual Easements by Cinema City, violations we brought to
the attention of the city. Unfortunately, the city has not been responsive to enforcing the rights under this agreement
for the benefited property owners (even though it was the city that initiated this document and required us to enter into
it). As stated, we are concerned about the proposed Tesla dealership. So that we may make our decision on how to
proceed, it will be important to learn more about this project.
I was told during my recent visit to the planning counter the city is readying the proposed Tesla dealership for a planning
commission hearing. May I schedule a time to meet with you and review all of the submitted plans, reports and
studies? Also, is there a preliminary staff report for this project? If so, will you please forward it to me?
I thank you in advance for your assistance and look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Richard A. DeBeikes, Jr.
President
DeBeikes Investment Company
5289 Alton Parkway
Irvine, CA 92604
(O) 949.733.3823 x3
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