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Jennifer L. Hall
From:Planning Commission
Sent:Monday, September 28, 2020 8:39 PM
To:Jennifer L. Hall
Cc:David See; Susan Kim
Subject:FW: Community Workforce Agreement
Attachments:Anaheim Comm Workforce Agreement.pdf
From: Ted Kristensen <tkristensen@enterprisecompany.com>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2020 2:59 PM
To: Planning Commission <PCommision@anaheim.net>
Subject: Community Workforce Agreement
Mayor and members of the City Council,
Please see the attached letter.
Sincerely,
TED KRISTENSEN I President
Enterprise Electric I Since 1988
42625 Rio Nedo, Temecula, CA 92590
T: (951) 296-1530 F: (951) 296-1531
tkristensen@enterprisecompany.com
www.enterprisecompany.com
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September 25, 2020
Mayor and members of the City Council,
On behalf ofEnterprise Electric,I write to you today to urge your continued support in
approving the Zoning Code Amendment and Disposition and Development Agreement
(DDA) for the development of the Stadium District Sub-Area A Project (Angel Stadium
Property), through a Community Workforce Agreement.
A Community Workforce Agreement is sound policy that offers all participants in the
electrical construction industry, including owners, contractors, and employees, the
safety and peace of mind needed to advance the industry that brings power, light, and
communication technology to buildings and communities across the nation.
For decades, Community Workforce Agreements have proven to be a time-tested
method towards ensuring that projects are completed on-time and exceeding quality
construction standards, ultimately saving taxpayer dollars. Community Workforce
Agreements help ensure that contractors, sub-contractors, communities and workers
agree to working conditions, ensuring coordination for smooth project completion.
Training requirements, coupled with fair compensation and benefits, save taxpayer
dollars by ensuring on-time and on-budget completion of projects.
It is important to note that Community Workforce Agreementscan support other
components of your agenda, such as cracking down on undocumented workers. These
agreements are animportant tool that ensures projects are completed by legal,
documented employees and discourages the utilization of unskilled and undocumented
workers. No system can prevent all abuse, but the use of established hiring methods
under a workforce agreement goes a long way to assure that identities and skills
claimed by workers are valid. Similarly, Enterprise Electric, endorsesand have
implementedarea-wide drug testing programs for our company.
As is obvious to almost any governmental body, we must face and overcome the terrible
crisis of opioid and drug addiction. Community Workforce Agreementssupport the many
established programs in the construction industry to help identify and rehabilitate those
workers caught in the deadly spiral of drug abuse.
In support of your effort to revitalize Anaheim,Enterprise Electricurgesthe continued
implementation Community Workforce Agreements asa useful tool for advancing
responsible contracting practicesand for guaranteeing the timely, effective, and efficient
delivery of construction projects.
Sincerely,
Ted M. Kristensen
President
Enterprise Electric