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Public Comment
From:John McCarthy <john@teamsmile.org>
Sent:Tuesday, September 29, 2020 9:57 AM
To:Public Comment
Subject:Support of Anaheim, by John McCarthy, TeamSmile
Attachments:Support of Anaheim, by John McCarthy, TeamSmile.docx
Anaheim City Council:
Please see the attached letter in support of the Angel Stadium Development Plan.
Thank you.
John McCarthy
Executive Director
TeamSmile
John@TeamSmile.org
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September 29, 2020
Dear Anaheim City Council:
My name is John McCarthy, and I serve as Executive Director of TeamSmile
(www.teamsmile.org). We’re a national non-profit organization that works with the Angels to
provide free dental care and oral health education to children in need in the Anaheim
community. I am submitting this public comment in support of the Angel Stadium
Development Plan coming before the City Council tonight (September 29, 2020).
This deal is not only a good one for the Angels, but it’s an even bigger win for Anaheim. The city
will no longer be on the hook to pay for stadium renovations or for the construction of a brand
new stadium. This development with amplify what Anaheim has to offer its residents, baseball
fans, and tourists, and fulfill the vision for the Platinum Triangle. And of course, this plan means
the Angels will be staying in Anaheim until 2050, at least.
This will be the new place to shop, eat, drink, and of course watch the Angels play, along with
many other entertainment and sporting activities. The benefits for the Anaheim community will
include over 12 acres of parks and open space, along with 5,175 new housing units which will
be built, including integrated affordable housing which Anaheim desperately needs.
The development will add to over 30,000 jobs during construction, many of which will be good
paying, highly skilled building trade jobs, as well as 45,000 other permanent jobs post-
construction, and the economic development case for this proposed plan is undeniable.
I urge you to support this deal to support the Anaheim community and its’ residents.
Sincerely,
John McCarthy
Executive Director
TeamSmile
www.teamsmile.org