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Public Comment
From:Sammy Francis <
Sent:Tuesday, September 29, 2020 12:27 PM
To:jbradman@anaheim.net; Harry Sidhu (Mayor); Samantha Saenz; Helen Myers; Denise
Barnes; Jose Moreno; Public Comment
Subject:Tuesday agenda item sale of 153 acres around Angels Stadium and Grove to SRB/Art
Moreno????? VOTE NO
Mayor Sidhu,
Hello my name is Sammy Francis and I live in district 2 next to John Marshall park in Anaheim Shores community.
On the subject on agenda item for the decision on the sale of Angel stadium and Anaheim Grove area land to Art
Moreno’s company SRB Tuesday 29th please consider our plea to vote No by the city councilTo not approve THE SALE
under the current terms and reconsider negotiation for a higher per acre sale Closer to market price or consider an
alternative lease plan that will generate annual income to the city.
This sale Of angels land to Art Moreno’s company Srb at $150Million for the 153 Acres land is a gift not a sale. When the
market is at $4 million per Acre for such property. That is a 75% discount , how can we sell it so low and not have
The requirement Of SRB to build a 7 acre park and 466 affordable units in this Area shouldn't cost $170 million to build .
It seems that only 7% of total units being built in this area will be affordable housing.
It is unclear who will foot the bills for affordable housing. It is not proper to have affordable housing in the platinum
triangle that is too expensive. What is needed is to build cheap low housing structures or take over Motels or apartments
in similar low income areas of the city , and convert to low income units and make them all affordable similar to the motel
on la palma bordering Buena Park.
The 7 acre park for the public will not be utlilized by the rest of the city if there are no free and ample parking since it is in
the stadium area so then it will be essentially a private park for those that live within walking distance and paying
customers of the stadium , restaurants and businesses in area. Meanwhile the whole city's money is being used for this
park???
Regardless of the facts we feel as your constituents that this decision is super rushed and has not been fully tranparent to
the public and residents of Anaheim. The terms in this deal definitely faver SRG and Art Moreno tremendously and not
favoring Anaheim at all. They could sell in future for much more and reel in the profits , are there any clauses that prohibit
that or return to city at purchase price?
As I read the agenda it seems to indicate that expense for the stadiyum and Grove are exceeding income for lease.
I understand part of deal is to keep Angels here for a number of years but we should not give away the farm just to have a
team here besides it is not called Anaheim Angels. The name change should be part of the deal to return to Anaheim.
So please vote NO at this time and come up with a better deal that benefits and profits for Anaheim and it's taxpayers.
The residents need a better explanation of this deal and demonstrate why we are making this deal and not considering
other options like leasing or selling at market price.
Thanks
Sammy Francis
Anaheim Shores HOA
Anaheim CA 92801
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