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Public Comment
From:Jackie Perez <
Sent:Thursday, October 1, 2020 9:28 PM
To:Public Comment; Jordan Brandman; Harry Sidhu (Mayor)
Good Afternoon Mr. Brandman,
I am a resident of your district, and I am emailing in response to the vote for the stadium deal. I don't think that
it's a good deal for Anaheim and frankly I am dissapointed that the city council voted to go through with it. I
know that there is another vote coming up soon and I hope that you reconsider your approval. It seems like the
deal is being rushed and large concerns are not being addressed with the public. As a resident of your district, I
would like to know your thoughts.
I have many concerns with the deal, but these are my top 5:
1.It is a disservice to the community that the city of Anaheim did not commsion their own independent
analysis of the benefits of the deal. We should have our own study and our own apraisal to base our
decisions. The study that is listed in the website was commisioned by the Angels. We cannot fully trust
the data given by the same people that are trying to buy the land.
2.We are not selling it for enough money and we are not having them pay upfront. I guarantee you that
Arte Moreno will sell off the land as soon as he can for more money than what he will be buying it from
us. He will be making a fortune all out of this. Arte is just looking out for himself, and we should look
out for the city.
3.466 affordable housing units is not enough. Specially because they don't even have to build the units
right away. They have 25 years to build the units while we currently have a housing crisis in the city.
There are 6,000 people on the paiting list for Anaheim Housing currently. I am sure that with COVID-
19 we will have more people added to that list, as well as people added to our homelessness.
4.The park doesn't have to be built for 15 years.
5.Are there any green initiatives in this deal? I didnt see anything about electric charging stations or
efficient buildings. We should require this in our plans.
I would just like to see the deal be reviewed more carefuly through the eyes of the Anaheim resident. I
understand that the jobs and tax revenue numbers are tempting, but if the deal is as good as they say, the
numbers are not going to change by just slowing down the vote on this. I know that many counsil members are
up for re-election and would just like to see the deal go through, but please think about the effects on our city.
This deal can have many reprecussions in our future.
I urge you and the mayor to have a zoom / facebook live meeting with the public to speak to us directly about
the issues. The people of Anaheim have a right to hear directly from you and ask you live questions. Mr.
Brandman -- your facebook page doesn't even have one mention of the Stadium deal. There are many ways to
communicate and it's shady that this deal is being done in the middle of the night and without public
questioning. Please Mr. Brandman re-consider the vote until the concerns of the residents are heard. Please feel
free to email or call me to discuss further. I would love to hear back from you on what your thoughts are.
Thank you,
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Jackie Perez
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