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Public Comment
From:Elaine Rogerson <erogerson@morrow-meadows.com>
Sent:Saturday, October 3, 2020 7:56 PM
To:Public Comment
Subject:Anaheim Stadium Project: Letter in Support of a Community Workforce Agreement
Attachments:Anaheim City Counsel 10-2020.pdf
On behalf of Morrow-Meadows Corporation, attached is our Letter of support for the
Anaheim Community Workforce Agreement.
Thank you,
Elaine Rogerson
| Executive Assistant
MORROW MEADOWS CORPORATION
231 Benton Court, City of Industry, CA 91789
O: (909) 598-7700 D: (
erogerson@morrow-meadows.com|MMC Website
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October 3, 2020
Mayor Harry Sidu and Anaheim City Councilmembers
City of Anaheim
200 S. Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
Dear Mr. Mayor and Council Members,
On behalf of Morrow-Meadows Corporation, 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 Agreements can support other components of your agenda, such as
cracking down on undocumented workers. These agreements are an important 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, Morrow-Meadows Corporation endorses and have
implemented area-wide drug testing programs for our company.
As is apparent to any governmental body, we must face and overcome the terrible crisis of opioid and drug addiction.
Community Workforce Agreements support 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, Morrow-Meadows Corporation urges the continued implementation
Community Workforce Agreements as a useful tool for advancing responsible contracting practices and for guaranteeing
the timely, effective, and efficient delivery of construction projects.As this item returns for its second reading at the council
meeting on Tuesday, October 6, we encourage your vote in support again to finalize these proceedings and get this
project moving.
Sincerely,
MORROW-MEADOWS CORPORATION
Robert E. Meadows
President