01 & 14 (25)Public Comment
From: Peggy <
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2021 3:01 PM
To: Public Comment
Subject: *SAVE ANAHEIM BALLET
TO: publiccomment(o-)-anaheim.net
CC: info _anaheimballet.org
Subject: The Anaheim Ballet
Dear Mayor Sidhu & Council Members,
I was very disappointed to learn that the city of Anaheim is asking the Anaheim Ballet to leave their current
location in the Anaheim Cultural Arts Center so that the building can be repurposed for affordable housing
without any plans for a new home for the Anaheim Ballet.
The Anaheim Ballet has been vital to the community in Anaheim for well over 20 years now. The Anaheim
Ballet provides free community-based after-school programming, workforce and recreational training, bus -in
presentations, lecture/demonstrations and concert performances that enhance the pride of the city locally and
internationally.
The city needs to be more creative in meeting the need for affordable housing. There is no need to displace
the Anaheim Ballet to achieve this goal. Underserved youth in the city are dependent upon the Anaheim Ballet
in its current location. Are you truly going to choose affordable housing over our underserved youth? You
cannot toss one vital need aside in order to satisfy another. That is weak leadership at best. I truly hope you
will reconsider this course of action.
Please vote in support of the Cooperative Agreement with Anaheim Ballet.
Mayor Sidhu's profile on the Anaheim city website states that he "understands the value of honest, hard
work". The Anaheim Ballet has put in honest, hard work for over 20 years, and that deserves recognition and
appreciation for how it's impacted the Anaheim community for the better. His profile also shares his
involvement with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Anaheim and the YMCA, so showing support for the Anaheim Ballet
should fit in well with his publicly stated values as "a supporter of the arts and arts education".
Source: https://www.anaheim.net/5174/Mayor-Harry-Sidhu.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this crucial matter!
Sincerely,
David & Peggy Carson
60+ years in So Cal
We do NOT need any more low income housing!!!!!
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