01 & 14 (226)Monday, April 19, 2021
Dear Mayor Sidhu & Council Members,
1 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. 1 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: littt)s://www.anaheim.netl5174/.Mayor-Harry-Sidliu.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this crucial matter!
Sincerely,
L ra Dart
Resident
Placentia, California