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From: "Cortez, Gloria" <Gloria.Y.Cortez@marriott.com>
Date: May 15, 2023 at 5:56:53 PM PDT
To: Stephen Faessel <SFaessel@anaheim.net>
Cc: "Richardson, Rhanda" <Rhanda.Richardson@marriott.com>
Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] A Message from the Executive Office at JW Marriott, Anaheim
Resort
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Good afternoon Council Member Steve Faessel,
Please find attached correspondence on behalf of our General Manager, Mrs. Rhanda
Richardson .
Best,
Gloria
GLORIA CORTEZ
SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT | JW MARRIOTT, ANAHEIM
RESORT
1775 South Clementine Street | Anaheim, CA 92802
gloria.cortez@marriott.com
jwmarriott.com
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1775 South Clementine Street, Anaheim, CA 92802
Tel 714.399.9335
May 15, 2023
Council Member Steve Faessel, District 5
City of Anaheim
200 S. Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
Dear Council Member Steve Faessel,
We are writing to express our deep concern with the proposed “Hotel and Event Center” ballot measure
that is scheduled to be considered by City Council on May 16th. Based on our initial review of the
measure, we fear that it will have lasting and irrevocable negative impacts on residents, jobs,
businesses, and taxpayers in Anaheim. In doing so, this proposed measure threatens to put our entire
city at a significant economic disadvantage when compared to neighboring communities.
Because of the seriousness of this issue, we encourage the City Council to take full advantage of state
law, which provides that a thorough economic impact analysis can be conducted by the city in
anticipation of such a measure. The impact analysis includes but is not limited to, increased costs to
Anaheim residents, reduction in city services (police, fire, parks, libraries), private-sector job losses,
and the fiscal impact of visitors choosing to stay in Garden Grove hotels and commuting into Anaheim
in order to avoid the harmful impacts of this proposal.
In addition to targeting jobs in Anaheim, this measure will dramatically increase costs on local residents
who visit city-owned facilities such as Angel Stadium, the Honda Center, and the Anaheim Convention
Center.
Thank you in advance for your leadership and efforts to thoughtfully evaluate the potential impacts this
proposal will have on Anaheim’s General Fund, residents, and employment opportunities prior to taking
any official action on the measure.
We are anxious to work with the City Council and others to avoid any unnecessary consequences that
could be triggered by this proposal. By working collaboratively, we are confident that we can find a
balanced way to protect city residents, services and job opportunities here in Anaheim.
Sincerely,
Rhanda Richardson, General Manager