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S. S�µunnu Ironworkers Local 433 t< International Association of Bridge, Structural & " Ornamental Iron Workers A.F.L.-C.I.O. IL Established 1929 17495 HURLEY STREET EAST November 13, 2020 Mayor and City Council, CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIFORNIA 91744 PHONE: (626) 964-2500 FAX:(626) 964-1745 I am writing as the Business Agent for Ironworkers Local 433 representing 5700 members in the region. On behalf of our members, we urge you to approve the -3 a and Broadway- Project in Santa Ana. The Project will bring in a building with 171 multi -family housing units, a 75 room hotel, mixed use retail shopping with public parking. The Developer, Mr. Mike Harrah for, Caribou Industries has committed, in writing to the Building Trades Council, to complete the negotiations of the Agreement. The Building Trades Council are in talks with the Developer for a Project Labor Agreement that can provide the project with skilled and trained workers, strong safety standards, apprenticeship opportunities for Santa Ana and other Orange County resident and support for the Veterans through the Helmets to Hardhats program. The project will create hundreds of high wage -high skilled construction jobs and these jobs have a significant multiplier effect on other jobs. Quality Union jobs that are needed to revitalize our local economy during the recession caused by the pandemic. It will also provide the needed revenue for the municipal services to the public. The project, once completed, will fit in with the current structures in that area with the mixed use modem format. Just steps away from the Orange Street Car line enabling residents and the local community to take public transportation, therefore alleviating traffic and making it environmental friendly. Thank you for your service to the great City of Santa Ana and your attention to this important matter. Again, we urge you to please approve this wonderful Project. Sincerely, "Pl�v NA&I Business Agent Local 433