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Sprinkler Fitters l ocaC dog <br />AffCiatedwith AP1_-C70 <br />November 16, 2020 <br />Mayor and City Council, <br />I am writing as the Business Manager for Sprinkler Fitters UA Local 709, representing 1,100 <br />members in the region. On behalf of our members, we urge you to approve the `3xd and Broadway" <br />Project in Santa Ana. The Project will bring in a building with 171 multi -family housing units, a 75 <br />room hotel, mixed use retail shopping with public parking. <br />The Developer, Mr. Mike Harrah for, Caribou Industries has committed, in writing to the Building <br />Trades Council, to complete the negotiations of the Agreement. The Building Trades Council are in <br />7 <br />0 <br />9 talks with the Developer for a Project Labor Agreement that can provide the project with skilled <br />and trained workers, strong safety standards, apprenticeship opportunities for Santa Ana and other <br />Orange County resident and support for the Veterans through the Helmets to Hardhats program. <br />The project will create hundreds of high wage -high skilled construction jobs and these jobs have a <br />significant multiplier effect on other jobs. Quality Union jobs that are needed to revitalize our local <br />economy during the recession caused by the pandemic. It will also provide the needed revenue for <br />the municipal services to the public. <br />The project, once completed, will fit in with the current structures in that area with the mixed use <br />modern format. Just steps away from the Orange Street Car line enabling residents and the local <br />community to take public transportation, therefore alleviating traffic and making it environmental <br />friendly. <br />Thank you for your service to the great City of Santa Ana and your attention to this important <br />matter. Again, we urge you to please approve this wonderful Project. <br />Sincerely, <br />Tv tt) qdw, <br />Todd W. Golden <br />Business Manager <br />Sprinkler Fitters UA Local 709 <br />jc/OPEIU #537, AFL CIO, CLC <br />� n 12140 RIVERA ROAD * WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA 90606 <br />TEL: (562) 698-9909 * FAX: (562) 698-7255 <br />