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September 29, 2024 <br />Dear Mayor and Council Members, <br />The Planning Commission approved this project 7-0. The Commission saw the benefits of this project to the <br />city, resident and union workers. So did the major of the union workers who were present at the <br />commission meeting. They spoke highly in support of the project. <br />So I did understand some of the concerns of the Unions expressed at council. Last week I talked to a few <br />trades . 1 learned that due to work in orange County they could only supply 10% of the work force needed for <br />this project. I was told this is a well known secret in the trades. Also some Union members felt the trades <br />should of perused this issue months ago. So please do not cause us to lose out on this project when the <br />trades cannot supply the manpower needed. Accept the pledge from Related to use Union Labor where <br />possible and let's move on. <br />Please do not kid yourself that the Collins family or Related will not walkaway from this project. I have seen <br />too many companies like my beloved Dow Chemical where 1 worked for 20 years, pulled projects from <br />California and relocate them in others states. The residents in those state now benefit from the taxes and <br />high paying jobs those projects bring. Projects which should of been built in California. So I urge you to <br />approve Related Bristol now or risk losing this once -in -a -generation opportunity. <br />Time is of the essence! Nearly 100 local businesses at Metro Town Square shopping center need certainty <br />about their future and business location. With leases for all tenants expiring imminently there is very real <br />possibility of a vacant retail center will occur and a large loss of income to the city. <br />So approve this project that will generate 17,000 new jobs and $500 million in new taxes during the first <br />30years. Something the city will need with the sun -setting of measure X. <br />would like to add that I am president of Com-Link, live in the area and have talked to many of the <br />residents/neighborhood leaders. The majority once their concerns were addressed do see the benefit to <br />our area. They urge you to approve this project as 1 do. <br />Thank you, <br />Carl Benninger <br /> <br /> <br />