21 (19)Public Comment
From:
Scott Reece <
Sent:
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 12:24 PM
To:
Public Comment
Cc:
Locklear Law Office
Subject:
Holden Opposition
Attachments:
Holden Letter.pdf
I have attached herewith a letter of opposition to the Holden project now being considered by the City Council.
Scott Reece
Scott Reece
Anaheim. CA. 92807
July 14, 2021
City of Anaheim City Council
200 South Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA. 92805
Dear City Council Member,
Subject: HOLDEN PROJECT - 5275 East Nohl Ranch Road Anaheim, CA. 92807
Siren noise and overwhelmed traffic load on Nohl Ranch have not been properly considered
I am contacting you regarding my opposition to the proposed Holden project Development. Your vote on this matter is
coming up. Please try to understand, me and my neighbors are not upset about the view, nor are we against senior
living facilities or seniors. 1, myself am a senior. As a nearby resident of Anaheim, this particular largescale development
would be disruptive with 24 hour noise issues from first responders. The effect of increasing traffic (which is already at
an unsafe level) would be disruptive and create unnecessary safety risks to my neighborhood. I live in Point Quissett,
the development across the street from the proposed project.
FIRE Evacuation Hazard - Nohl Ranch Road is a FIRE EVACUTION ROUTE. Not only will you bog up the already congested
evacuation route of residents, you will syphon off first responders to help evacuate 118 + people that have no cars and
no ability to get off the hill on their own. Fires are not an infrequent event to us. Every year since I have moved here
(2006), there has been a fire nearby and I have had to pack and prepare for evacuation. I have evacuated twice.
Weather conditions are worsening, and this is a real and growing threat. The beautiful trees of Anaheim Hills are also a
fuel source for wind blown embers. This is a dangerous area for immobile people to be living. And it is unfair to trap
residents on the hill because of being short sighted on this issue.
This part of Nohl Ranch Road (at Royal Oak to Point Quissett entry on Andover) is already a danger. Already, Nohl
Ranch Road is a danger to exit onto from Point Quissett at busy times of the day. It has become a speedway alternative
to the 91 Freeway. Trying to turn west onto Nohl Ranch in the morning and evening, has become an anxiety inducing
and often traumatizing event. The "suicide lane" that is a car length long is not enough of a safe harbor to protect
oneself from the speeders zipping around the blind turns as you get halfway out into the road.
When I attended the Planning commission meeting two months ago, when they were to vote on this project, one of the
planners said that very few accidents had occurred on Nohl Ranch when this safety question was raised. In the past 5
years, Point Quissett HOA has had to rebuild the Brick Monument in front of the subdivision as a result of an accident.
My property owns the easement for this monument, so I have a bird's eye view of the injuries. There was a fatality
behind my house when someone ran into a light pole and took it down. The brick wall across from me looks like a
patchwork quilt from the number of times cars have been pushed into it after crashing on the blind turn as they come
around too fast. I can document at least 7 crashes of pictures I have taken of crashes in the street in the 30 yards of Nohl
Ranch behind my house. Hearing the screeching brakes behind my house is a daily phenomenon. I have called in each
of the crashes to 911, all of which required ambulances or tow trucks for the parties to leave the scene. So when the
planner said "only a few" accidents were reported, I question the truthfulness or the unverified source of that data.
They should check 911 calls, accident reports, and the HOA financial reports that are required to rebuild the block walls.
The increased traffic -related issues will be exacerbated by the increase in foot traffic along Nohl Ranch and other nearby
streets. I am assuming that patrons of the facility will be allowed outside of the building to go for walks.
Increased Noise of Sirens: Inserting a 24 hour commercial care facility in this spot will increase the noise from
emergency sirens every day and every night, for such things as falling and other medical emergencies that the facility
will not be staffed to handle. I have one neighbor now that falls at home a lot due to a medical condition, and the sirens
and noise that disrupt the neighborhood each and every month is significant. Now multiply that siren noise caused by
one falling senior to 118 seniors, many with memory care issues who are even more likely to fall as they forget how to
walk. There will be ambulance sirens and fire engine sirens at least 4 times a day, presuming just one fall per patient per
month. This is too much. There will be additional accidents from the staff and deliveries turning into the facility from
an already overly dangerous blind curve, and more sirens and injuries for that.
I know you are probably very busy with many other issues to consider. But please remember that me, my family, and
the thousands of residents in this area will be deeply negatively impacted by this project. There are alternative locations
available, I'm sure, that won't sit nestled among blocks of single-family residences on a high -traffic street.
Thank you for your continued service to Anaheim, and its residents. Please help find the middle road here for the
project and the residents of Anaheim Hills. Please oppose this site for the Proposed Holden Project.
Kindest regards,
Scott Reece