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Susana Barrios
From: Julie Jarvi <
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2024 9:14 PM
To: Public Comment <publiccomment@anaheim.net>
Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] Re: Deer Canyon SALT development
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Hello,
I live in Anaheim Hills in the 92808 zipcode to the east of Serrano Blvd. Our neighborhood is in the part of
town that is in the mandatory evacuation area when there is a wildfire that starts to the east of Anaheim. I'm
opposed to this project because I believe it poses a severe safety threat to the existing community. The city
staff, police, and fire department are all against this project.
We live in a community that has a real and known wildfire threat. When we experienced our last wildfire in
2017, the roads were clogged and impassible. The community was in chaos. The wind was high, and the fire
was moving fast. During the fire, a helicopter flew over our neighborhood telling us to evacuate
immediately. At the same time, I received a call from Running Springs Elementary where my children
attended, and was told that the children were being evacuated to Canyon High School. On the drive over to
Canyon High School, I passed patches of fire that were just several feet from my car which were likely set from
flying embers. Thankfully the traffic had not yet come to a standstill, and I was able to pass. It's terrifying to
think that I could have been stuck in my car with nowhere to go as the wind was blowing fire everywhere. We
have seen this happen in other communities such as La Haina and Paradise where people have died in their
cars. Please don't allow that to happen here.
It is with reckless disregard for the lives in our community that this giant development could be approved
which could easily add over 1000 cars to our roads. What will happen when we are evacuated again? Our
streets could not handle the amount of cars that existed here in 2017 during the prior evacuation. People
were trapped in their cars and unable to move for hours. Now in 2024, the day-to-day traffic has only
increased and now our streets cannot handle the traffic that currently exists even without an
evacuation. Anytime there is a problem with the 91 freeway, our streets become clogged and we are unable
to move about our community. This problem has increased over the years and has been unaddressed by the
city. If this project is built, the already significant problem will only become worse with the additional 1000+
cars.
Should this Council approve this project by going against the will of the people, its own staff, the policy
department, and fire department, then no building should occur until proper infrastructure is in
place. Specifically, the 91 freeway needs to be fixed so that the overflow from the freeway does not clog our
city streets and make them impassable.
Thank you for your consideration,
Julie Jarvi
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