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Susana Barrios
From:Kimberly Hughes <hughes.kim@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, October 29,
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Deer park concerns
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Dear Mayor and council members,
I’m writing on behalf of myself, my family and my community about the new proposed construction in
Deer Park Canyon. I’ve lived in Anaheim for 30 years and I love my community. Unfortunately, the traffic
on Santa Ana Canyon is unbearable during the week and on weekend because the 91 freeway vehicles
use our street when the 91 is backed up, which is pretty much every day between the hours of 3 and 8 PM
in the evening. And I have unfortunately been a part of many fire evacuations Anaheim Hills. The last few
were absolutely horrible, trying to make our way out of the area. In some cases, it was faster for me to
walk than to use my vehicle. We do not have the infrastructure to have another thousand residence
apartments by the movie theaters and int Deer Canyon. The traffic has been getting worse and worse
over the past few years in our community, for those of us to live in in Anaheim Hills, we’ve been
concerned .I am a teacher at school and I am very active in the Anaheim community.
I attended the last meeting from the property division of the city, and I heard the fire department speak
and the police department speak about their opposition for the construction of these apartments. I also
was under the impression when I purchased my home 30 years ago that all of Deer Park Canyon was
protected land, and that land would never be sold or built on homes or at least that’s what I was told. The
land was recently sold for single-family homes to be built only. And of course, these big corporations had
no intention in building single-family homes and are trying to rezone the property for their own financial
gain and benefit. My community has no issues with single-family homes being built on that land. There is
something to be said about citizens and individual families and the pride , care and love they have for the
land and the community. And that’s what’s made Anaheim Hills special to our family is the sense of
community and pride. I have videos of traffic at 3 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM during the week, but I was able to
upload them and attach these files to this email. Building Apartments in this vicinity is not the answer to
our public safety. I don’t know if anybody on the board or the council lives in Anaheim Hills but if you did,
then you would know and understand our concerns and frustration. I live on raspberry lane in the homes
above the senior apartments and the festival center. Please help us protect our safety and do the right
thing.
Blessings,
Kim Hughes
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