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16 (32) From: Dougl as R Robbins < Se nt: Fri day, January 2, 2026 3:27 PM To: Natal i e Me e ks <N Me e ks@anahe i m.ne t> Subje ct: [EXTERN AL] Fw: Anahe i m Hi l l s Fe stival Apartme nt Compl e x Warning: This email originated from outside the City of Anaheim. Do not click links or open attachme nts unle ss you recognize the sender and are expecting the message. Honorable Council Member, I am writing you again, in opposition to this Project. That's how important it to me for you to vote NO on this Project. The area of this Project is located in a High to Very High Fire Risk Zone Area. The traffic in this area is very bad , particularly on Eastbound Santa Ana Canyon at Weir Canyon road, and Weir Canyon heading North where it intersects with Santa Ana Canyon. In the evenings these lanes already get blocked by all the cars trying to avoid the 91 Freeway. I live in zone 8 and these are my evacuation lanes. Couple that already bad traffic in the evening with a Santa Ana Wind dri ven fi re. I wi ll already not be able to safely evacuate! Your own planning commissions assessment for evacuation when the C ouncil was consideri ng approval for the Deer Canyon Project last year was it would take 3 Hours. I am telling you we do not have 3 hours to evacuate i n a Santa Wind Fire condition! There will be gridlock, and we will burn to death in our cars! We have experi enced this gridlock before and were unable to move, lucky for us the wind changed direction and sent the Fire to Yorba Linda. But what about next time? And you are considering adding this Development to an already awful situation? Another 1000 cars to evacuate? What the heck! That makes no sense! And if you think the 1000 cars is equal to the traffic form the Movie Theatre. That would be a false assumption. That theatre never had that kind of traffic, that's why the theatre closed. And the people that did go there were local residents. And nobody's going to the theatre during a raging wild fire! Lets use some common sense here. Last year with the Deer Canyon Project the Council voted NO on that Project. This project i s geographically in nearly the same area, and nearly the same as far as the amount of traffic added to the already unreali sti c evacuati on times in the event of a fire. So this project should be voted down, just like the other! Why are we talking about all these new building projects without addressing the lack of infrastructure to safely evacuate i n a wildfire! As a council member, public SAFETY should be your number one concern! And thi s project posts a huge safety ri sk to residents in the area! Ask your police and fire chief if they would recommend this project from a safety perspective! VOTE NO! Thank You Douglas Robbins ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Douglas R Robbins < To: Natalie Meeks <nmeeks@anaheim.net> Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 01:50:13 PM PST Subject: Anaheim Hills Festival Apartment Complex Honorable Council Member Meeks, I attended the Planning Commission Meeting on November 17 regarding this Project. Much to my surprise, they voted 6-1 in favor of this project. To say I am disappointed, would be an understatement. Again they put money and big corporati ons, over the Safety of their residents. This is unacceptable! First of all, the EIR study regarding wildfires. Studied a scenario where a fire started in Deer C anyon whi ch i s West of the proposed project and went on to say that this would add a total of 7 additional minutes to the evacuati on time of the area. That is BS, and it does not take into consideration the Santa Ana Winds. I have lived here for 35 years and have never once needed to evacuate because of a fire in Deer Canyon. The ONLY time an evacuation was ever necessary, is when a Fi re i s accompanied by a Santa Ana Wind Condition. Which always is a threat from the East pushing West, that i s the way the wi nds blow during these conditions. There is plenty of dry brush in the Canyon to the East of the Festi val Center to catch fi re. which seems to happen every time we have Santa Ana Conditions. The EIR should be reflecting these wi nd conditions i n relati on to Fi re, not in a perfect scenario as it was presented. Second , it was mentioned that the additional 1000 + vehicles this Project would add was a mute point. Sayi ng that the study they used to determine the traffic that the Regal Theatre experienced was based off the 1000 parking spots desi gnated for the theatre. Therefore the traffic was equivalent to the same amount. While the parking lot may have been bui lt to accommodate that amount of traffic, that was not the reality of traffic to the theatre. My wife and I went there many ti mes and we were the only ones in the theatre, or sometimes another couple. That's why the Theatre closed, there simply was not enough people attending to keep the place open. And I would also add that the people that did visit the theatre where mostly local resi dents. Therefore addi ng no additional vehicles to the area, as the apartments would. So I don't believe that study is accurate ei ther, i t seems li ke these studies where biased in the applicants favor. Third, discussing the lack of infrastructure to Safely evacuate the Residents. There was discussion of the "Know Your Way Plan". While I appreciate the effort to make things better in an evacuation event, thi s will do li ttle to solve the i ssue we face. People know how to get in to their neighborhoods, and the options are few. People are goi ng to go whatever way they think is going to move better at the time, given the circumstances they are facing at that moment. And this doesn't include the people that have an elderly loved one at home, or a child at school that may need help getting evacuated. Sorry, it isn't goi ng to do much to help, if anything. The planning commission inquired about about the Feasibility of the proposed Fai rmont Bridge. It was discovered that there is no current plan to work on this project. It alone would not fix the problem anyway. By your own planning staff assessment for the Deer Canyon Project last year, it would take 3 hours to evacuate. In a Santa Wind condition, we DO NOT have 3 hours to evacuate! We will burn to death in our cars, unable to move due to gridlock! Thi s condition is not acceptable, and now you considering adding more traffic from this development! Publi c Safety has to be the number one concern! NO new building of homes should even be considered, until the infrastructure i ssue is completely dealt with and resolved. But there doesn't really seem to be any appetite to do that. Next time the winds come screaming through the Canyon pushing an uncontrolled fire, I i nvite you to come up here to my neighborhood and experience it for yourself. It is very scary! Its not a matter of IF, we will have a Lahai na Event, i ts more of When, we will have it. Ask your Police and Fire Captains if they think this is a potentially dangerous situati on! Please vote NO on this Project! Literally, my life or my neighbors life could depend on your vote for this Project. Thank you! Douglas Robbins