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Date:2/2/2026 7:34:32 PM
From:"Lisa Henry"
To:
"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net, "Ashleigh Aitken" AAitken@anahe im.ne t, "Carlos A. Leon"
CLeon@anaheim.net, "Ryan Balius" RBalius@anaheim.net, "Natalie Rubalcava" NRubalcava@anahe im.net, "Norma
C. Kurtz" NKurtz@anaheim.net, "Kristen Maahs" KMaahs@anaheim.net, "Natalie Meeks" NMe e ks@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Please vote NO on the Shea/Festival Center apartments – It's a safe ty issue
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Dear Council Member,
I am writing to you as a resident of [Your Neighborhood] to ask you to please vote "No" on the proposed apartments at the Anaheim Hills
Festival Center. I lived here during the Canyon Fire 2 in 2017, and I will never forget the feeling of being stuck in my car, watching the smoke get
closer, and literally not moving for over an hour. It wasn't just "traffic"—it was a total standstill. The thought of adding hundreds of new apartments
and about 1000+ more people to that exact same escape route is terrifying to those of us who have actually been in that situation. The reports for
this project say that adding these cars will "only" add about 7 minutes to the evacuation time. But when you're already stuck for three hours and the
fire is moving toward you, 7 minutes is a lifetime. We don't have extra roads or "secret" ways out of the Hills; we all end up on the same few lanes.
Adding more people to a neighborhood that is already a bottleneck during a fire just feels like a tragedy waiting to happen. I understand that the
city needs housing, but it shouldn't be built in a place where people are already struggling to get out safely. I experienced the 2017 fires and it was
terrifying. Don’t make me have to do it again. Please don't make an existing danger even worse just for a new development. We are asking you to
prioritize the lives and safety of the people who already live here and pay taxes here.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Henry