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Date:2/3/2026 10:17:49 AM
From:"Shelley Shuff"
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] Anaheim Hills Festival - Project Number: DEV2023-00043
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Dear Mayor Aitken and Council Members,
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
I live at where I have been a resident for over 32 years.
I am writing to express my concerns regarding the Anaheim Hills Festival Project Number: DEV2023-
00043 to add 447 multiple-family attached residential units. Adding a complex with at least 1,000
more residents would be disastrous for our community’s safety.
Please consider the negative impact such a project would have on an already existing congested
traffic problem and the issue of evacuation in a fire.
My family has personally experienced several evacuations. During one of the fires we were unable to
leave the area. Traffic was gridlocked. Police blocked access to get elderly out it the senior
apartments on Festival. I literally looked him in the eye and told him he was going to be responsible
for the death of trapped seniors. I moved the barrier, my husband drove in and we were able to get
80 year old mom out. We could not drive any further so we fearfully sat in our car in the
Festival parking lot for over 6 hours with our children and 80 year old mother in our car as we
watched the fires all around us.
Our neighbor and local retired Fire Chief has expressed his great concern for adding more than 800-
1,000 permanent residents at Festival Center. The additional traffic would be a detriment to our
safety. Please protect our community and our lives by preventing this project from proceeding.
Your careful consideration is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Shelley Shuff