10 (030)Date:2/27/2026 8:00:00 AM
From:"Rick Pollgreen" pollgreen@hotmail.com
To:"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net, "Natalie Meeks" NMeeks@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] No vote on Festival project
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Dear Anaheim City Council Member,
I am writing to ask you to pleas e vote "No" on the Anaheim Hills Festival Center apartment project. You don't need to be a traffic expert to s ee that Santa Ana Canyon Road is already at its limit.
Most days, jus t getting to the store or work is a challeng e. The idea that we can add over 400 apartments and about 1300 people to this area without creating a dis aster during a wildfire
evacuation jus t doesn't pas s the "common s ens e" tes t.
The city's own reports admit that it already takes residents over three hours to get out during a fire. To then say that adding another 7 minutes of delay is "not a big deal" is incredibly frustrating
to those of us who live here. If a bucket is already overflowing, you don't keep pouring more water into it and s ay it's fine. By approving this, the city is basically admitting the evacuation plan is
broken but choosing to make it even more crowded anyway.
We need our leaders to look at the reality of our streets , not jus t the numbers on a developer's spreads heet. Please do the res ponsible thing and protect the res idents who are already here. We need better ways to get out of the Hills , not
more people trapped in them. Pleas e vote "No" on this project.
Please addres s the woefully inadequate infrastructure and evacuation plans BEFORE making it worse! That only makes s ens e, right?
Sincerely,
Rick Pollgreen
Anaheim resident