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Date:2/27/2026 9:10:30 AM
From:"Shelley Shuff" shelley.shuff@me.com
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] STOP 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 7976 E. Altair Lane in Anaheim Hills 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 my disable 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