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Date:2/27/2026 5:20:03 PM
From:"thirdaxis Cleveland" thirdaxis@sbcglobal.net
To:"Public Comment" publiccomment@anaheim.net, "Ashleigh Aitken" AAitken@anaheim.net, "Carlos A. Leon" CLeon@anaheim.net, "Ryan Balius" RBalius@anaheim.net
Cc:"Natalie Rubalcava" NRubalcava@anaheim.net, "Norma C. Kurtz" NKurtz@anaheim.net, "kmaas@anaheim.net" kmaas@anaheim.net, "Natalie Meeks" NMeeks@anaheim.net
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Logic and Safety: Why the Festival Center Project is a Mistake
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De a r Coun ci l Me mbe r,
I a m w ri t i ng t o a s k yo u t o vo t e "No " o n t he A na he i m Hill s Fe s t i va l Ce nt e r a p a rt me nt proj e ct . Y ou don't ne e d to be a t ra ff i c e xp e rt t o s e e t ha t Sant a Ana Ca nyo n Ro ad is a lre a dy a t its l imi t . Mos t da ys , jus t g e t t ing t o t he s t o re o r w o rk is a cha ll e nge . T he idea tha t we can a d d ove r 400 a pa rt m e nt s a nd a b out 1300 p e o p le t o t hi s a re a wi t ho ut cre a t i ng a di s a s t e r d uring a wil d fi re e vacu a t i o n j u s t d oe s n't p a s s t he "commo n s e ns e " t e s t .
The cit y's o w n re p o rts a dm it t ha t i t a l re ady t a ke s re s i d e nt s o ve r t hre e ho urs to ge t o ut duri ng a fi re . To t he n s a y tha t a ddi ng a n o t he r 7 m inu t e s of d e l a y i s "not a big dea l " is incre di bly frus t ra t i ng t o t ho s e of u s who l i ve he re . I f a bu cke t i s a l re ady o ve rflo wing, yo u do n 't ke ep po uri ng m ore w a te r i nt o i t a n d s a y it's fine . By a pp ro vi ng t hi s , the cit y is b a s ica l l y a dmi t t ing t h e e va cua t io n p la n i s bro ke n but cho o s ing t o ma ke i t e ve n mo re crow de d a nyw a y.
W e ne e d o ur l e a ders t o lo ok a t t he re a l it y of o ur s t re e t s , no t jus t the numbe rs on a de ve lo pe r's s p re ads he e t . P le a s e do t h e re s po ns ibl e t hing and p ro t e ct t h e re s ide nt s w h o a re a lre a dy he re . W e nee d b e t t e r w a ys t o g e t o ut o f the H i lls ; no t m ore pe opl e t ra ppe d in the m. Ple a s e vot e "N o " on t hi s pro je ct .
The ma p s s how i ng t he 'e va cua t i on rout e s ' a re me re ly ma z e s t ha t a l l l e a d o nt o t he ma i n a rte rie s , Sa n ta A na Ca nyon, Se rrano (whi ch i n t h e pre vio us fi re w a s cl o s e d!!!), W e i r C a nyo n a nd N ohl Ra nch Rd ., all 'e s ca pe ' rout e s l ea d i ng i n t o impe ne t ra bl e t ra ffic g ri ds ! T his be co m e s a n e ve n gre a t e r i s s ue co ns ideri ng t he t ho ro ughfa re t hat ha s be e n cre at e d fo r co mmut e rs he a ding t ow a rd Gre e n Ri ve r, Co rona a nd R ive rs ide , ut i liz ing our s t re e t s as s h o rtcu t s t o avoi d t h e 91!
I n our la s t fi re i t t o ok me 3 hours t o ge t f ro m Cami no Gra n de (ne a r Se rrano a nd N o hl R a nch int e rs e ct i on) t o t he po s t o ff i ce o n Sa n ta A na Ca nyon. Fl a me s we re l i cking a cro s s Se rra n o ; a s he s we re e ve rywhe re . I s ta ye d at my co ndo s t a ndi ng o n my ca r ho s i ng do w n t he roo f of my condo unt il w e we re f orce ful ly e va cua t e d.
The p ict ures i ns e rt e d s how jus t t he ve ry s t a rt of o ur l as t fire , progre s s i n g a t a n a l a rmi ng rat e .
Since re l y,
A n na W e nt g e s
l o ngt im e re s ide nt in A na h e i m H ill s
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