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Date:2/28/2026 11:39:57 PM
From:"Nan Shea" nanshea75@gmail.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] Please vote NO on the Shea/Festival Center apartments – It's a safe ty issue
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Dear Council Member,
Isn't it ironic that I am writing an email to oppose the apartment complex building by the Shea? I am writing to you as a resident of Anaheim 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 traffic inching slowly to get to my two young children. Then at the last minutes, I was directed away from
my children to get back on the freeway and go west, following the "Know Your Way". All the roads were blocked in the Hills. It wasn't just
"traffic"—it was a total standstill. Could you imagine the fear of a parent who couldn't reach her children? The "Know Your Way" pushed me west
but my children were at a friend house in East of Anaheim. 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. I fear for my family safety and for the safety of the
added 1000+ people.
The reports for this project say that adding these cars will "only" add about 7 minutes to the evacuation time. But we don't have extra roads or
"secret" ways out of the Hills; we all end up on the same few lanes. Today, each time, we all watch in fear and hold our breath whenever we see
smoke in the hills, in Chino hills, and/or a car on fire on the 91 East. We await for the news that all is well. Not long ago a wild fire in Chino hills
jumped the 71 freeway and spread rapidly. Thank you to the quick action of the fire department who put that wild fire out. Adding more people to
a neighborhood that is already a bottleneck during a fire just feels like a tragedy waiting to happen.
This is an added burden to our mental health.
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. 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,
Nan Shea