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Date:3/2/2026 11:46:16 AM
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Subject:[EXTERNAL] Please vote NO on the Shea/Festival Center apartments – It's a safe ty issue for our e ntire community
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Dear Council Member,
I am an Anaheim resident asking 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 my car, watching the smoke get closer, and literally not moving for over an
hour. It wasn't just "traffic"—it was a total standstill. 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.
The reports for this project say that adding these cars will "only" add about 7 minutes to the evacuation time. But when you're already stuck for three
hours and the fire is moving toward you, 7 minutes is a lifetime. We don't have extra roads or "secret" ways out of the Hills; we all end up on the same
few lanes. Adding more people to a neighborhood that is already a bottleneck during a fire just feels like a tragedy waiting to happen.
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,
Michael Zimmerman