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Susana Barrios
From: Omar Hattab <hattab93@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 2, 2026 5:39 PM
To: Public Comment <publiccomment@anaheim.net>; Ashleigh Aitken <AAitken@anaheim.net>; Carlos A. Leon
<CLeon@anaheim.net>; Ryan Balius <RBalius@anaheim.net>; Natalie Rubalcava <NRubalcava@anaheim.net>; Norma C.
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Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] Please vote NO on the Shea/Festival Center apartments – It's a safety issue
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Dear Council Members,
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 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,
Thank you and have a great day,
Best Regards || Mit Freundlichen Grüßen
Omar Hattab, CEM, CEA, CMVP
Energy Engineer
609 S Iron Horse Ln, Anaheim, CA 92807, USA
Tel/Mobil: +1 714 7475765
E-Mail: Hattab93@hotmail.com
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