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Date:3/2/2026 9:35:42 PM
From:"Brad Gorsha"
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 Festival Project - Traffic in AH Hills and the 91 Fwy is alre ady maxed out
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Dear Council Member,
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 Fes tival
Center. I lived here during the Canyon Fire 2 in 2017, and I will never forget the feeling of being s tuc k in my c ar, watc hing 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. W e don't have extra roads or "s ec ret" 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 s afely. Please
don't make an existing danger even worse just for a new development. W e are asking you to prioritiz e the lives and safety of the people
who already live here and pay taxes here.
Sincerely,
Brad Gorsha
Anaheim