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Date:3/3/2026 2:25:28 PM
From:"Douglas Messier" douglasmessierjr@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] Concerns about the Festival Center Project and Wildfire Safe ty
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Dear Council Member, I moved to Anaheim Hills because it is a beautiful, family-oriented c ommunity, but I am very c onc erned about the proposed
Shea/Festival Center apartment project. Sinc e moving here, I've learned that our neighborhood is in a high-risk fire zone w ith very limited w ays to get out.
I was shoc ked to read that it already takes over three hours to evac uate this area during an emergenc y. Adding over 1,000 more people and their c ars to
our streets seems like a huge risk to everyone's safety. The project's environmental report admits that these new apartments w ill make evacuation times
even longer. As a parent, I think about what would happen if a fire broke out while I w as trying to get my [kids /pets/elderly parents] to safety. If the roads
are already failing, adding hundreds more cars into the mix w ill make a bad situation impossible. It feels like the c ity is hoping for the best rather than
planning for the worst. I am not against new housing in general, but it has to be built in the right plac es. Putting high-density housing at a know n
bottlenec k in a fire zone is not responsible. I am asking you to please put our safety first and vote "No" on this projec t until w e have a real solution for
getting people out of the Hills safely. Sinc erely, Douglas Messier