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Date:3/20/2026 8:41:52 AM
From:"Shelley Shuff" shelley.shuff@me.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] STOP Anaheim Hills Festival Project Number: DEV2023-00043
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Dear Mayor Aitken and Council Members,
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
I live at 7976 E. Altair Lane in Anaheim Hills where I have been a resident for
over 32 years.
I am writing to express my concerns regarding the Anaheim Hills Festival
Project Number: DEV2023-00043 to add 447 multiple-family attached
residential units. Adding a complex with at least 1,000 more residents would
be disastrous for our community’s safety.
Please consider the negative impact such a project would have on an
already existing congested traffic problem, especially the issue of
evacuation in a fire.
My family has personally experienced several evacuations. During one of
the fires we were unable to leave the area. Traffic was gridlocked. Police
blocked access to get elderly out it the senior apartments on Festival. I
literally looked him in the eye and told him he was going to be responsible
for the death of trapped seniors. I moved the barrier, my husband drove in
and we were able to get my disabled 80 year old mom out. We could not
drive any further so we fearfully sat in our car in the Festival parking lot for
over 6 hours with our children and 80 year old mother in our car as we
watched the fires all around us.
Our neighbor and local retired Fire Chief has expressed his great concern
for adding more than 800-1,000 permanent residents at Festival Center.
The additional traffic would be a detriment to our safety. Please protect our
community and our lives by preventing this project from proceeding.
Your careful consideration is greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Shelley Shuff