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From:"Debbie Hawkins" debhawkins1@yahoo.com
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Subject:[EXTERNAL] Logic and Safety: Why the Festival Center Project is a Mistake
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De a r C o u n ci l Me m b e r,
I a m w ri t i ng t o a s k yo u t o vo t e "N o " o n t he A n a h e i m H i l l s Fe s t i va l C e n t e r a p a rt m e n t p ro j e ct .
Y o u d o n 't ne e d t o b e a t ra f f i c e xp e rt t o s e e t ha t Sa n t a A n a Ca nyo n R o a d i s a l re a d y a t i t s l i m i t . M o s t
d a ys , j u s t g e t t i n g t o t h e s t o re o r w o rk i s a ch a l l e n g e . T h e i d e a t h a t w e ca n a d d o ve r 4 0 0 a p a rt m e n t s a n d
a b o u t 1 3 0 0 p e o p l e t o t hi s a re a w i t h o u t cre a t i ng a d i s a s t e r d uri n g a w i l d f i re e va cu a t i o n j u s t d o e s n 't p a s s
t h e "co m mo n s e n s e " t e s t . T he ci t y's o w n re p o rt s a d mi t t h a t i t a l re a d y t a ke s re s i d e n t s o ve r t h re e h o u rs t o
g e t o u t d uri n g a f i re . T o t h e n s a y t ha t a d d i ng a no t h e r 7 mi n u t e s o f d e l a y i s "n o t a b i g d e a l " i s i n cre d i b l y
f ru s t ra t i n g t o t ho s e o f u s w h o l i ve he re . I f a b u cke t i s a l re a d y o ve rf l o w i n g , yo u d o n 't ke e p p o u ri n g m o re
w a t e r i n t o i t a nd s a y i t 's f i ne .
B y a p p ro vi ng t h i s , t he ci t y i s b a s i ca l l y a d m i t t i n g t he e va cu a t i o n p l a n i s b ro ke n b u t ch o o s i n g t o m a ke i t
e ve n m o re cro w d e d a n yw a y. W e n e e d o u r l e a d e rs t o l o o k a t t he re a l i t y o f o u r s t re e t s , n o t j u s t t h e
n u m b e rs o n a d e ve l o p e r's s p re a d s h e e t . P l e a s e d o t h e re s p o ns i b l e t h i n g a n d p ro t e ct t h e re s i d e n t s w h o a re
a l re a d y h e re . W e n e e d b e t t e r w a ys t o g e t o ut o f t he H i l l s , no t mo re p e o p l e t ra p p e d i n t h e m . P l e a s e vo t e
"N o " o n t h i s p ro j e ct .
Si n ce re l y,
De b b i e H a w ki ns