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Susana Barrios
From:Christie Campbell <ccampbell1548@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, June 19, 2026 9:04 PM
To:Public Comment; Ashleigh Aitken; Carlos A. Leon; Ryan Balius; Natalie Rubalcava;
Norma C. Kurtz; Kristen Maahs; Natalie Meeks
Cc:Peggy Russell
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Please vote NO on the Shea/Festival Center apartments – It's a safety
issue
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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 Festival Center. I lived here during the Canyon Fire 2 in 2017, and I will never forget
the feeling of being stuck at my house, smoke so thick you couldn't see your hand infront of your face.
The car was pack with all our valuables. Our neighbors called and said don't bother getting in your car
because we are stuck at the bottom of Bauer Rd. It wasn't just "traffic"—it was a total standstill. You could
have walked out faster. 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,
Christie A Campbell
7947 E Bauer Rd
Anaheim, CA 92808
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