Letter to the Editor: One vote against Measure A in Cypress

Dear Editor,

The June five number one is only a week away with many Californians fixated on statewide races. In Cypress citizens have Measure A on the poll referring to what to do in ten years with the 155 acres of land when the Los Alamitos Race Course closes.

As you pressure round Cypress, you notice maximum houses with out indicators supporting Measure A. Could the loss of indicators be a sign that Cypress citizens are balloting No on Measure A? (No signal = No on A.)

I’m only one vote, however need to percentage why I plan to vote NO on Measure A:

• Very little land is being devoted to public parks
  This is Cypress’ final large bite of actual property. Of the just about 155 acres, a paltry 17 acres are devoted to two public parks. (Or 20 acres if you need to come with the proposed public park overlay that might be a part of the retail the town heart. After all, there’s not anything extra a laugh than having a picnic through a retail buying groceries heart.)
  That’s a measly 13 p.c devoted for public parks.

  The first park (consisting of nine acres) will likely be constructed now whilst the race monitor continues to perform. It will likely be positioned at the intersection of Cerritos Street and Lexington Drive. However the steadily busy two-lane Lexington Drive may not be thought to be for widening till the race monitor closes – a decade from now.

  • Would the land to widen Lexington Drive be taken from this park?
  • Who would pay for the value of widening Lexington Drive?
  • Wouldn’t it make extra sense to widen Lexington Drive at the similar time the park is constructed?

  It’s comprehensible that the first park may have to be small because it’s being constructed whilst the race monitor remains to be in operation, however why is the SECOND park a meager 8 acres? Remember, the overall of the land is just about 155 acres. The two proposed parks bordering Cerritos Street overall simply 17 acres.

  Why isn’t more room devoted for public parks?

• 1,000+ new houses and retail retail outlets = site visitors congestion
  Approximately 1,000+ houses will likely be constructed on the different 100 acres: senior housing and single-family houses. That manner hundreds extra other folks the use of our infrastructure. (Not to point out Los Alamitos Medical Center.) Between the thousand extra houses and retail buying groceries heart, there might be hundreds extra automobiles riding on our streets and the streets of neighboring communities, particularly Los Alamitos.

  Aren’t some Cypress and Los Alamitos streets and intersections congested sufficient? Currently, there are occasions all the way through the day when it takes a couple of sign adjustments to get thru an intersection. Or a automobile juts out right into a shifting site visitors lane because it waits to make a left flip.

  Plus, there might be much more than 1,000 houses constructed on the race monitor belongings since about 20 acres of the mixed-use districts allow some further housing OR growth of the retail heart.

AND … with these kind of hundreds of automobiles anticipated on our streets, shouldn’t Moody Street be prolonged so it connects to Katella Avenue? (Moody Street ends at Cerritos Avenue.)

AND … taking into consideration that Cypress has closed quite a lot of colleges due to diminished pupil enrollment, will there be enough colleges and academics finally those houses are constructed? Would Cypress have to flip round and construct extra colleges?

AND … received’t our hardworking police and fireplace departments turn into overburdened with those further 1,000+ houses and the adjacent retail buying groceries heart?

AND … does Cypress actually want greater site visitors congestion in change for 2 small parks?

The decade will move through very speedy. Not everybody balloting on June five will nonetheless be living in the town ten years from now, however our resolution on Primary Day affects generations to come.

To shut, I’m balloting NO on Measure A. (No garden signal = No on Measure A.) I beg Cypress citizens to do their very own analysis, discuss to other folks you accept as true with, ask questions at conferences the place each professional AND con positions are offered and take into accounts what’s absolute best for our town. You can do numerous pondering whilst sitting in site visitors at certainly one of Cypress’ many congested intersections.

Sincerely,

Robin Itzler
Proud Cypress resident since 1978