ANAHEIM : 18-Unit Tract OKd Despite Opposition
Despite protests from neighbors, the City Council this week approved the construction of an 18-unit housing tract on Garland Circle.
Councilwoman Miriam Kaywood cast the dissenting vote against the project, which allows the street to be extended by 1,000 feet to accommodate the new homes. Angry homeowners said the project will create traffic problems in their quiet cul-de-sac. Officials estimate that the new project will increase traffic on Garland Circle by about 100 trips daily--a 300% jump.
To appease the homeowners, two new entrances to the neighborhood--one off Garland Circle and the other at the end of the development--will be available to the new residents.
However, residents still fear the worst.
“It looks like we lost the battle,” said Gene Celello, a resident of nearby Boisseranc Street after Tuesday night’s vote. “They are still going to come out on Garland where we don’t want them to.”
Many of the residents opposed to the project were those who pleaded with the city to install speed bumps in their neighborhood to slow cars that use the residential streets as a shortcut to the surrounding streets. The residents were successful in persuading the council to install speed bumps a few months ago.
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