Local fundraiser a success
Dear Editor,
This is a thank you for the Ryan Butcher fundraiser.
The Jazz Band Fundraiser in support of Ryan Butcher held Monday, March 20 at Spaghettini’s was a huge success! $14,500.00 was raised to help Ryan who suffered a spinal cord injury in an automobile accident. The LAHS Jazz Band led by director Justin Padilla with guest singer Becky Martin entertained all with a fabulous performance.
Thanks to everyone who lent support by attending or donating funds to help make this event successful and memorable.
Funds will be used to help with unmet medical/therapy needs and equipment.
If you were unable to attend, you can still help by donating to HelpHopeLive.org, Campaign for: Ryan Butcher or donate a dinner to the Butcher family at Mealtrain. https://mealtrain.com/e7yw62”
Nancy Curran
Rossmoor
Bonanni development on the agenda
Dear Editor,
Agenda Item 10 under New Business on Monday’s Cypress City Council agenda seeks approval of another project by Bonanni Development. This project proposes a three story 70 unit apartment complex on the Hansen Auto Body site on Lincoln. The project will consist of 59 one bedroom and 11 two bedroom units.
Current zoning of 30 units per acre on this 1.87 acre site would normally allow 56 units to be built on the site. However, because Bonanni is building four low income units in the project, he is getting a density bonus allowing him to build 14 additional apartments, which takes this project to 38 units per acre.
Bonanni will also receive parking concessions for building four low income units. The city would normally require 133 parking spaces which would include 89 garages for this 70 unit complex. Instead, they are only providing 111 parking spaces with 70 of them being carports and no garages. The agenda item states that the parking demand for this project may impact surrounding uses.
Then there is the traffic issue. The report says there won’t be any serious impacts. The community has yet to experience the impact of other Bonanni projects under way. That includes the 57 unit condo project on Lincoln on the former site of American RV and the 67 unit apartment complex that will be built on the old office building site next to the 7/11 on Lincoln and Denni. There are two other Bonanni projects under way that include the 19 unit condo development on Bloomfield just south of the nursery between Lincoln and Orange and the 24 units under construction on the Duke and Duchess site. Add to these, there are the 52 townhomes by City Ventures on Orange across from City Hall. No serious traffic impacts? Doubt it.
Since this zoning is allowed under the Lincoln Specific Plan, which was recently reauthorized by our current City Council by a vote of 3-2 with Yarc and Berry opposing, it is likely that this project will be approved.
Please let the City Council know your thoughts on this and other issues such as the proposed increases in our residential and commercial trash rates and the skyrocketing pension costs that are going to significantly impact the financial security of our city.
You can email them at the following email addresses:
Cypress Mayor Paulo Morales pmorales@cypressca.org
Mayor Pro-Tem Jon Peat jpeat@cypressca.org
Council Member Stacy Berry sberry@cypressca.org
Council Member Rob Johnson rjohnson@cypressca.org
Council Member Mariellen Yarc myarc@cypressca.org
George Pardon
Cypress