To whom it may concern:
I’m writing in regards to our home, that my father, Robert Kerres, purchased in 1971 for his family of six. His wife Jean, 93 years young, still remains at the home, housing several generations of our family.
Our property backs up to railroad property and has always been a welcoming yard for all the family.
Dad fought relentlessly to stop the fuvolaes dumping all those decades ago; we always felt the aggravation took a toll on him and my husband, who at the time was terminally ill. Decades later the City of Cypress is disregarding our concerns and non-responsive to our complaints.
This is more than a nuisance. My neighbors and others are experiencing truck vibrations, cracking windows, rats, stench, etc.
My dad worked hard building our freeways; so my family, in the memory of my father, deserve more from the city. Don’t ignore him again. This property is being abused by lazy, disrespectful, entitled outsiders, avoiding paying at the real dump, cutting corners. If “someone” is profiting and allowing this, eyes are watching.
Surrounding neighbors are helping to make sure all of Cypress, voters and non-voters, are aware of this decades old issue and the possible dangers to everyone’s health young and old.
Impounding vehicles that are doing the dumping could be a real start. Please act accordingly, this is not something that should be put off any further. Stopping it before it gets worse would let us know that we were heard.
Daughter of Bob & Jean Kerres
Deborah Oriaz
Cypress
Honor Our Elders
Now that the closures of the pandemic have waned many are returning to regular schedules and making up for missed travel. I would like to remind everyone that it’s easy to forget that our elders took the brunt of illness during the pandemic. Especially those who lived alone in isolation from friends and family. For those who lived in residential senior housing, it was also a different time for people. For instance, our community teams worked tirelessly to maintain a connection between residents and their families through virtual communication, and we had to be especially creative in providing door-to-door activities to keep their spirits high.
It’s with this in mind that I would like to ask everyone in the community to take a few moments out of their busy schedule during the week of September 11-17 to honor an elder. This is an important week in the senior living community — National Assisted Living Week. This year’s theme is “Joyful Moments”. This theme is especially meaningful given the past two years and it encourages everyone to find happiness, joy, and fulfillment in both the big and small moments in life.
Whether a senior lives in your home, your neighborhood, or in a senior living community, this is the time to let them know that you care. We suggest a simple gesture such as writing a card of appreciation or a small token such as giving a plant, or a flower, or dropping off treats to a senior living facility.
As someone who works daily with the senior population, I can tell you that a little kindness goes a long way to making a person happy. So please consider making Joyful Moments for our elders from Sept. 11th through 17th.
In gratitude to our elders,
Patrick Frazier
Executive Director
Westmont of Cypress
City of Cypress Mayor and Council Members:
My name is Quynh-Giao Nguyen and I have been a resident of Cypress for 19 years. We chose to reside in Cypress because the city provided a safe and healthy environment for our family. When we first arrived, the streets were well-lit, clean with minimal vehicle congestions. Our friendly neighborhood enjoyed a very tranquil existence.
Life was pleasant on New York Avenue. We invested in many home improvements to help keep our neighborhood a beautiful, pleasant place to live. We installed a lush fruit grove in our backyard that allowed our elderly parents a place to enjoy the outdoors within the safety of our home. We also did extensive landscaping, taking care to choose flowers and plants that are drought resistance and don’t consume too much of our precious water supply.
Unfortunately, our little haven has been gravely disturbed due to the trash dumping in our neighborhood. We are now experiencing an infestation of rats, cockroaches and other pests all coming from the garbage left in our neighborhood. We are also experiencing noxious air pollutants and foul odors from the trash.
Recently, KTLA had also reported these trash dumping activities in our neighborhood on the news. By allowing such activities, you have violated aerial trespass when you permit trash dumping activities into the city maintenance yard. These activities must stop immediately. City maintenance yards should never be used for trash dumping. This would adversely affect the health of my family, especially our elders, my property value, and my everyday quality of life. My family is asthmatic.
Our condition is exacerbated by the noxious fumes , trash smell, debris and dirt in the air due to the trash in our area. We are also concerned about being exposed to diseases commonly carried by rodents and other pests. We do not want to be exposed to pollutants & diseases caused by the trash.
We wish for an immediate halt to the trash dumping activities in our neighborhood. No one appreciates having to see trash near their prized grove or garden. No one should be subjected to unpleasant odors, cockroaches, rodents, and pests infesting their backyards. Trash dumping onto city maintenance yards is unacceptable, unethical, and unfair to all the residents in our neighborhood.
Trash does not belong in a residential area where people live. I ask that you put a stop to this activity for the safety of my family and other resident’s families and demand that you rectify the issue, compensate our neighborhood with clean up and all the environmental issues infesting our areas such as infestation of rats, cockroaches and poor air quality.
Thank you for your prompt attention and consideration.
Quynh-Giao Nguyen
Cypress
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