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Public Comment
From:Lauren Walls <laurenrosewalls@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday,
To:Public Comment
Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] East Romneya Needs Your Help!
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Dear Anaheim City Council,
I have been a resident of Anaheim for 7 years, and absolutely love this city for so many reasons. Our family has owned our home on East Romneya since the
early 70’s, it was bought with hard work and the idea of the American Dream by my husband’s grandmother and father, both immigrants from Mexico.
However, I would like to express my frustration and concern about the recycling center that has been built across the street from our house, Ponce Recycling.
It is directly across the street from our house and other neighbors, and runs 7 days a week all year long, including holidays. As we have been working and
completing school from home, the noise and smells from this place are intolerable. We can hear breaking glass, smashing cans and many other extremely loud
noises ALL day long, every single day. Even if we close up the windows and doors, we can still hear it inside of our home. It brings in so much foot traffic
through our neighborhood and feels unsafe at times. I have made many attempts to have the city out here to help us get it moved to another location, with little
effort made to help us.
I understand that we live in a busy, noisy area already, but it just feels so unfair that this was built practically inside of our neighborhood and that are forced to
listen to it every single day from morning to evening. Can you imagine living or working outside of a recycling center?
According to California Noise Laws, Health and Safety Code 46000. ... (f) All Californians are entitled to a peaceful and quiet environment without the
intrusion of noise which may be hazardous to their health or welfare. (g) It is the policy of the state to provide an environment for all Californians.
There is not a day in our house where we have some peace during the daytime. And I can’t express to you enough how loud it is in our house, and there is no
escaping it.
Seeing as this is not a permanent building, I am hoping to get some guidance on how this can be possibly moved to another location, or just further away from
our residential neighborhood. According to someone from City Planning, it was placed there in the 90’s, but everyone around us, including our family, have
been here for much longer, taking care of our neighborhood.
When I talk to our neighbors, everyone is equally as frustrated and upset about it being there, but no one knows what to do. It has been years at this point of
trying to get some help, so now I am reaching out to you. I really appreciate you even reading this, and really hope that there is something we can do.
Thank you for your time.
Lauren Walls
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