North Prospect Avenue residents urge immediate action on noise and safety; cite high decibel levels and traffic incidents

Multiple residents used the non‑agenda public‑comment period to press the commission and city staff to take action on safety and noise on North Prospect Avenue (500–600 block). Daryl Boyd, who identified himself as a resident and property owner on North Prospect, described a near‑collision with a speeding Tesla and said the neighborhood experiences repeated crashes and vehicles crossing the median.

Boyd and other speakers said landscaping work on the median and planting decisions were made with insufficient resident input and that proposed plantings ("tiny trees") and removal of established screening (oleanders) will not mitigate noise, privacy or the risk of a vehicle crossing into yards. Boyd asserted measured noise readings in the 64–68 dB range and peaks into the mid‑80s during afternoon traffic, and he said both Los Angeles County and the City of Redondo Beach have acknowledged the neighborhood exceeds guidelines; he characterized the condition as a public nuisance and referenced California civil code provisions for quiet enjoyment and public‑safety statutes.

Speakers urged the commission to pursue traffic calming on the 500–600 block of North Prospect Avenue, to reconsider previous denials of speed cushions and to develop a coordinated traffic‑safety and noise‑mitigation plan that includes resident consultation, better plantings or physical measures and irrigation planning for new landscaping. The commission acknowledged the comments and scheduled related traffic items for discussion on the agenda (including separate items on Prospect Frontage improvements and Flagler/Clark traffic calming). No formal action on North Prospect Avenue was taken during the public‑comment period; the concerns were incorporated into later agenda discussion.