Grandview Avenue housing development

The 555 Grandview resident said traffic will be a disaster with the new daycare nearby, questioned how building in wetlands will affect her already-wet property, and asked for better landscaping than the 'stark' recent subdivisions.

The 124 Lancaster Avenue resident said neighbors got input too late, praised the single-family designs, but objected to multifamily buildings too close to Grandview and asked about the fate of Lot 16 and saving the old nursery trees.

A homeowner who walks Grandview daily, she blamed nearby development for flooding, roof-damaging wind, lost open space and displaced animals, and demanded taxpayers get to vote on uses of city-owned land.

The DeWitt Avenue resident, whose back line abuts the power corridor, said houses packed so close together create a poor quality of life and urged caution about congestion.