Council to recognize man who helps with traffic

Costa Mesa Mayor Eric Bever has chosen Ray Garcia for the Mayor’s Award for his work in helping the city increase traffic safety.

Garcia will be honored at Tuesday’s City Council meeting at City Hall.

“He was instrumental in getting the speed limit on Adams Avenue reduced to 45 miles per hour,” Bever said.

Garcia also helped get extra signage and an electronic speed warning radar put in on the major street. Last year the speed limit on the street was 50 mph.

Every month the mayor chooses someone from the city he believes performed an outstanding service to the community and embodies leadership qualities.

Recent recipients have included a Costa Mesa policeman who helped a troubled woman above and beyond his official duties and a man who does unpaid labor around his Eastside neighborhood to keep it clean.

— Alan Blank