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Minutes of the Regularr Meeting of Council <br />Monday, April 16, 2018 : <br />Page 3 <br />residents are here and I know that if the situation continues, even more residents will be. at next. <br />month's meeting. <br />..? :? :A <br />The residents living on Zorn Lane obviously have a big issue with the street light that was <br />installed. Just as important an issue is the fact that we were not informed in advance. We do not <br />accept the position that there was no obligation to inform us. We don'.t accept this because the <br />Mayor has stated that the light was put up for a perceived safety issue. If that is true, then why <br />were we not told of this safety issue? We are informed when the city is flushing hydrants; <br />sealing the roads; altering the.landscape at the traffic circle, but not for a-safety issue? . This <br />entire issue would. have been avoided had we been informed and permitted input. There is a lot <br />of frustration that has resulted from this street light. - Since we no longer believe that we will be <br />informed or have input in the future changes of our neighborhood, the frustration has morphed . <br />into angst and we now must be proactive and work to avoid issues like the sfreet light: <br />There has riot been a need for a community group in our neighborhood for 60 years but <br />regrettably we now have to be proactive. Every single household within the sight of the light on <br />Zorn Lane has signed a letter asking tliat the position, style and wiring of the light be changed. <br />The signatures include the residents that asked the Mayor for the light as even they are unhappy <br />with the light put up by the Mayor. We are grateful to B'ill Marquardt and Joe Saponara for listening to our _concerns. We rerriain <br />hopeful that the Council will right this wrong and hopefully before the next Council meeting. <br />Thank you very much far listening. Pat 1Vlorgan . <br />546 Zorn Lane I have been out of town for a few months at the early part of the year and returned just before <br />Easter. I had my initial introduction to the light at 2:00 a:m. in the morning the f rst day I was <br />back. There was so much light in my house in the front rooin that I basically thought I must have <br />left lights on so I went to check and that's when I saw this massive light coming into the window <br />and I saw its source, the, ugly telephone pole mounted sfreetlight. That was not there when I left <br />towri in February so it was quite a shock when I came back to see it. <br />Subsequently I was asked to sigri a petition to remove the light which I gladly did sign. With <br />regular patrols from friendly police, I have always felt very safe on Zorn Lane but that's not the <br />case now. Thaf light focuses directly on my property and i feel like I am in a fishbowl exposed <br />and vulnerable. <br />Fourteen years ago, I moved to Mayfield Village from Chicago. I could have gone anywhere but <br />I chose the Village for several reasons; its beautiful country look, its amenities and a solid record <br />of local business arid local government and residents working together. Tliat's basically why I <br />feel so unsettled by this current light situation. I believe that the ]ook of our local cominunity is <br />changed by that light. I believe that the opinions of a few people are being used to address <br />situations in the neighborhood while the thoughts of several others, many others, are being. <br />disregarded. .