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MEMO TO: Clerk -Administrator FROM: Engineering/Planning Technician fi DATE: May 5, 1983 SUBJECT: KNOLLWOOD DRIVE STREET LIGHT This memo and street light petition request is a revision to the one which was submitted to you on April 21, 1983. Two separate locations have been discussed in the past and a third location is being re- quested at this time. The request, to the present, has included the following locations: 1) The initial request was for the installation of a street light between 7729 and 7739 Knollwood Drive since a pole exists along the rear property lines. The owner of 7738 did not sign the petition, so without: a Council determi- nation that a light at this location is in the interest of safety, a light could not be placed at this location. 2) A pole presently exists between 7749 and 7759 Knollwood Drive. The same situation exists here. The Owner of 7749 Knollwood Drive would not sign the petition so with- out a Council determination, a light could not be placed there either. 3) Lastly, the people in the neighborhood would like the light placed between 7718 and 7728. The petition has the required number of signatures for the placement of a light at at this location. A pole exists at the rear property line between these two addresses, although there are one two large trees between the existing pole and the street. I have spoken to acting Police Chief Smith, and it is his opinion'that a light between 7718 and 7728 Knollwood Drive would be the best of the three choices. Since there is no light• at the corner of Knollwood and County Road I and because, according to the residents in the area, the southern part of Knollwood has had the most vandal occurrences. I then spoke with Don Zettel from N.S.P. and they do not favor placing lights in locations where the wires would have to go through existing trees, especially when another location just one lot north does not have any trees that would create a problem. In summary, from an installation standpoint, placing the light between 7729 and 7739 as originally proposed would be the best. A property owner directly affected has not signed the petition (they are, in fact, moving out of their home), so they would have to determine that the placement of a light at this location is in the interest of the health and safety of the area. This block is part of the police department's