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BACKGROUND In the late 1980's, the City approved three subdivisions that made up the Golden Eagle development. The development is located on both sides of Foothill Road between Longview Drive to the north and Oak Manor Court to the south. Part of the subdivision improvements included the widening of Foothill Road along the project frontage to accommodate bike lanes and turning lanes. In addition to the street widening, street lights were installed along the east side of the project's Foothill Road frontage. After the street lights were installed, some of the existing neighbors to the south of the Golden Eagle development complained that the street lights were not in character with the rural nature of this portion of Foothill Road. City Council directed staff to work with these residents to see if there were other types of street lights that would be more acceptable to the residents and still provide adequate lighting for the street. It was the conclusion of staff and the residents that there was not a light available that would be acceptable to the neighbors and provide the necessary street lighting. City Council discussed the liability of installing street lights that did not meet the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) standards for street lighting and concluded that it would be better to have no street lights than having street lights that did not meet the standards. Council directed staff to have the street lights along Foothill Road removed except at the intersection of Golden Eagle Way and Longview Drive. Since the developer had met his obligation to install the street lights, the City had the City's maintenance company remove the poles and lights. The street light pole foundations were left in place such that the street lights could be reinstalled in the future with minimal work. See Attachment C for minutes of Council discussion on this item. The City was recently approached by representatives of the Golden Eagle Luxury Homeowners' Association about installing street lights on the east side of Foothill Road across the frontage of their development. In response to this request, staff scheduled a public meeting to determine the consensus of the residents in the area on this street light issue. Of the 763 residents in the area that were mailed postcards, eleven residents were present at the meeting. Additionally, staff received seven emails and one phone call on the issue. Ten of the residents at the meeting were in favor of having the street lights installed. Of the seven emails that staff received, three were against the installation of street lights and four were in favor of the lights. Most of the comments in favor of the street lights were concerned with animals crossing the street and cars nearly missing the animals as they dash out in front of their vehicles. More recently, staff received a petition from one of the homeowners within the Golden Eagle Development. There were 162 residents that signed the petition in favor of reinstalling the streets lights on Foothill Road along the Golden Eagle frontage. Additionally, the same homeowner circulated another petition for those against the installation of these same street lights. This petition was signed by 5 residents. Maps showing the locations of the residents that signed the two petitions, as well as the locations of the existing street lights and street light bases, are attached (Attachments 1 and 2). Page 2 of 3