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in The second topic we want to address in this written statement involves three suggestions we are making: 1. We have suggested the six poles be 25 ft instead of 30 ft. That would be the same height as Ride -Ons Walnut Grove arena. There has been no indication that it was considered by CRPD in the past 1.5 years, and seemingly no willingness to consider it now, which is discouraging. It should be made clear during the 7/18/24 meeting why 25 ft poles were not considered. 2. We are also suggesting potentially dimming the south side pole light fixtures that face Lynn Road and the homes, if necessary in the future. We've been told the light fixtures will be dimmable between 20%-100% of maximum output. It should be made clear during the 7/18/24 meeting whether the lights are dimmable. 3. We also suggested getting the Dark Sky certification, which the National Park also suggested. However, it's our understanding that CRPD will not seek such certification. It should be made clear during the 7/18/24 meeting why the Dark Sky certification will not be obtained. The third topic we want to address is that we oppose the secretive process CRPD and Ride -On used the past 1.5 years. Some highlights: We supported the East Arena lighting project proposed by CRPD & Ride -On in 2022. It consisted of three 25-27 ft light poles using CREE parking lot -type LED lights. That was Oct -2022. We learned from CRPD 1.5 years later in May 2024 that CRPD and Ride -On had dramatically changed that proposal to be 6 poles instead of 3, 30 ft poles instead of 25 ft, high intensity sport -type LED lights instead of CREE parking lot type lights. Additionally we discovered there would be a pole on the south side facing Lynn and the homes, and the average light intensity for the arena would be 15 footcandles instead of 3 footcandles. We learned on our own that this new proposal was actually evaluated by CRPD & Ride -On starting in Nov -2022, just 1 month after we had agreed to the original plan. • Please note we talked to CRPD staff late 2022 and also sent Jim Friedl emails on Jan 26, 2023 and May 31, 2023 asking if there's anything new regarding the east and west arena lighting projects. The answer was always "No". In fact, one of Jim's replies included, and we quote: "so, there is nothing new to report since our last meeting..." End quote. At that time, the last Working Group meeting had been Sept 13, 2022. In fact, a very different East Arena plan had been developed and discussed starting in Nov -2022.