Neighbors press city on lights, traffic and screening for new dispatch center

Multiple residents described ongoing quality-of-life concerns and asked how the new dispatch center would affect lighting, traffic and privacy.

One attendee (speaker 4) said, "My property line abuts the city's property, which was an old Army Reserve Center base," and asked whether more towers or environmental and health studies would follow. Neighbors repeatedly asked about bright site lights and headlights from shift changes; one resident suggested motion sensors and added screening to reduce nighttime spill.

Tekton's Matt Saladin described a photometric plan and said the project's fixtures would be "fully shielded" and "full cutoff" so light only shines downward. He added the fixtures would be warm ("2700 Kelvin") and that the team planned to preserve and augment the tree line and to build a landscape berm to soften visibility into yards. Saladin said the driveway angle was adjusted to "limit as much as possible evening shift change headlights" toward neighboring backyards.

City staff and Tekton also noted security measures: a decorative aluminum fence (not chain link with barbed wire) around the secure side of the facility, access-control gates and natural barriers such as boulders and trees to deter vehicle intrusion while reducing the appearance of a fortress.

The committee invited residents to raise detailed photometric or landscape concerns at the Planning & Zoning hearing on Aug. 12 and offered a point of contact for construction- and site-related complaints.