Maple Run residents ask Vineland Council to address Saddlebrook Drive signage, sight-lines and drainage

At the start of the public-comment period on April 8, 2025, April Stevenson Kender, president of the Maple Run Homeowners Association, told Vineland City Council that residents on Saddlebrook Drive want a replacement sign and safety changes to a stop line.

"We are petitioning for a sign change to no throw away," Kender said, using the phrasing she presented to the council. She said there is a visibility problem when vehicles stop too far back at the intersection of Maple Avenue and Saddlebrook Drive; that distance, she said, makes it difficult for school-bus drivers to see pedestrians and children boarding buses. Kender specifically asked the city to consider moving the stop line closer to the corner to improve sight-lines.

Kender also reported an uneven pavement treatment on two streets where spray was applied "during a rainy part of the week," which she said left accumulations and uneven spots that have not settled. She warned that accumulated water could lead to mosquito problems as temperatures rise. In the meeting transcript she said she first contacted zoning and then engineering, and that both departments asked why she called; she asked the council to have staff inspect the affected area.

Council did not record substantive discussion or a staff response to Kender's requests in the transcript beyond a question asking whom she had spoken to. The council moved on after public comment concluded.

Because no formal agenda item or motion was recorded in response to the public comment, the transcript does not show any binding action taken at the meeting on the Saddlebrook Drive concerns.