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Palm Coast to study lighting options, measurements after months-long dispute over Ralph Carter Park lights and parking
Summary
After months of neighborhood complaints about nighttime lights and parking at Ralph Carter Park, council asked staff to price LED retrofits, provide pole heights and software capabilities, and report back. The city also discussed enforcement and longer-term sports field planning.
Palm Coast city leaders on April 8 directed staff to collect technical details and pricing for lighting changes at Ralph Carter Park and to report back to the council, after a nearly three-hour workshop session in which residents, coaches and league organizers debated conflicting quality-of-life and youth-sports priorities.
The nut graf: The council sought specific, actionable steps — measurements, vendor pricing for LED retrofits or dimming, and software-capability checks — rather than an immediate policy change; council members said they want to protect youth-sports access while addressing neighborhood impacts.
James Hurst, the city’s Director of Parks and Recreation, reviewed field usage and recent improvements at Ralph Carter Park and across the city’s sports inventory. He said a proposal to retrofit lights across the…
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