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Residents ask Carbondale to fix dark Lakeland Lane and announce neighborhood meetings
Summary
Two residents used public comment to request city attention to a dark residential street and to promote neighborhood organizing: Sholita Drew asked the city to address poor lighting on Lakeland Lane; Farrell Lamfine announced the Arbor District Neighborhood Association meeting Feb. 22 and a Neighborhood Alliance meeting Feb. 1.
Residents at the Carbondale City Council meeting raised neighborhood safety and organizing items during the public‑comment period.
Sholita Drew, who identified herself as a Carbondale resident, said lighting on Lakeland Lane is inadequate and poses safety concerns for elderly neighbors and pedestrians who use the street to access nearby park‑district activities. “The lighting is so bad,” Drew said, telling the council she had emailed Interim City Manager Reno on Jan. 9 and had been told an engineer would review the matter but that no work had yet occurred. Drew asked the interim manager to address lighting on the street.
Farrell Lamfine, president of the Arbor District Neighborhood Association and founding member of the Library For Alternate Futures nonprofit, announced the Arbor District annual meeting at 1 p.m. on Feb. 22 at St. Francis Xavier Church and said the neighborhood association and the nonprofit are available to support organizing in other neighborhoods. Lamfine also said a Neighborhood Alliance meeting will be held on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the public library from 10 a.m. to noon and provided contact emails: thearbordistrict@gmail.com and l4af@proton.me.
Why it matters: Street lighting affects pedestrian safety, especially for elderly residents, and neighborhood associations are a channel for resident engagement with city services and planning.
What the council recorded: The speaker asked the interim city manager to follow up; no formal council motion or budget allocation for lighting was recorded during the meeting.
