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Commission over the years made it a point to keep that Park View post. There was another incident at that location, and that went away and was replaced by a hollow spun • post. There are a couple of Park View posts in existence in the city that could be reestablished in that location. I think it is kind of a nice tribute. Back in 1986, I&M Power Company(`s) Bill Cartwright gave me permission to play with the streetlights on Riverside Drive, and I put ballast in and I check -tested high-pressure sodium and metal [unintelligible] and I put 103 watt bulbs in and 150 watt bulbs in. We went through the entire process of historic lighting because I was on the Commission I introduced the thought to the Commission that streetlighting within the historic district were part of the historic district. And because the entities were located on the acreage of the description they were therefore covered. And what we wanted to do, what we wanted to accomplish was increase the efficiency of the streetlights. Because, before when I&M was involved they were not the way they are today, they used to be a hodge-podge, that we wanted to go to something that was energy efficient, and we wanted to keep the look of the incandescent bulbs. In 1915 the street lights were installed on Riverside Drive all the way to Golden Avenue, that's where it stopped, that was Leland up until that point. The lamps and the streetlamps were 40 watt. A few years later they become 60 watt. When the city took them over they were 103 watt, incandescent. The Mayor's streetlight committee decided that Riverside Drive was going to get high-pressure sodium because as one woman, in Harter Heights said, `It looks just like gas light.' Of course, it was never gaslight. So, we've got the high-pressure sodium. East Wayne Street ended up getting what that district (Riverside Drive) wanted — they wanted 100 watt metal halide bulb. Because 100 watt metal halide bulb looks identical to a 500 watt incandescent bulb. There's a coloring rendition and the Commission spent weeks discussing this topic — the color rendition of lights in historic districts — against paint colors and architectural features. I went through it when I was director with the Court House, they have now corrected that to a smaller fixtures and now it is metal halide. LED lamps that have been installed — I had a conversation with you today, thank you for your time, you are a sweetheart. And you I spoke to. Commissioner Gelfman reminded the speaker that there is a time limit. So, we need go back to warm side. I've been hearing from people in the district. 2900 degrees kelvin, my 21 LED bulb on my streetlight in my yard, it belongs to me at 1075 Riverside Drive. Totally historically correct. Color, everything. So, LED we need to keep in the district. I think that's everything. Thank you for being so patient. Tim Scott, 711 Forest Avenue, 1St District Common Council Rep, President of the South Bend Common Council — I definitely want to concur with Don Howard and Ed Talley on the lights, I want this to be — not make best the enemy of better. I think what we need right now is streetlights. Up, get it lit, for safety and production, and even myself on the Council, and Karen White started up Light Up South Bend with the City, I think that is something that • Kara Boyles and I have been discussing is the Kelvin temperature of the streetlights, and I agree the two east almost down to Lafayette are way brighter than everything else. I think what we can do is get the lights up, get them operating for the safety and everything 0