Waterford ― A resident who has said an electronic sign planned for the Quaker Hill Green might damage the character of the surrounding neighborhood, said she felt relieved after meeting with town officials on Tuesday.

“While it’s a done deal, we were happy to know that we could monitor the brightness of the sign and give feedback, which will be taken by the emergency services director,” said Tina Dubosque.

Dubosque along with Andrew Clyde Bell, met with First Selectman Rob Brule and Emergency Management Director Steven Sinagra after the two residents had posted on the Quaker Hill Facebook page that the sign would be bright, distracting and a blight on the surrounding historic area and should be placed elsewhere.

“We are about to see one of those bright digital signs (similar to the one at Waterford High School) installed on the charming Quaker Hill Green. It will be in place right behind the brown and yellow Quaker Hill Green sign... Why it has to go on our pretty little Green .. I have no idea,” Dubosque posted on Feb. 12.

Ten residents replied that they agreed with her comments.

The green is at the intersection of Old Colchester Road and Old Norwich Road,inside the Quaker Hill Historic District, which was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

Dubosque said Brule and Sinagra told her Tuesday the sign will be small, use black and white colors, and that its brightness could be changed or shut off entirely at night.

“We thought it was going to be larger and all the crayon colors,” she said.

Dubosque said the sign will only be used to broadcast emergency information such as roads flooding or major storm warnings.

“Information that town emergency services would put out to warn residents that some event is about to take place that they might need to take notice of,” she said.

Dubosque said Sinagra had assured her the town would have the ability to regulate all aspects of the sign.

Dubosque said the sign is being placed in a known floodplain but she said Sinagra had said the town will build the sign to code.

She said she’s still concerned about whether the sign will distract drivers on Old Colchester Road, and that the floodplain is going to increase in volume in the coming years.

“Neither one of us is happy it’s there,” she said. “The design is okay. It’s a very plain sign. We’re just going to monitor it and see how bright it gets and make sure there are no accidents there with it distracting people.”

Brule and Sinagra could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

d.drainville@theday.com