POWAY, Calif. -- Some North County homeowners are preparing for a fight on Tuesday as Poway city leaders consider plans to light up a local park.

The plan calls for several 70-foot light poles to be installed at the Arbolitos Sports Fields off Interstate 15.

The Poway Sports Association said it wants lights at the park so children can practice sports when it becomes dark, but people who live in the area are concerned on how the lights may impact their lifestyle.

"We would split them up for practicing and put one team on each half," said Ginger Couvrette, the president of the Poway Sports Association.

Couverette said that in a few months, the field will be dark after 5 p.m. because of the time change.

"We have over 500 kids who will not be able to play their pre-season recreational program because we don't have enough lighted fields," said Couvrette.

The Poway City Council is expected to decide on Tuesday if they will amend a conditional use permit to allow lights in the fields.

The eight 70-foot tall lights are part of the plan and neighbors are not happy.

"We don't want to see that," said Yvette Reidy, a Poway resident. "We didn't move to Poway, the city in the country, to be lit up like Qualcomm."

When the park was built in 1996, lighting was not included.

Poway resident Tom Tucker has fought several times to keep it that way. He said he can see the park from his backyard and when temporary lights were installed in 1996, he said they were so bright he could read a book in his backyard.

Some of the Tucker's neighbors are also concerned lighting the field will increase noise and traffic but lower property value.

"I don't think it's fair to take that value from us involuntarily," said Tucker.

Courvette said she wants to work with the community and plans to have lights out by 8 p.m.

"If it's not going to happen then we will not be expanding our programs," she said. "Kids will not be allowed to play, teams will not be able to form and again these 500 kids will not be able to practice under lights."

An environmental study would still need to be conducted if city leaders move forward with the plan Tuesday.

The soccer league has offered to pay $350,000 for the lights.