Submitted By
John P. Wielebnicki, Public Works Director
Agenda Item Title
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A Motion to Concur with the Public Works Director's Recommendation to Install 3,000 Kelvin LED Lighting as Part of the Village's Residential Street Lighting System Replacement Project
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Overview
Overview
The purpose of this item is to seek concurrence from the Village Board on the recommended LED street light lamp to be installed as part of the Village-Wide Residential Street Lighting System Replacement Project.
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Anticipated Future Actions/Commitments
Recommendation
Once the lighting lamp selection is approved staff will seek competitive bids for lamp materials and contractor costs to install the lamps.
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Report
The last Village wide streetlighting system improvement project was completed in the early/mid 1970's. There are over 6,000 street and alley lights in the system. Of that amount approximately 2,500 street lights are considered residential lights. These light fixtures are mounted on top of a 15 foot tall concrete pole. The typical lamp in the fixture is a 100 Watt Mercury Vapor lamp. They primarily exist on the north/south residential streets.
The 2019-2023 Capital Improvement Plan includes the replacement of the existing 2,500 residential lamps with new LED lamps. The FY2019 budget includes the first year of a three year program to complete this work and is budgeted at $170,000 per year in the Sustainability Fund. Work is proposed in the east third of the Village (Ridgeland to Austin, Roosevelt to North Ave.) in 2019, the west third in 2020 and the middle third in 2021.
The Village Board met on February 12, 2018 and again on June 11, 2018 to discuss a Village-Wide Residential Street Lighting System Replacement Project.
At the June 11, 2018 meeting staff presented information regarding a pilot area in the vicinity of the Public Works Center which highlighted four different LED lighting options. The purpose of installing the various optio...
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