Agenda - Council - 08/22/1994 - Laserfiche WebLink

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INTRODUCTION The City of Ramsey has a policy which established two classifications for street lighting. The first is priority arterial street lighting which is limited to intersections at State Trunk Highways, Count, Roacis and arterial streets. The chief benefit from this type of lighting is the improved safev due to increased visibility at the intersection and also functions as a navigation aid to motorists who are seeking to locate ~e exact point of the intersection as they are approaching. Because of the general nature of the benefits from this type of lighting, it is the City's policy to finance the installation and operation and maintenance of these lights through the City's general fund. A second classification of street lighting is subdivision street lighting. This type of lighting is provided at intersections and at intervals of approximately 300 feet along all streets within a subdivision. The major benefits from this type of lighting is increased pedestrian safety and security. These benefits occur chiefly to the residents of the individual subdivision, and therefore, City policy declares financing of subdivision tighting to be the responsibility of the benefitted property owners. It is also City policy to involve the benefitted residents of the subdivision in the decision on whether or not subdivision lighting should be installed. Until recently, the City of Ramsey had no efficient means of collecting the necessary funds for the installation and operation and maintenance of subdivision street lighting from areas outside the City's water and sewer utility districts. Recently, Anoka E}ectric Cooperative has entered into an agreement with the City to perform billing for its utility area. This billing system also allows for the possible billing of other City services such as the billing of subdivision street lights in rural areas. On July 26, 1994, the City Council received a petition calling for the feasibility study to consider the improvement of street lights to the Pine Cove Addition, and directed the City Engineer to prepare said feasibility study to advise on the cost of the project as it would affect each property owner. The purpose of this study is to accomplish that directive. NATURE OF THE IMPROVEMENT It is proposed that two ornamental street lights and one priority .intersection street light be installed in the locations identified in Figure A. The ornamental lights would be the traditionaire-style standard and luminaire illustrated in Figure B. The priority intersection light will be the cobra head type lumina.ire placed on a wooden or fiberglass standard as illustrated in Figure C. All installations would be performed by Anoka Electric Cooperative. All wiring to the proposed subdivision lights would be underground by plowing in cable and boring driveways where necessa_w. Turf would be restored to the satisfaction of the property owner. PR O.IECT COST The estimated cost is $1,200 for subdivision street lighting and $600 for the priority intersection light which would be installed at the same time, The City is proposing to recover the installation costs plus 15% for project overhead through the quarterly billing rate. The cost of the subdivision lights would be recovered by the City over a period of ten years through individual property owner bi/lings. The cost of the priority street lighting is currently financed through the City's General Fund.