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Case# / PRIORITY By: Steven STREET LIGHTING COSTS J. Jankowski, City Engineer Background: As you will recall, iat the March 8, 1994 Road and Bridge Committee meeting, it was directed that updated street ligllfing costs be obtained from Anoka Eicon'lc Cooperative so that an accurate estimate of the cos~ of installing the priority street lighting system can be made. The Police Chief and ! reviewed and updated the map which identifies and categorizes various priorities of street lights. This map v~ill be available at the Road and Bridge Committee meeting for your review. Anoka Electric ha~ provided an estimated installation cost of $860 per priority street light. This per-light estimate Was developed by individually costing the installation of all 24 of the priority A lights. Attached t~this case is a table which shows the cost of installing and maintaining, on an annual basis, the r4malning classification in our priority lighting system. Should the City decide to proceed with the ifistallafion of its most needed priority lights, that being priority A, it will need a 333 percent increase over the existing $2,250 annual budget. This large percent increase is due to the fact that the ex~sting priority lights have no capital cost component to the City as they have been installed by develgper contributions. You might also observe that adding priority B and C to the street lighting inOreases the total annual operational cost by approximately 50 percent over operating the exis~ng and priority A lights. The addition of priority D lights, which represent the ultimate in the priority su-eet lighting system by providing a street light at every intersection along a collector and arterial street, would roughly double the cost of installing the lights through priority C. RecommendatiOns: The Road and Brid, ge Committee should reaffm'n the existing priority street lighting policy or direct modifications as ~t deems appropriate. It is also recommended that the existing street lighting policy be modifi~ to attach an implementation schedule and identify a funding source for the implementation. Finally, it is recommended that this case be forwarded to the Finance Committee for consideration. Commission ACtion: Based upon discussion. Reviewed by: City Admirfisn-ator Fhnance Officer City Engineer R&B: 6/14/94