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CASE <br /> <br />REVIEW PRIORITY STREET LIGHTING <br /> By: Steven Jankowski, City Engineer <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />The City has been pursuing the establishment of a priority street lighting on the higher <br />speed roadways within the City since 1991. The goal of this program is to provide <br />lighting at intersections on high speed roads for the purpose of enhancing driving safety <br />on these roadways as stated in the attached policy. The City is now approaching the <br />completion of the priority light system through the installation of street lights at the <br />remaining unlit intersections. <br /> <br />At the present time there are approximately 150 priority intersections which have lighting <br />and another 24 eligible locations without lighting. A list of these intersections is attached. <br />It should be noted that six of these locations might be considered for elimination from <br />having priority street lights installed based upon the situation described on the list. In <br />addition the City had received a request from a resident in 2003 to have the intersection at <br />Variolite Street and 158th Avenue removed from the list. The City Council decided at that <br />time to install the light at this intersection as one of the last priority lights in the system. <br /> <br />At the present time the 2006 budget includes $45,000 for the installation of priority street <br />lights. This includes the amount budgeted for 2005 which was rolled over to this year. It <br />is estimated that approximately 23 lights can be installed with this allocation. This could <br />complete the priority system depending on whether the six locations identified on the list <br />are included within the priority system. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends that all locations, except those highlighted, have priority street lights <br />installed in 2006. <br /> <br />Action: <br /> <br />Motion to recommend to City Council that it direct staffto proceed with the installation <br />of the identified priority street lights within the budgeted allocation. <br /> <br />Reviewed By: <br />Public Works Director/Fire Chief <br />Assistant Public Works Director/Principal Engineer <br />Finance Officer <br /> <br />PW: 01/17/06 <br /> <br /> <br />