Minutes - Public Works Committee - 10/17/2006

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Priority Street lighting shall consist of wood or fiberglass standards equipped with 150 watt high pressure sodium lamps and cobra head luminaries fitted with flat glass lens. Other technical specifications shall be determined by the Director of Public Works. Subdivision Street Lighting: This type of street lighting shall consist of continuous lighting provided at 200 to300 foot intervals throughout a subdivision or neighborhood. The light standard shall be a fiberglass with a traditionaire style fixture equipped with a 150 watt full cutoff luminair. Alternative styles maybe installed with the approval of the Director of Public Works. Various subdivision street lighting rates may be utilized to reflect the cost of providing the cost of operating and maintaining the subdivision street lights depending upon the densities of neighborhoods being served by subdivision street lights. Areas without subdivision street lighting may request the installation of such street lighting through the following process. A petition shall be submitted to the City along with a map identifying the area requesting subdivision street lighting service. This petition shall be signed by a minimum of 35% of the property owners within the district of the petitioning area. The area of the petition request shall be reviewed by the Public Works Committee, which shall approve or reject the reasonableness of the area to be considered for subdivision street light installation. Following approval of the petition area and certification of the required signatures on the petition, the City Council shall direct a feasibility study to be prepared and the installation of subdivision street lights shall be considered following the process outlined under the regulations of Chapter 4 of City Code and State Statutes 429 which regulate special assessment public improvement projects. City Engineer Jankowski advised staff recommends that upon review of the draft policy it be forwarded to the Parks and Recreation Committee for comment and then to the City Council for adoption. Chairperson Elvig noted there is a priority light located off of Highway 47 at 172°d Avenue, which is a high traffic area. There is not a light located where the road comes to a T at Sodium Street, which carries the same amount of traffic. He questioned whether a street light at this Sodium Street location would be a priority light or a subdivision light since it necks into a subdivision. He commented he does not envision the rest of the subdivision getting lighting. City Engineer Jankowski indicated a request for lighting at a location like this, which would be for one intersection with high traffic, would likely be justified as priority lighting. It would seem that a certain number of streetlights should be requested to authorize a subdivision street lighting request. A previous Council at one time made the determination that the whole subdivision would need to be lit because streetlights are a polarizing issue. Chairperson Elvig asked if the City will try to impose more street lights with the $15,000 budget. Public Works Committee /October 17, 2006 Page 6 of 11