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Memorandum
February 24, 2011
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
City Manager Dick Zais
From: Chris Waarvick, Director of Public Works
Joe Rosenlund, Streets & Traffic Operations Manager
Subject: Street Lighting Requests
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The Streets and Traffic Operations Division received two street lighting requests
through the City Council. The requests were for additional lighting at alleys in the
0 1200 block of Folsom and the 500 block of West Chestnut to deter crime and prevent
vandalism. The 1200 block of Folsom is in a "high crime" area, the 500 block of Chestnut
is not. Pacific Power and Light has denied our requests to install streetlights at both
locations on existing power poles. There is no suitable location at either of these sites to
install an additional pole to provide the requested lighting.
PP &L has recently altered the setback requirements of pole - mounted fixtures from the
power lines. This new policy will virtually preclude any installation of new streetlights
on existing power poles. In most situations, this will raise the price of installing new
streetlights from about $300 to $1300 or more.
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