SR-506-003-07-01
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JUl 10 '984
TO: Mayor and CIty CouncIl
FROM: CIty Staff
SUBJECT: RestoratIon of Streetllghting
IntroductIon
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ThIS report recommends that the CIty Council authorize staff to
re-energize streetlIghts In certaIn areas of the City where
lIghts were turned off for energy conservatIon purposes several
years ago.
Background
In 1974, the CIty CouncIl dIrected staff to reduce energy
consumptIon by turnIng off approxImately one-third of the
streetlIghts in the City and Institute various energy
conservatIon measures In CIty faCIlItIes. ThIS actIon was taken
in response to the OPEC all embargo WhICh dIsrupted 011 supplIes
natIonWIde. ApprOXImately 500 lights, or one-fourth of the
CIty'S total number of streetlights, were turned off In
commerCIal areas.
In 1979, the City CounCIl authorized staff to restore
streetllghting to those streets WhICh are heavily traveled (over
15,000 vehicles per day) or have at least 25% of buslnesses open
at nIght. ThlS resulted in turnlng on the lights on LIncoln
Boulevard, WIlshire Boulevard, PICO Boulevard, Ocean Park
Boulevard and MaIn street.
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. ~ Councll Meetlng: 10, 1984 Callfornla
Of the estlmated 500 lights WhiCh were turned off In 1919,
approxlmately 125 streetllghts remaIn off. These l~ghts are
located on Santa Monlca Boulevard, Ocean Avenue and Barnard Way.
In response to a recent request from a busIness on one of these
streets, staff has examlned the cost of turnlng on all the
remaining Ilghts. The pr1nclpal ~nitlal cost assocIated wlth
turning the lIghts on 1S the cost of convertIng each lamp from a
400-watt mercury vapor to a 360-watt hIgh pressure sodlum vapor
lamp. Th1S conversion IS cons1stent w1th the CIty'S program to
convert all Incandescent and mercury vapor lamps to more
efflClent hIgh pressure sod1um vapor lamps WhICh provide more
light and use less electr1city. The cost of converSIon 15
approx1mately $20 per lamp, or a total of $2500 for all 125
lIghts. Labor for the converS1on and restoratIon WIll be
provIded by CIty forces.
AccordIng to the Ed1son Company, the cost of electricIty for
operatIng the lIghts 1S estImated to be $16.00 per month per
light or a total of $24,000 per year for the 125 lIghts. Th1S
amount 1S approx1mately 5% of the current streetl1ght electr1c1ty
budget Wh1Ch is $500,000. The cost of electr1c1ty for
streetlIght1ng is expected to 1ncrease at the same rate as
electr1c1ty for other reSIdentIal or commerC1al uses, or an
est1mated 10-15 percent next year. The cost of CIty labor for
malntenance of streetl1ghts IS not 1ncluded 1n thIS f1gure.
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Staff believes that It would be approprIate to turn the lIghts
back on In order to provide more unIform streetllghtIng on Santa
MonIca Boulevard, Barnard Way and Ocean Avenue. It IS
recommended that the converSIon and restoratIon of these lIghts
be performed In equal Increments over a 12-month period, WhICh
would permIt the work to be done with eXIstIng staff and result
in mInImal dIsruptIon to other CIty electrical proJects.
~udge~/Flnanclal ~mp~ct
The InItIal capItal cost of turnIng the lIghts on IS estImated at
$2500. The cost of electrIcity to operate the lIghts during the
fIrst year IS approxImately $12,000, or one-half of the annual
cost of $24,000, due to the phased restoration schedule.
Therefore, the cost of restorIng full streetllghtlng IS estunated
at $14,500 for the fIrst year. ThIS represents 3% of the
$500,000 budgeted for streetlIght electricity In the 1984-85
Electrical FaCIlItIes DIviSIon budget. The budgeted amount IS
based on several assumptIons, IncludIng 15% energy cost saVings
due to recent streetlIght converSIons and a prOjected 15%
electrIcity rate lncrease, that make It dIffIcult to precisely
estImate how much money w1Il be requIred for streetlIght
electrIc1ty th1s year.
There 1S sufflcIent appropriatIon authority In the Electrlcal
FacilItIes DIviSIon budget to cover the additional cost thIS
restoratIon WIll create durIng the fIr st half of FY 1984-85.
When streetlIght electrlcity cost estImates are revIewed durIng
the mId-year fInanCIal reVIew, budget transfers may be requested,
If necessary, to cover any add1tIonal costs due to thIS proJect.
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RecommendatIon
It IS recommended that the CIty CouncIl authorize staff to
restore streetllghtIng over a 12-month perIod to areas of the
CIty where lIghts have been turned off for energy conservatIon
purposes.
Prepared by: Stan Scholl, DIrector of General SerVIces
NIna Byrne, Energy CoordInator
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