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CITY OF SANTA MONICA
INTER-DEPART ENT E
DATE: April 10, 1968
TO: Perry Scott, City Manager
FROM: Bartlett L. Kennedy, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Street Lights on San Vicente Boulevard
At a recent meeting the City Council expressed an interest
in reconsidering the installation of modern residential
street lighting on San Vicente Boulevard between Ocean
Avenue and 26th Street.
This office has made a study of the cost of this project,
using an installation similar to that presently installed
on 26th Street and soon to be installed on 4th Street,
Bay to Hill, and Ocean Park Boulevard, Neilson Way to
Lincoln Boulevard. Average spacing would be 170'; lamp
height 25'; light standards would be Marbleite with 6'
mast arm.
The estimated cost of this project, including 1911 Act
Incidentals, is ~i127,000. The approximate total frontage
to be assessed is 19,050 feet.
The City cost for this project would be X63,500. The cost
per front foot to the property owners would be X3.35: the
assessment for a 50 foot lot would be approximately $167.
Two Yipost card" surveys have been conducted on this project
in the past - one for boulevard-type lighting {100°fo assessed
to property owner) and one for decorative lighting of the
trees in the center parkway. Both surveys were unsuccessful.
Due to the fact that (1) properties on the north side, east
of 19th, do not front on San_Vicente Boulevard, and (2)
properties on the south side, east of 16th Street, have
their long side on San Vicente, with a resulting higher
assessment, it is doubtful that another post card survey
would succeed.
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Subject: Street Lights on San Vicente
Boulevard
It is possible that a favorable response could be obtained
if the easterly project limit was set at 16th Street; however,
from both a safety and an aesthetic standpoint, I urould
strongly recommend against considering any project other
than the lighting of the entire length from Ocean Avenue to
?6th Street.
It is the opinion of this office that, if the Council wishes
to install modern residential lighting on San Vicente Boule-
vard, they will have to initiate 1911 Act proceedings with
the expectation that they may have to overrule a majority
protest.
BARTLETT L. NNED
City Engineer