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Public Works Commission City of BerkeleyStreet Lighting Subcommittee of thePublic Works Commission Meeting

AGENDA

Subject: Date: Location:

Street Lighting May 27, 2016 3:00 to 4:00 pm 1326 Allston Way (Berkeley’s Corporation Yard) Ratcliff Building, Willow Conference Room

1. Call to Order and Roll Call – 3:00 pm2. Comments from the Public (3 minute each speaker)3. Discussion/Action:

A. Review work to dateB. Discuss “darkness” review and processC. Finalize policy for presentation to PW Commission

4. Adjournment

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Acting Commission Secretary:

Tracy Clay, Public Works Department/Engineering Division, 1947 Center Street, 4th Floor, Berkeley, CA, 94704, Telephone

(510) 981-6435, Fax: (510) 981-6390

TDD: (510) 981-6903, Email: tclay@cityofberkeley.info.

Street Lighting Sub-Commission May 10, 2016 Compilation

Objective: Develop a policy for evaluating need for and selecting new sites for street lights which best uses resources and meets community needs.

Summary: A process has been developed for placing additional street lighting which will be reviewed by the PWC on June 2.

Background: Berkeley has replaced most street lights with LEDs, with nearly $1MM in annual savings. This includes $400K in electrical savings, and, since the LED lights last significantly longer, savings include an addition $300K in staffing, and $300K in materials. The loan to install the lights will be paid off in about five and one half years.

We have a budget of $100,000 for street lighting which will fund either approximately 50 new lights per year, fund alternative investments, or simply be saved. Alternative investments could be for new technologies such as PV-solar lights, technologies that include local data transmission, and technologies not yet invented..

Solar Street Lighting: Lights which currently are powered off the grid can be converted to PV-solar at a cost of about $4000(?) per light. Current technology allows approximately eight days of available electrical storage for each light which is sufficient for most Bay Area weather. Because of the current low PGE rates we have for our lights, there is a disadvantage to shift current lighting to solar. However, solar lighting could be advantageous as fill-in lights, park and trail lighting, and for some building entrances.

Tree Trimming: Occlusion of street lights by tree branches is often the cause of poor lighting. Beginning summer 2016, systematic tree trimming will begin. Berkeley has 35,000 street trees. Those which interfere with lighting were identified during the recent LED retrofit process. A fund of $25,000 per year has been allocated for tree trimming by Public Works. The program of tree trimming is expected to begin in the Summer of 2016 and continue as an on-going program.

Resident Application Process: Requests can be submitted by Berkeley residents or business owners to Public Works for additional lights. A proposed application form is shown as Appendix A.

The Public Works staff would then check for feasibility (available poles), possible need for tree trimming, safety considerations, and other impacts prior to approving. Specific rationale for street light installation include:

• Proximity to BART, other public transit, schools, and hospitals• Crime statistics

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• Pedestrian traffic• Bikeways• Current available light (measured in lumens; done by PW staff)• Zoning (e.g. value to commerce)

We will initiate the street lighting process a shown. If conflict or problems develop over evaluation of the rationale, a scorecard using more objective criteria will be developed.

Outreach: When the new processes are approved by the PWC, the Sub-committee recommends outreach be by Councilmember newsletters, emails to existing lists, and creation of a webpage on the Public Works website.

Parallel Process: Using available street light location data, areas that may be dark will be identified (map being developed), light level measured by Public Works and evaluated for possible additional lighting. Those proposed lights will follow the same process as shown in Appendix A.

Current Street Lighting Requests: Requests received to date are summarized in Appendix B. Nearly all the requests can be accommodated this year if they fit the criteria outlined in Appendix A.

Path Forward: • Next subcommittee meeting May 27, 3:00p• Complete “darkness” desktop map (Matt) for review May 27• PWC meeting June 2 (present process and way forward)• PWC Sep meeting – hearing/discussion so Cal students can attend• Phil to get addresses for Cal proposed lights; send out after Sep meeting

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Application for New Street Light

Submit completed application to Public Workspublicworks@cityofberkeley.info

Note: To apply for a street light you must be a current resident of Berkeley

Full name ___________________________________________________________________

Street address ___________________________________________________________________

Phone: ___________________________________________________________________

Email: ____________________________________________________________________

Applicant Information

Proposed Streetlight

Proposed location of street light (street address ) _______________________________________

Is there an existing utility pole near desired light with no current light? Yes_____ No _____

Are existing lights obstructed by trees?:? Yes_____ No _____

Neighbor Approval

1. Submit a sketch map showing the proposed

location of the light and the names and

addresses of all adjacent neighbors, such as the

example to the right.

2. Provide a letter signed by each adjacent

neighbor indicating approval of the proposed

light (scanned copies are acceptable). Note; in

multi-family units, 60% of tenants must approve.

AddressOwners NamePhone Number

Proposed new streetlight

AddressOwners NamePhone Number

AddressOwners NamePhone Number

AddressOwners NamePhone Number

AddressOwners NamePhone Number

AddressOwners NamePhone Number

Adjacent Properties Required to Approve

Submittal and Approval Process

Submit completed application to Public Works at publicworks@cityofberkeley.info

Rationale for approval will be based on:

• Current available lighting (measured in lumens, done by Public Works staff)

• Proximity to BART, other public transit, schools, and hospitals• Crime statistics and other safety concerns• Pedestrian traffic• Bikeways• Current zoning

If you have additional comments related to the rationale in your case, please

add them as a separate sheet and attach to this form.

Application approval typically takes about one month.

Questionss? Call 555-5555

APPENDIX A

Streetlight RequestsSouth of Campus

Street/Intersection RequesterBenvenue 2000 (west sice) Private

College and Piedmont Students

Dwight and Bowditch Students

Dwight and College Students

Dwight and Dana Students

Dwight and Piedmont Students

Dwight and Sport Lane Students

Dwight and Telegraph Students

Haste and Ellsworth Students

Hillegass and Derby Students

Hillegass and Parker Students

Parker and Etna Students

Parker between Shattuck and MLK Private

Parker between Telegraph and College Police

Russell between Benvenue and Hillegasse (N. side) Private

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Streetlight RequestsSouth of Campus

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Streetlight RequestsSouth Berkeley

Street/Intersection Requester63rd between Dover and MLK Councilmember Anderson

California between Harmon and Fiarview Councilmember Anderson

Carleton 1111-1115 Private

Carleton 1633 Councilmember Anderson

Carlton 1227 Private

Deakin beteen Russell and Ashby Councilmember Anderson

Derby 1700 block (esp. west section) Councilmember Anderson

Ellis from Ashby to Fairview Councilmember Anderson

Ellsworth between Channing and Dwight Councilmember Anderson

Fulton between Channing and Dwight Councilmember Anderson

Grant 2740 Private

Harper between Woolsey and Fairview Police

Pocket Park at Adeline and Alcatraz Councilmember Anderson

South Berkeley Senior Center Police

Tremont between Prince and Emerson Councilmember Anderson

Tyler 1500 and 1600 Block Councilmember Anderson

Woolsey between Adeline and Tremont Councilmember Anderson

Woolsey between Ellis and Adeline Councilmember Anderson

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Streetlight RequestsSouth Berkeley

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Streetlight RequestsCentral and West Berkeley

Street/Intersection RequesterAddison North of Police Station Police

Bonar 2000 Police

Cedar and Cornell Private

Cedar and Rose at Ohlone Pathway Private

Cedar and Stannage Private

Cedar at Cedar Rose Park Private

Center near Milvia (N. of City Hall) Private

Ohlone Path North Border( MLK to Cal.) Police

Sacramento and Berkeley Way Private

Spaulding 2201 Private

Delaware and 10th Private

Delaware and 9th Private

Delaware between San Pablo and 10th Police

Folger and 7th (near traffic substation) Police

Hearst West of San Pablo Councilmember Maio

Live Oak Park Private

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Streetlight RequestsCentral and West Berkeley

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Streetlight RequestsNorth Berkeley

Live Oak Park

Street/Intersection RequesterAda 1540 Private

Arch 1119 Private

California 1617 Private

Cedar 2000 block Councilmember Arreguin

Cedar between Henry and Shattuck Private

Milvia 1535 Private

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