Not only would locations be a concern if new poles need to be put in to get additional lights up on the street, but we would need to bear the cost as well. How much depends on how much needs to be done to increase the lighting. The information courtesy of Mr Adams from our email conversations:
If a neighborhood is requesting street lights there are a few things we need to know if they are in the Edison service area or the City's service area we do have a Street light map indicating the service areas and we would need at least 67 % of that block to agree to the new lights.
If they are in Edison's service area and there are existing telephone poles on the street side it is just a matter of requesting new lights from Edison and it should take about three months to install. Edison would charge the City the monthly service charge of about $12.00 per light. If there are no telephone poles it may take 6 months or so.
If there in the City's service area it would cost approximately $7,000 per light, we would set up an assessment district to cover the installation cost.
The third option could be to install solar street lights for about $8 to $10 thousand dollars per light remember there would be No monthly electrical cost. Again these are all hypothetical scenarios; there are other options and cost associated with this type of request.
If you think enough of your neighbors are interested we can drill this down to some factual numbers.
I told Mr Adams that we'd get an answer back to him next week. The costs will be born by us.
The street lights will brighten up the area and make it more difficult for the petty prowlers scoping out the neighborhood after dark which could help prevent the rash of auto burglary we experienced last spring, and the tagging only a couple of months ago.
The negative side that has been mentioned is that it will diminish the more rural feeling of the street.
The question put forth is do we want hard information to explore this further? If so once we get hard numbers we'd have to put forth a petition or similar document with 67% approval of the homeowners on the street.
Please let Frank and Renee know by early next week your thoughts so we can let Mr Adams know our decision.
Finally...a big thanks to Mr Adams in his help in getting this going for us.
Frank & Renee
3 comments:
I heard that because we have poles behind our houses it would cost too much to wire? Solar is a good idea. I really don't know if i would like a pole in my front yard or side, would really change the look on the street. Maybe people should actually turn on the front porch light. I would need to see what it would look like before we did such a thing. Game either way?????
I oppose the need for further lighting of our street. I will not support further costs associated with my property taxes nor will I sign a petition to advocate it. I have installed lighting on my property and I intend to install further improvements for 178's security.. Frankly, I love our street just the way it is. That is why I have lived with you folks for ten years. There is a country/private feel to Poinsettia and everytime I round the corner from Foothill it remains as it should.
Amen Lee, just floating it out there on a request of a neighbor.
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