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If the City desired to achieve additional project savings, some or all of the 10 <br />remaining decorative lighting fixtures could be converted to standard shoebox <br />fixtures. The savings would be $2,500 each, up to a maximum of $25,000 if all <br />10 fixtures were converted. <br />The following table summarizes the total cost estimates of the various lighting <br />options, both with and without decorative lighting. <br />Summary of Total Costs <br />Lighting Options <br />Analysis 1 <br />(80’ spacing) <br />Analysis 2 <br />(100’ spacing)Feasibility <br />Report With <br />Decorative <br />Lights <br />Without <br />Decorative <br />Lights <br />With <br />Decorative <br />Lights <br />Without <br />Decorative <br />Lights <br />Total Cost $191,300 $178,000 $153,000 $154,600 $129,600 <br />Savings -----$13,300 $38,000 $36,700 $61,700 <br />Elimination of all decorative lights, with the corresponding $25,000 savings, <br />represents only 2% of the total estimated project cost of $1,274,512 as presented <br />in the June 9, 2008 Staff report, upon which this project was ordered. Given this <br />small relative savings, it is the recommendation of Staff that the decorative lights <br />be used on the Trail Segments 1 – 5 project, for consistency with the previous <br />and future trail projects that will be performed along the County Road 10 corridor. <br />Future Upgrade of Standard Fixtures <br />As part of this project, the City could elect to install shoebox fixtures at the time of <br />construction in lieu of the decorative fixtures, with the intention to replace the <br />shoebox fixtures with the decorative fixtures at some future time. A minor <br />modification would be required to the base of each pole as part of this project to <br />allow the future conversion, but the cost for this would be minimal. <br />It is anticipated that the future replacement would be made at the time of another <br />trail project along County Road 10, with the shoebox fixtures removed from this <br />project being reinstalled on that project. Ultimately the City would end up with <br />both the decorative and shoebox fixtures installed, but would also incur a cost for <br />salvaging and reinstalling the shoebox fixtures from one project to the other. In <br />the long term, this is a less efficient and more expensive approach towards <br />installing the lights. <br />If the City has sufficient budget, the most effective approach would be to install <br />the type of light at the desired location at the time of original construction.