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Item No: 7 <br />Meeting Date: February 19, 2002 <br />Type of Business: Worksession <br /> <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Continued Discussion Regarding Corridor Trailway <br />Lighting. <br />Date of Report: February 14, 2002 <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />This issue has been discussed at previous Council worksessions, the last occurring on <br />January 14th, at which time the Council was given information on different lighting <br />options offered by Xcel Outdoor Lighting. A quote was provided specific to the Mermaid <br />frontage, for which the EDA had authorized expenditures in 2000. Because we did not <br />have much opportunity to discuss the quote from Xcel or the fixtures to be used in any <br />detail, staff wanted to bring this before the Council for additional feedback and direction. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />In the information submitted by John Olson of Xcel Outdoor Lighting, the City was <br />presented with prices (specific to the Mermaid project) for five different types of lighting <br />fixtures: Traditional, Colonial, Shoebox, Gullwing and Domus. The Traditional design is <br />the cheapest at $26,500 while the Domus (those erected in front of City Hall and in front <br />of Walgreens) is the most expensive at $65,000. The Shoebox is the midrange priced <br />fixture at $47,600. The Traditional and the Colonial design have more of a suburban <br />residential streetlight appearance, and while cheaper, they would look out of place if used <br />as corridor trailway lighting. The Council as I recall agreed and decided that the Shoebox <br />design was the preferred lighting fixture especially in light of the cost of the decorative <br />Domus fixtures. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff is seeking direction from the Council regarding the selection of a preferred trailway <br />light fixture for the Corridor and is requesting that the issue be brought back to the EDA <br />at the February 25th meeting for reauthorization of tax increment funds to pay for the <br />corridor trailway lighting improvements. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />_____________________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />Community Development Director <br />763-717-4021 <br />N:\DATA\GROUPS\COMDEV\Special Projects\SP-106-00 (Corridor Lighting)\Lighting Report - Feb 19, 2002.doc