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1 8441 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 350 B.A.Mittelstea Minneapolis, MN 55426 Bret A.Weiss,P.E. Peter R.Willenbring.P.E. • Donald W.Sterna,P.E. tel: 763-541-4800 Ronald B.Bray,P.E. &Associates, Inc. fax: 763-541-1700 August 1.6, 2000 Honorable Mayor, City Council and Staff City of St Anthony 3301 Silver Lake Road St. Anthony, MN 55418-1699 Re: Recommendation for Decorative Street Lighting in the City of St. Anthony WSB Project No. 1065-264 Dear Honorable Mayor, City Council and Staff- We have completed the public review and input process for the selection of decorative lighting fixtures in the City of St. Anthony. This public input process included the following activities: • Presentation to the Planning Commission on July 18, 2000. • Village Fest display in which residents' selections were solicited and recorded. • Decorative Lighting Public Forum Meeting held on August 9; 2000. • Presentation of Village Fest and Public Forum results to the Planning Commission on August 15, 2000. Through the public review process, we received a total of 44 comments on decorative lighting selection. Of the 44 received,the two most popular lighting fixtures were the Lantern,receiving 19 requests, and the Vernon with 9 requests. The remaining fixtures received five or fewer requests. These results were presented to the Planning Commission at their August 15,2000 meeting. Based on this information and discussion with residents, the Planning Commission makes the following recommendation to the City Council regarding decorative lighting: Vernon fixtures be adopted as the standard fixture for municipal state aid streets within the City of St. Anthony and-that the shoebox fixture be utilized at intersections or areas where the decorative fixtures do not supply ample light to meeting lighting requirements.Furthermore,the Planning Commission recommends that the color of the decorative lighting within the City of St.Anthony be black. This decision at the Planning Commission was based on the following discussions: • The City of Minneapolis has selected the Lantern fixture to light many of their streets. It was felt that having a different light standard than the City of Minneapolis would provide the Village a slightly different appearance. tThe Vernon fixture is closer to a true cutoff fixture than the lantern fixture. This would allow for less light pollution and better control in directing the light where it is needed on the streets and sidewalks. M i n n e a p o l i s St . C l o u d Infrastructure Engineers Planners F:\WPW[MI065-26\081600-hmc.wpd EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER