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57 ENVIRONMENTAL INTRUSIONS The Project has a limited scope of Environmental Intrusion and is instead a model of Environmental Benefit. Together, with the irrigation, drainage, and re -crowning work of the field as being performed by ISD #282's renovation project to the Stadium Athletic Complex, a portion of the Project contemplates to replace six poles With a four -pole system, together with the buried power lines supporting said poles. The decrease in number of poles means less structural clutter in an area intended to be reserved as "open space." This portion seeks to replace and refine a lighting system that would not only provide dramatically better lighting at a greatly reduced cost in dollars and energy consumption, but also eliminate lighting pollution on neighboring properties. The proposed lighting system is a new, ultra -focused system which severely restricts light to the intended location. This prevents light spilling off of playing fields and into neighboring areas. Fortunately, the proposed system will reduce the amount of light spilled to less than one-half of a foot-candle within 100 feet of the field—approximately the same amount of light at that point as a full moon. This will result in a reduction of light to neighboring locations, who currently receive twenty times this light level in that same location. Further, City Ordinances restrict the ability for any individuals to be in the Park after 1.0 p.m. This will require that any lights used must be turned off at that time. This will ensure neighbors will not deal with late-night distractions from light or other events in the Park. v Perhaps most environmentally efficient of all, the ultra -focused lighting system, together with the use of four poles instead of six, will require a substantially reduced amount of electricity to power the Complex, and do so at a cost of approximately one- eighth the current cost of lighting the Complex per hour. The Softball Field portion of the Project will also extend a chain-link fence already in existence. It will not add any structure or design inconsistent with the use or other existing buildings in the park; rather, it will bring a non -conforming design in line with those already in the Park, and do so in a way that will enhance opportunities for young women in St. Anthony. The drainage portion of the Project will utilize existing capabilities to funnel stormwater in Central Park into the areas designated in the park for stormwater drainage. This will ensure the stormwater collected returns to the intended watershed and innovative water re -use collection system implemented by the City of St. Anthony. This water collection system captures water from runoff in the area around Central Park to be re - 41.