EAST PALO ALTO
CITY COUNCIL
STAFF REPORT
DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
VIA: Patrick Heisinger, Interim City Manager
BY: Batool Zaro, Assistant Civil Engineer
Humza Javed, City Engineer
SUBJECT: Streetlight Project Update
Recommendation
Receive and file.
Alignment with City Council Strategic Plan
This recommendation is primarily aligned with:
Priority No. 1: Enhance Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Priority No. 4: Improve Public Facilities and Infrastructure Priority No. 6: Create a Healthy and Safe Community
Background
At the May 26, 2022 special budget meeting, the City Council requested an update of the City’s street lighting project. The purpose of this report is to provide an update of the City’s past an ongoing efforts for streetlight repair and upgrades.
The City has an ongoing Capital Improvement Project to install and replace street lights. The City completed its last streetlight installation project in 2016. The project included installation of LED streetlights, mast arms and conduits at twenty five (25) locations throughout the City.
Over the course of the last few years, the City has received various requests to install additional streetlights City-wide.
On April 20th, 2021, City Council Awarded the 2021 Streetlight Placement and Upgrade Project to St. Francis Electric in the not-to-exceed amount of $229,890.10. This project includes the installation of additional streetlights to fill gaps at various locations identified by citizens and community groups. See Image 1 for the project location map. This project includes the installation of approximately 70 streetlights and the replacement of 12 high pressure sodium (HPS) lights to LED's. These lights will mainly be placed where existing PG&E poles and services are available due to efficiency. The project PS&E package can be found on the City website linked below:
https://www.cityofepa.org/publicworks/project/streetlight-placement-and-upgrade-project Image 1: Project Location Map
Analysis
The HPS light replacement work was completed early 2022. The City is currently waiting on the PG&E permit approval in order to begin the streetlight installation work. Staff submitted the application to PG&E in March of 2021, and PG&E has not provided a timeline on when the approved permit is to be anticipated. Once the City receives approval from PG&E, the installation work will commence. All work should be completed within three months of PG&E approval.
Streetlight improvement projects will continue on a two-year cycle. Residents may submit requests for streetlights to be included in future projects via the engineering email ([email protected]). Staff will use community requests and comments to plan the next streetlight improvement project once the 2021 Streetlight Placement and Upgrade Project is complete.
Public Notice
The public was provided notice of this agenda item by posting the City Council agenda on the City’s official bulletin board outside City Hall and making the agenda and report available at the City’s website and at the San Mateo Co. Library located at 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto.