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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 18 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />June 20, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Agreement for Street Lighting Master Plan <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve an Agreement with Clanton & Associates, Inc. to Prepare a Street Lighting <br />Master Plan for an Amount Not to Exceed $640,475, for up to a Four-Year Term <br />(General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize budget reallocation of $116,416 in unspent Streetlight Maintenance <br />Service Enhancement Account (General Fund) funds from the Riverview <br />Neighborhood Street Lighting Project (No. 23-6030) to the Street Lighting Master <br />Plan. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a consultant agreement with Clanton & <br />Associates, Inc. to prepare a Street Lighting Master Plan for an amount not to <br />exceed $640,475, for a two-year term beginning June 20, 2023 and expiring June <br />19, 2025, with provisions for two, one-year extensions, subject to non-substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Public Works Agency‘s Traffic Engineering Division is responsible for the operation <br />and maintenance of the City’s street lighting system. The street lighting system is <br />comprised of approximately 15,000 streetlights within the public right-of-way, of which <br />roughly 12,000 are City owned and maintained, and 3,500 are Southern California <br />Edison (SCE) owned and maintained. <br />On April 4, 2017, the City Council approved the purchase of the street light system from <br />SCE. Since then, the City has upgraded all City-owned street lights with light-emitting <br />diode (LED) lights and worked with SCE to upgrade the SCE-owned lights with LED as <br />well. More recently, the City has begun expanding the system and installing streetlights <br />in non-lit and under-lit areas. To appropriately plan for the continued maintenance, <br />enhancement, and growth of the street lighting system in the last five years, a thorough <br />assessment and master plan is needed. The proposed Street Lighting Master Plan will <br />include an up-to-date inventory list of City- and SCE-owned streetlights, identify areas in