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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 17, 2013 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO ❑ As Recommended <br />DESIGN -BUILD STREETLIGHT ❑ As Amended <br />UPGRADES TO REPLACE OBSOLETE El El on 1St Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading <br />HIGH VOLTAGE STREETLIGHTS ❑ Implementing Resolution <br />SYSTEM ❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />lrzl--7 <br />C AGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the Public Works Agency to publish a Request for Proposals and invite qualified firms <br />to submit proposals for the design and construction of streetlight upgrades at various city <br />locations where there are obsolete high voltage lighting systems. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City's street lighting network includes areas where the high - voltage circuits and low <br />amperage systems are antiquated and obsolete. Those systems use a single wire in series that <br />has been a constant source of maintenance problems. Additionally, the unique incandescent <br />lamps used in those fixtures are very energy inefficient have a very short life, requiring annual <br />replacement. <br />In 2010, Philips Corporation, the only remaining manufacturer of the incandescent lamps, <br />stopped producing these lamps. These lamps are no longer available on the market and the <br />City's supply of replacement lamps has been depleted. This creates an urgent need to install <br />modern street light fixtures. <br />In April 2011, staff began using conversion kits enabling the use of conventional lamps. The kits <br />reduce the high voltage to conventional levels at each street light. Now, unfortunately, the only <br />manufacturer of the conversion kit has gone out of business, forcing the City to accelerate <br />upgrading the streetlight system. <br />To install modern streetlight fixtures in the existing antique poles, the system needs to be <br />rewired to enable a multiple wire 240 -volt system. The intent is to remove the single high voltage <br />wire from the existing conduit, install three new wires into the existing conduit, and install new <br />metal halide fixtures with an option for energy efficient light- emitting diode (LED) lights. New <br />19C -1 <br />