05/29/67 Board of Public Works Minutes

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6 STREET LIGHT IN VICINITY OF 736 CALIFORNIA AVE APPROVED Mr. Clem Hazinski also reported on a street light in thevicinity of 736 California Avenue and recommended same and it was also approved by the Board of Works. Although adequate lighting is provided along Portage Avenue there is a dark pocket created on the corner of California and DeMaude because of the high bakery buildings. . It is recommended that a 4000 lumen O.H. California Avenue on an existing pole. month. light be installed in front of 737 The cost to the city will be $3.15 per STREET LIGHTING AT NORTHWEST PLAZA NORTHEAST PLAZA AND PARK PLAZA The plans for street lighting at the Northwest Plaza, Northeast Plaza and Park Plaza as suggested and recommended by Clem Hazinski, Traffic Director, was approved by the Board as follows: No. L --- A 4,000 lumen O.H. street light installed on the existing pole at the southwest corner of Marquette and Fremont. This will complete the illumination of the Northwest Plaza. No. 2 -- A 4,000 lumen 0. H. street light be installed between 1267 and 1269 South Bend Avenue in the Northeast Plaza. No. Illumination exists there at present. No. 3 -- Two 4,000 lumen O.H. street lights be installed in Park Plaza where no illumination exists at present -- one between 1053 and 1057 Laurel Court and one between 1028 and 1034 Laurel Court attached to present pole. Annual cost to the City for these installations would be $75.60 each. STREET LIGHTING ON MICHIGAN STREET AND ON MAIN AND LAFAYETTE Mr. Lloyd Taylor, City Engineer, Presented the plan of the following proposals for street lighting on Michigan Street and on Main and Lafayette: Proposal No. 1 - street lighting on Michigan Street from Broadway to Ireland Road Proposal No. 2 - street lighting south of Chippewa on Main and Lafayette, Ireland Road east and west from Michigan Street and Walter Street. In above Proposal No. 1, 42 - 6,000 lumen and 1 - 2,500 lumen street lights will be removed. In place of these, an installation of 67 - 2,000 lumen overhead mercury vapor units. The cost will be as follows: Install 67 - 20,000 lumen M.V. Luminaires @ $5.35 355.45 Mo. 4,301.40 Yr. Remove 42 - 6,000 lumen Incandescent @ $3.20 136.40 Mo. 1,636.80.Yr. This would make the net increase.::per month $222.05 and for the year $2,664.60. In proposal No. 2, we will install 27, 7,000 lumen Mercury Vapor overhead units. The cost per month will be $101.25 or $1,215,00 per year. Cost of each $3.75. The preceding plans were approved by the Board. Copy of same in on file in the vault. POLICE APPLICATION - JERALD ANTHONY WEGER, A police application was accepted for Jerald Anthony Weger and filed by the Board of Public Works and Safety. POLICE DEPARTMENT - DATE OF CHIEF HAMPTON's RETIREMENT The exact date of Police Chief Hampton's retirement is June 2, 1967. STREET LIGHT_OUTAGE.REPORTS The street light outage reports were approved and ordered filed by the Board.