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L Mayor Joseph Kernan August 1990 Page Five Mr. Crumlish noted a preference among those Riverside Drive residents with whom he spoke for the metal halide lamp. Ms. Dennen indicated that some of her neighbors preferred the whiteness of the metal halide lamp, although they found it too bright. Mr. Crumlish's comments underscored a somewhat prevalent theme throughout the Committee's deliberations, that special safety concerns pertain to Riverside Drive, due to the the relatively high speed and volume of traffic as compared to most, if not all, of the other neighborhoods in question. During the course of discussions, Mr. Luecke and Mr. Crumlish often pointed out that the desire of the Riverside Drive residents to have more lighting was as important as their desire to retain the aesthetically pleasing historic streetlights themselves. Conversely, the concerns of the representatives from the Sunnymede, Harter Heights and East Wayne areas leaned more toward the aesthetics of the light fixtures than the light they yielded, these representatives seeming to prefer the "soft, subdued," light of the incandescent bulbs. It was their belief that the high pressure sodium bulbs more closely addressed these concerns. Mr. Meeks and Mr. Leszczynski noted their need, as engineers, to consider the streetlights as light sources, and not merely as aesthetic features. Both Mr. Meeks and Mr. Leszczynski indicated that the need for more lighting along Riverside Drive could be satisfied by using high pressure sodium bulbs. Mr. Crumlish and Ms. Dennen agreed that for the sake of consensus, and given the absence of an I & M tariff for - metal halide lights, that a committee decision to recommend the high pressure sodium lamp was acceptable. The Committee then discussed the process for installing the replacement poles. Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Meeks indicated that the City was considering removing all existing streetlights from Riverside Drive in order that the streetlight wiring could be replaced. The new replacement fixture selected by the.Committee would then be installed along Riverside Drive. Those poles and fixtures removed from Riverside Drive would be used, to the extent possible, to replace "toothpick" poles, Town and Country fixtures and /or deteriorating, existing historic streetlights in other areas throughout the City, with the exception of the Edgewater and Historic District, and along Park Avenue, in which districts the -selected replacement fixture would be used to replace damaged, non- functional streetlights. Given Mr. Oxian's information that cast-iron streetlights were original to these two (2) areas, and the desire expressed by the other neighborhoods to repair and maintain the decorative concrete poles as long as intelligibly possible, it was seen as logical to designate the Edgewater and Park Avenue areas as the first to receive the replacement fixture.