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M Mayor Joseph E. Kernan August , 1990 Page Seven 4. That all existing streetlights located in the Riverside Drive Historic District be removed and that the wiring and other subterranean components of that system be replaced or otherwise upgraded. 5. That all existing streetlights in the Riverside Drive Historic District be replaced by a replica historic streetlight to consist of a black, decorative fiberglass pole, similar to the Presidential model manufactured by the Shakespeare Company of Newberry, South Carolina and made to resemble a black cast iron pole, and a new lantern -type fixture, similar to the Edgewater fixture manufactured by the Spring City Electrical Manufacturing Company of Spring City, Pennsylvania. 6. That the Riverside Drive replacement streetlights, as well as all replacement historic streetlights, be fit with a high pressure sodium bulb, of a wattage designed to provide light of an intensity and luminosity sufficient for the particular needs of that neighborhood. The Committee recommends that the City's engineering department consider increasing the current lighting, whether by'the installation of additional streetlights, or the usage of a higher wattage bulb, existing in the Riverside Drive Historic District. 7. That as existing streetlights on Park Avenue and in the Edgewater Historic Districts become damaged or otherwise non - functional, they be replaced by a replica historic streetlight. In each of these areas, the pole to be used is a black, decorative fiberglass pole, similar to the Presidential model manufactured by the Shakespeare Company and made to resemble a black cast iron pole. On Park Avenue, the fixture to be used is a new globe fixture, similar to the model manufactured by the Shakespeare Company and resembling those currently in place on Park Avenue. In Edgewater, the fixture to be used is a new lantern -type fixture, similar to the Edgewater fixture manufactured by the Spring City Electrical Manufacturing Company. 8. That the decorative concrete poles and fixtures removed from the Riverside Drive and Edgewater Historic Districts be used, to the extent possible, to replace the Town and Country model streetlights recently used as replacement lights in the Northshore Boulevard and East Wayne Street Historic Districts and.the Harter Heights and Sunnymede areas, and to replace existing, but damaged, historic streetlights located there. 9. That, when no such replacement streetlights or components are available to replace or repair damaged historic streetlights in the Northshore Boulevard and East Wayne Street Historic Districts and Harter Heights and Sunnymede areas,* replacement streetlights be installed. In each of these areas, the