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w • addition of two more lights should greatly improve the lighting in this comer of the parking lot. ^ ‘ Currently this area of the lot is poorly lit. The replacement pole, behind the building adjacent to the hardware store, will have an additional fixture directed to light the parking lot behind the building. This area is not very well lit now. The new lights will be 250 watt High Pressure Sodium lights in rectilinear fixtures, with 4 foot mast arms, on 30 feet high aluminum poles, with concrete bases. Bonestroo Engineers has completed a lighting study for this project. The Institute for Electric Standards (lES) Handbook recommends a lighting level between 0.5 and 1.0-foot-candles for parking lot lighting. The proposed lighting design will provide for an average illumination of 0.8- foot-candles which is within the recommended standards for parking lot lighting. Rectilinear fixtures were selected because they are more aesthetically pleasing than the existing cobra head fixtures and produce enough light to cover the parking lot. The use of the more decorative lantern style fixtures, on shorter poles, was investigated. These fixtures are not as efficient and will not provide adequate light in the middle of the parking lot because of the lot width. The new wiring will be within 1.5" diameter conduits to met NEC standards. This will allow for future repair of the wiring without disturbing the parking lot. Below is a listing of the quotations received. NSP Outdoor Lighting, Minneapolis MN Metro Electric Construction Co., Minneapolis MN Herb Kohn Electric Co., Minneapolis MN $32,460 $34,506 $37,810 We are recommending accepting the quotation from NSP Outdoor Lighting. The Minnesota State Statues were changed this legislative session to raise the threshold for advertising for sealed bids with plans and specifications from $25,000 to $50,000. These new lights will be owned by the City and be maintained by NSP under a flat monthly fee per light. This monthly charge includes both the electricity and maintenance of the lights and is the same as the existing conditions. If the Council decides to complete this pksoject, we are reconunending funding these parking lot lighting improvements from the "Undesignated Component" of the Permanent Improvement Revolving (PIR) Fund. The estimated year 2000 balance in the Undesignated Component of the PIR fund is $217,015. This balance has been increasing each year as the 1998 year end balance was $136,785. COliNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: Discus/ Approve motion to accept quotation for Navarre Municipal Parking Lot Lighting Improvements from NSP Outdoor Lighting in the amount of $32,460. Discuss/ Approve motion to complete the appropriate budget adjustments to fund the Navarre Parking Lot Lighting Improvements from the Undesignated Component of the PIR Fund.