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Home My WebLink About0195.095• (D TO: Fll.OM! DATE: SUBJECT: REQUEST @ 12 City of Palo Alto Cjty l\1anager's Report --------- HONORABLE ClIT COUNCIL OIT MANAGER DEPARTME."fI', PUBue WORKS Mlrcll 27, I99S CMR:19S:9S Civic Center PIau Lighting Projec:1, Budget Ameoom ... r Ordinance One 10 the need 10 provide a safe and aesthetic environment for special events and pedc>'lrian uses on the Civic Center Plaza. Council has requested st ... tI 10 install lighting 00 Ihe plaza by mld-Jnne 1995. RECOMMENDATIONS It is recommended that CQlllkOil appro~ the attached Budget Amendment Ordinance in k amoont of $30,000 10 fund • Ovic Center Plaza Lighting capital Improvement Project {Al!aclmient A). POUCY IMPliCATIONS The Budget Amendment OrOmanco does DOC represen! aoy d=ge 10 existing City policy. Additional lighting and increased .... of the plaza are g<>a!. 0{ the Downtown lkban Des;gu Guide. EXECUTIYE Sl1M.l\JARY On Marek 13, 1995, Council directed staff 10 proceed with a project I<> light th~ Civic Cenler plaza As a resw"t oflhis action, staff from various C>ty departments and the CIP Desi&" consultant developed a plaza lighting plan. Considering a variety of reasons, including timing. cost. structural, electrical and aesthetic ccDSiderations, lhere was unanimous staff coosensus for • project c.oru:isting 0( four pole mounted lights located in the landscape are.. 00 eack side of the former foontain. This woold prooue< a progression of lights Jeadi!.g 10 the frDlll ~ and provide the most light in !he dadeof pam of the plaza. The Ioc.nons were chosen 10 avoid the plaza deck inverse beams above the garage where the soil depIh is insuflkient foI pole in:rulllation. l'be ""'alions "';J! also have • minimum impact 00 the magnolia Irees, requiring only minor trimming. AttaclunenlS B and C provide a plan view and rendering 0{ the lighting installation. f· ,_,' '-: .--:,.';r,::' ',,0 < -' 0: .",,,,,:; Staff presented three lighting alternatives 10 !he Architectural Rt\1ew Board (ARB) coosiSIin8 of diB'crenl pole ."d fixture styles, ~ ARB approved I dar\: green tapered pole with • Wldy """" arch and & hooded. shaql cut-off doWl\ light fixture IS indicated in Attachment D. The 12 foot high green poles will blend with the landscaping, The lights will protrude from the trees, helping to diffuse the light and provide • sofler glow <lIl the plaza. The poles .", similar ill styling to !hose C!Il Univmity A venue, and the light fixtures ""e nwrc cootetllpordl)' which wiU fit well with the Civic C~ter building architecture. A 120 volt otIIkI is in<:!uded at the lop of each pole whlch can provide limited elec!rica/ servr.e fer plaza actMnes involving light duty electrkal power. A 240 volt electric power supply eo. vendor. has not been included in the project, as it would require I costly and Iime-consuming retrofit of the elecfrical syste-.... If it is the desire of the Council 10 regu1at1y acoommodl!te vendon on the plaza, staff re<:ooUIlend. that an assessment be made of "enOOt-s needs and I separate ClP project be developed "'hieh would address • 240 volt power supply IS well as possible water and sewer service. PrDCe~mg with !he instaIImoo oflighls wi1h 120 volt outIe1s now .. ,ooId no( pre<:1ude retrofit ()( the elec!rica/ S}'>leIIIIo service ,-endors at • later date. The poles and fu.tures ar. manufacturer's sIock items and can be obtained within two morilhs, tha( is, by late May. Staff cstiI!Iates !ha! Ibe install.tion will toke apprcximalely ODe 10 two wtek:o. Based 00 en. limetablc:, Che plaza Iighfulg project would be «>mpletcil by mid-J""" 1m, FISCAL IMPACT The engineer's estimate for the lighting project is $30.000 including the following: • • • poles, fixture. and conduit WIlduit ."cavatloo sod pole installation irrigalion system adjustments Total $11,000 S 9.000 llllQQ $30.000 A. funds have not been lmdgeted for !his purpose, the a!lacbed Budget Amell<lm<:nt Ordinance establishes the Capital Improvement project "C'rvic Center ~ :j:a Lighting.· and appropriates $30,000 from the General Fund'. Budget Stabilization Reserve, Electric Fund staff and contraclon will perform the won. and the capital project will reimburse the Electric Fund for wod< completed The transactions 9<ill h"'. no net impar...t <lI1 Ekclric Fund reserves, CMIUJ5<95 i .. \ ENVlRONMtNTAL ASSESSMENT The project is ~oricaIIy exempt "oder Se..:oon I n03 of Ibe California Emiwnmeutal QoaIity Act guidelines. Al1'ACHMENTS A· Budget AmnIdment Ordinance 8. Loca1i:m plan C·~ D· lisDt polelfixtur • . PREl'AAED BY; George Bagdon, Assistant Direc10r ()f Public Works Engineering DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW; CITY MANAGER APPROVAL: .\ Attachment A ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE OF THE CO!JNCIL OF THE CITY OF p~ ALTO AMENDING THE S\JDGST FOR THE FrSCAL YEAR 1994 -55 TO CREATE NID FUND CAPITAL I!U>ROVEMENT PROJECT 19 5)), ·crw-J.:c C8NTER PLAZA LIGHTING· ~# pursuant to the provisions of SI:.ction 12 of Art.lcle III of the Charter of the City of palo Alto, the (;ouncil on J~~e :~~ 1994 did adope a budget for fiscal year 199'-95; and 'irlHEREAS, tbe Council has directed staff to proceed with a project to light t.he Civic Center plaza; and WHEREAS, the addition of lighting will promote more special events on :the plaza.. thereby i.ncreasing the use of the plaza CODsisten,t with the goals of the Do'W"Dtown Urban Design Guide; and WHEREAS z the ArchitectQral Review Board has lighUng alternative that will bleod with landscapIng and with thE: architecture o·f city hall; and appro,,"ed a on the plaza WHEREAS.. this project is exempt from the California Environmental ~lity Act; and WHEREAS ... the work will be done by the Electric Fund ... and will therefore necessitate that the General Fund reiMburse the Blectric Fund for the ~rk done and costs incurred; and ~. it is estimated that total costs for adding lighting at the plaza will be $30 .. C'O·O~ NOW .. THEREFORE ... the council of the City -o,f Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: senTON 1 ~ Capital Improvement Project {CIP) 1.9533. ·Civic Center Plaza Lighting-is hereby established. s;x:rrON 2. The aum of Thirty Tboa..lsand Dollars ($3D.C·O'O) is hereby appropriated t.o CIP 19533.. and the Budget Stabilization Reserve is correspondingly reduced. SECJ'ION :t~ Th~ sum of $3,j~ 00-0 is hereby appropriated to Elect.ric Fund Operations to reflect the 5:dditional labor arld IM.terial costs t.hat: t.he Electric Fund will incur, a.nd $30,000 in i!1teroepar.tmental chargea betwee.n the CIP Fund and the Electric Fund is hereby i~~eased in order to reimburse the Blectric Fund for work done. $E<7tON ... ~ '&hese transactions will have no impact:. on the Electric Fund reserves, but will reduce the Geoeral Fund Budget Stabilization Rese~·e from $12,126~661 to $11,096~661~ S&CT1ON 5-. As specified in Section 2'. 25 ~OBa: (a) of the Palo Alto. Mu..'PJiclpal Code... a two-t.hirds vot.e of the City Council is req .. Jired to adop.t this ordinan<::e. SECTION p~ The CO\.Ul<::il of the City of Palo Alto hereby finds that the enactment of this ordin~~ce is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and., therefore, no environmental i~act assessment is necessary. SEf"TION 7. Municipal Code, adcpdon. NOIlS; ATTEST: City Clerk As provided in Section ~.04.37S of the Palo Alto this ordinance sp~ll become effec~ive upon APP~"D: Mayor Sr. Asst. City ~ttorDey APP!tOVED: Ci ty Jianager Director of Finance Oireceor o·f Public Works , .' ;,', ';, ,.",,{,,>~:«i~Ii':-":~-;\;\1{f t'~"'':l.-.)4t{:I''''r,t.'I\,~~·ill~: , ,_ ""'Jf"I-"t~ Y~,J.,~·f ,;, .. ,:)\:.;:,~ ~B HAMIU'OIIIITME'r ~-=---~-, I [' I ill! I Illi Ii i I IIIIII lil,,',!I,1 Hi f I PI.ANTING ARIiA ~ [J·B-·~ '-r----,v'l1"ll"'-1'=~ '1-~ --"]"k ~ll--~ --~ <.i """') IJ. ' ~1 __ o.l l!EA~""1'16N , •. ~~~--=-~<: ~ ---. -~'-~~ ...... ---.~, ... '-II-...oflI--'" --_.-. , ? 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