HomeMy WebLinkAboutAM Lighting recommendations for west parking lot of Academy campus Town of Westlake
Memo
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Board of Aldermen
From: Trent Petty, Town Manager
Subject: Workshop meeting of February 26, 2007
Date: February 21, 2007 ,le J!%
ITEM
Discuss lighting recommendations for west parking lot of Academy campus.
BACKGROUND
With Westlake Academy adding 9th grade in the fall of 2006, the temporary parking lot
was constructed to accommodate pick-up and drop-off for the 6th-9th grade students. The
temporary parking lot also added 44 parking spaces, plus 4 handicap spaces to provide
additional parking for academy and town events.
Two months after the temporary lot was completed it was recommended to add lighting.
It has now been recommended to install temporary walkway lighting with one temporary,
wooden light pole. The electrical four-inch conduit was extended from the gym building
at the time the parking lot was constructed to ensure any future need for power.
TDIndustries provided the best solution with 9 low voltage lights along the walkway on
the south side of the parking lot. An additional circuit will be pulled from the gym
building to accommodate the lighting. A second contractor will be needed to set a
twenty-foot wood pole at the end of the walkway leading into the lower parking area.
A recommendation is needed from the Board for their preference on the following:
type/style of temporary lighting needed for the walking path; lighting function via
photocell, timer or by the WebControl system currently utilized; and addition of a GFI
plug on the base of the temporary pole.
TI) Industries quote and example of lighting are attached.
FUNDING
The necessary funds to cover the additional temporary lighting can be taken after budget
review from the following: GF Dept. 17; line item Electrical R&M - $2500; GF Dept.
17; line item Contract Exterminator- $1,600. The $1600 can be re-classed along with the
mid-year budget amendments coming up in the next few months. The total cost of the
project should not exceed $4,100 based on quotes received.
The funds were found in the above accounts due to several occurrences this fiscal year.
Contract Exterminator money can be reduced since we had a unanticipated heavy
treatment applied during the Christmas holiday that was necessary due to a scorpion
invasion. The number of smaller treatments originally planned should be reduced this
fiscal year due to the coverage provided by this major pest control application.
Additional funds from the Electrical R&M are now available due to the following:
additional expense for Tree Lighting taken from Visitor's Association as allowed;
reduced number of light pole repairs, classroom breakers, fixtures repairs this first half of
fiscal year; budgeted electrical wiring and installation was included in accepted DPS
trailer bid which was not known at budget adoption.
A break down of the $4100 maximum in costs are estimated below:
Pathway lighting install - $2,800
Wooden pole installed-$500
Pole light with arm-$300 -$550
Plug timer/photo controller-$250