Title
Street Lighting Request - Moonlight Bay and Wabamun Beach
Proposed Motion
That Council approve the installation of Street Lights at Moonlight Bay and Wabamun Beach with the condition that the capital costs be funded through a Local Improvement.
Body
Administration Recommendation
Administration supports the proposed motion.
Purpose
Property owners in the Moonlight Bay and Wabamun Beach subdivisions have requested street lighting be installed. As per Policy C-EN-016 Street Lighting, "All street lighting requests shall require approval of Council, ...". The proposed motion seeks Council approval of the street lighting request and outlines the conditions under which they will be paid for.
Summary
The Policy Statement within Policy C-EN16 Street Lighting (Attachment 1) directs that "All street lighting requests shall require the approval of Council, ...". Under that same policy under bullet 7, "All requests for street lighting shall be made in writing to the Director of Engineering Services". Attachment 2 is an email from an area resident that meets the requirement for notification in writing. Upon receipt of the email, Administration advanced information to Committee of the Whole on May 4, 2021 (Attachment 8) and now to Council to seek approval.
During the Committee of the Whole discussion, a few questions were asked to Administration. Administration has added information to this report in response. The following information, along with the previous (CoW) report, is intended to assist with Council's consideration of the proposed motion.
Project Costs
As outlined in Policy C-EN-016, the responsibility for Capital Costs are the developer’s costs, or in this case the cost of the landowners (as per clause 3, Attachment 1). The responsibility for Operating Cost is the County's responsibility (as per clause 4, Attachment 1).
Capital costs for the project are anticipated to be $70,000 (20 lights x $3,000 per light + $10,000 contingency for utility locates, bru...
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