Title
Pedestrian Lights on Southeast 7th Street (B)
Explanation
Several months ago, Monta Burt of the Laurel Oak Bed and Breakfast addressed the Downtown Redevelopment Advisory Board (DRAB) regarding streetscaping along Southeast 7th Street. At the November 2005 DRAB meeting, the Board was advised that the Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) would be undergrounding utilities along Southeast 7th Street and that there is an opportunity to install pedestrian lighting. GRU will underground in this area as part of their annual undergrounding program that is moving outward from the Kelly Power Plant.
This project would be a partnership, with GRU covering the cost of undergrounding, each homeowner covering the cost to connect to the new undergrounding, and the CRA covering the cost of the lights. GRU has estimated that using the Downtown lighting combination of Kim Lighting roadway luminaires (hockey puck) with the Lumec Traditional pedestrian lights, over a total project length of 2,820 feet, the total cost for lighting from SE 2nd Avenue to SE 4th Avenue is estimated at $50,000. If the CRA would like to include the section from SE 4th Avenue to SE 7th Avenue, it is estimated to cost an additional $48,000. The project, as originally considered, included SE 2nd Avenue to SE 4th Avenue; however, several weeks ago a resident of the section one block south asked to be included in the project. If the CRA would like to cover the entire street from SE 2nd Avenue to SE 7th Avenue, the entire $90,000 in the Main Street lighting account could be transferred to this project, and the remaining $8,000 could be taken from the Streetscaping account for a total of $98,000.
At present, the CRA has $90,000 budgeted for lighting along Main Street. This project has been postponed until late 2007 or early 2008. The lighting portion of the project will not take place until several years later. DRAB recommends that these funds be shifted to the lighting for Sout...
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