Title
Replacement lights on University Avenue from NW 6th Street to NW 3rd Street (NB)
Explanation
The CRA replaced the concrete light fixtures on University Avenue in the College Park University Heights district between Gale Lemorand Drive and Northwest 6th Street with the new Renaissance light fixtures chosen for major corridors that cross between districts. There was a strip of eight old aluminum light fixtures between Northwest 6th Street and Northwest 3rd Street in the Downtown Redevelopment district between where the Renaissance lighting ends and the Downtown Washington Globe/ hockey puck lighting begins. GRU estimated those eight aluminum light fixtures could be replaced with the Renaissance fixture for $37,552. The CRA budgeted $40,000 for this project at their February 16, 2004 meeting. While GRU was completing the project, staff discovered that additional work was required, increasing the project cost by $25,000 more than budgeted.
Fiscal Note
The CRA has $25,000 budgeted in Downtown Trust Fund Capital Projects account MY-610-790-W218-5520 that could be used for this obligation.
Recommendation
Executive Director to the CRA: Authorize an additional $25,000 for work completed to replace the aluminum light fixtures on University Avenue between Northwest 6th Street and Northwest 3rd Street with Renaissance fixtures.