Item 4G AudioHonorable Mayor and City Council Members:
Item 4G on the consent agenda is for the approval of lighting upgrades for the
East Parking Garage with Facility Solutions Group in the amount of
$86,196.75.
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This agenda item supports the city’s strategy map relative to the
corporate objectives of:
•Achieving the highest standards of safety and security;
•Collaborating with select partners to implement service solutions; and
•Investing to provide and maintain high quality public assets.
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First, I would like to briefly provide some background information on this
project.
•In 2009, a lighting economic analysis was performed on both parking garages
in Town Square.
•The west parking garage lighting was upgraded in December 2009 and cost
approximately $107k.
•$50,000 of this project’s cost was paid by a grant from Clear Results.
•However, due to budget constraints, no funding was available for upgrading
the lighting in the smaller East Parking Garage.
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•The East Parking Garage currently has a total of 274 light fixtures.
•The proposed lighting upgrades include:
•Upgrading the 214 metal halide lamps to induction lighting; and
•Upgrading 60 existing fluorescent lamps with more efficient GE
Ultramax 28 watt lamps and ballasts.
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The results of the Lighting Economic Analysis estimate:
1.A potential savings in electricity of 164,214 kilowatt hours per year.
2.Or a savings of approximately $16,011 for the first year.
In addition, the analysis estimates that the City will realize a maintenance cost
avoidance for the first two years. Including 2% of inflation over the course of 5
years, the analysis estimates the dollar savings to the City as follows:
•$22,476 for the first year;
•$22,925 for the second year;
•And $16k-17,000 thereafter.
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To fund this project, City Council passed Resolution No. 09-070 authorizing
staff to apply for an Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant.
Staff submitted a completed application for a grant by the January 15 th
deadline to upgrade the lighting in the east parking garage.
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While the City has not yet received the award of the grant, the City has
received the State Energy Conservations Office’s final allocation notice in the
amount of $86,365.
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Staff recommends that City Council approve the lighting upgrade for the East
Parking Garage with Facility Solutions Group in the amount of $86,196.75.
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Thank you for your attention. If you have any questions regarding this item,
please contact Bob Price, Director of Public Works, at 817-748-8098.
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