SR - AGR-6132 - LED STREET LIGHTING PROJECTAGENDA ITEM
July 8, 2014
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TO: Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
THRU: John W. Sibley
City Manager
FROM: Joe DeFrancesco
Public Works D' ector
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1. SUBJECT
Implementation of the City of Orange LED Street Lighting Project through the National Joint
Powers Alliance (NJPA) cooperative purchasing agreement.
2. SUMMARY
The City of Orange is embarking on a Light Emitting Diode (LED) Street Lighting Project as
part of its utility energy efficiency program. The project will retrofit existing street lighting
fixtures in the west side of the City with new energy efficient, long - lasting LED fixtures. The
project alone is expected to save $12,134.00 annually in energy and maintenance costs.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Appropriate of $95,000.00 from the unreserved fund balance of 263 to Expenditure Account
No. 263.5032.56100.20228 LED Street Lights Project.
2. Transfer of $15,000.00 from Account No. 263.5032.56100.16469 Traffic Signal Equipment
Painting to Expenditure Account No. 263.5032.56100.20228 LED Street Lights Project.
3. Authorize City Manager to execute agreement in the amount of $100,000.00 plus 10%
contingencies with Pacific Lighting Management, Inc. 1638 E. Edinger Avenue, Suite 13,
Santa Ana, CA 92705 on a form as approved by City Attorney for the purchase and
installation of the LED Street Lights Project as bid through the National Joint Power Alliance
(NJPA) Contract.
4. FISCAL IMPACT
Upon appropriation and transferring, funds will be available to cover the cost of construction as
follows:
263.5032.56100.20228 LED Street Lighting Project $110,000.00
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5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S)
1 a. Provide for a safe community - Provide staffing and resources to deliver services that
ensure public safety.
2a. Be a fiscally healthy community - Expend fiscal resources responsibly.
6. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND
The Energy Network, a no -cost service funded by the California Public Utilities Commission,
offers third -party expertise to help public agencies reduce energy costs and achieve savings. In
June 2014, the Energy Network completed the Street Lighting Audit Report for the City of
Orange LED Street Lighting Pilot Project.
The report recommended retrofitting 200 LS -3 (metered) City -owned streetlights with energy
efficient long - lasting LED fixtures with expected service life of 15 years. The streetlights being
retrofitted are generally in the western area of the City and include segments of La Veta, Main
Street, Chapman, The City Drive, Orangewood, Anaheim Way, Metropolitan, Lewis,
Manchester, Katella, and small side streets along Main Street between Sycamore Avenue and
Grove Avenue.
The recommended LED fixture cited in the report is Leotek Ecobra 14M. This fixture is the
most cost - effective fixtures drawing from the experience of the City of Los Angeles Cobrahead
Replacement Program. The Leotek LED has been approved and used by Caltrans and other
public agencies. In addition, the City of Orange has been using the Leotek LED at a few
intersections for safety lights and along two roadways in the City. LED fixtures have many
advantages over the existing high pressure sodium vapor fixtures. LED has a significant lower
cost of operation and maintenance and also offers improved color rendering, and greater
directionality and uniformity. LEDs have a higher perceived brightness when compared to
conventional light sources in street lighting applications. LED streetlights also allow for easy
dimming which affords opportunity for greater potential energy savings down the road if
adaptive lighting strategies are implemented.
The cost of the purchase and installation of the LED fixtures was bid through the NJPA
cooperative purchasing agreement to which the City of Orange is a current member. Public
agency members of NJPA can procure goods and services thru a co- operative purchasing or
"piggyback" option made available to public agencies under Gov. Code 6500, the joint Exercise
of Power Act (JPAs). Procurement of goods and services through this method will ensure
volume discounts. NJPA has already prepared, publicly noticed, administered, and conducted an
open bid to find the best energy - efficiency contractors in the area. For this project, Pacific
Lighting Management, Inc. has been selected.
The project costs including materials, removal and salvage of the existing fixtures and
installation of the new LED lights is $100,000.00 plus 10% contingencies. The street lights being
retrofitted are expected to realize an estimated annual electricity savings of approximately 60 %.
In dollar terms, the expected annual saving is $12,134.00 in energy and maintenance costs.
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• Street Lighting Audit Report
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