TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Raul Saenz, Interim Public Works Director
Sanford Taylor, Information Technology Director
Sona Coffee, Environmental Programs Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Review Southern California Edison (SCE) Streetlight Valuation and Acquisition Process, and Discuss Option to Retrofit SCE-Owned Street Lights (Interim Public Works Director Saenz and Information Technology Director Taylor).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council discuss and provide direction on the Southern California Edison (SCE) Streetlight Valuation and Acquisition Process, and discuss the option to retrofit the remaining SCE-Owned Street Lights.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City of Manhattan Beach has a very unique opportunity to purchase eligible streetlights from SCE. Obtaining ownership of these streetlights allows the City to convert the lamps to energy efficient LEDs, and explore communications and revenue generation possibilities. SCE will continue to maintain ownership over distribution streetlights that are ineligible for sale, but there is a program option to retrofit these lights as well.
To work through the streetlight purchase and retrofit process with SCE, staff recommends exploring three options:
1. Purchase eligible SCE-owned streetlights (approximately 800-900);
2. Retrofit eligible streetlights to LED technology; and
3. Participate in SCE's Option-E financing to retrofit non-sellable SCE-owned streetlights to LEDs (approximately 900).
The report touches briefly on the revenue generation possibilities associated with purchasing the eligible streetlights, such as Wi-Fi, cameras, mobile service, traffic data, etc. These "smart pole" features are estimated to bring in an annual revenue of over $330,000.
The City has also made commitments to reduce its carbon footprint. Imple...
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