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. - - District. There are still a number of lights remaining within the whole downtown area that this action will not affect, either positive or negative." --- In response to Councilman Leipzig's questions, Manager Patterson said if the City went with low pressure sodium and Plan A in the Underground District, the state would not require the City to institute Plan B. Councilman Leipzig said "if we go with Plan A and high pressure, according to State standards, we should go with plan B, eventually." Manager Patterson said, "That is not correct. Plan A was designed to include high pressure sodium so it does have additional lights so we do meet the safety factor in accordance with State guidelines. Plan B which would replace all the other lights outside of the Underground District. In that case, if we just start replacing the existing lights in some locations, we will not meet the state standards." Councilman Leipzig said, "So it is a decision do we want to stick with low pressure or go with high pressure. If we go with high pressure we should go to those outlying areas and get them up to state standards which is Plan B. City Manager Everett said, "But you are not making that decision at this time." Councilman Leipzig said, "I understand, but that would be a consistent policy, and that would raise the cost to nearly half a million dollars." City Manager Everett and Manager Patterson said, "That is correct." --- Councilman Leipzig said, "I would argue that since there is a motion on the floor, that we vote against the motion. I think we have to make a decision. We need more information whether we want low pressure or high pressure. Let's not go willy nilly and put some here and some there. We have to be consistent. Let's take a look at it. If we decide we need high pressure and we are going to change the entire downtown or the entire City, that's fme. Let's have that debate. But let's not do it piecemeal, because there is some debate as to Broadway, for example. Most people think that's low pressure, and it is not." City Manager Everett said, "I hope that with Broadway, we might try other things, like lamping and lighting and wattage and shielding, and do some experiments. That will take us awhile. 1 think there may be some other solutions to Broadway and some of those streets." In response to Council questions, Manager Patterson said it was difficult to be precise in predicting energy costs as each light is different. City Manager Everett said, "In the Underground District of l56lights, your annual cost will go up basically $2,500." Mayor Hartnett said, "SA-7 (Page number of the staff Report) is specific to the Underground Utility District, and the current yearly cost for the low pressure sodium at $8,566, and changing over to the high pressure would be $11,092." ---~ REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 55 APRIL 7, 1997 MINUTES Page No. 239 PAGE 17