DEPARTMENT: Center City Development & Operations
DEPARTMENT HEAD: John Jacks
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
A resolution accepting the San Antonio Urban Lighting Master Plan.
SUMMARY:
On February 8, 2018, City Council authorized a contract with Alderson & Associates, Inc. for the development of the San Antonio Urban Lighting Master Plan (ULMP). The contract scope included a lighting study and the development of an Urban Lighting Master Plan for a total amount not to exceed $500,000. The cost was shared equally by the City and CPS Energy. This resolution accepts the report and recommends that it be used as a lighting guideline for bond projects and capital projects, where applicable.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On February 8, 2018, City Council authorized a contract with Alderson & Associates, Inc. for the development of the San Antonio Urban Lighting Master Plan (ULMP). The contract scope included a lighting study and the development of an Urban Lighting Master Plan for a total amount not to exceed $500,000, and the cost was shared equally by the City and CPS Energy. Alderson & Associates is a local engineering firm with experience on a number of San Antonio projects including the River Walk Lighting Master Plan, Hanger 9, and Miraflores Park. Alderson teamed with Randy Burkett Lighting Design, Inc. on the project. Burkett previously worked with Alderson on the River Walk Lighting Master Plan, and he has worked on many other lighting projects, including the Arlington VA Lighting Master Plan, Gateway Arch lighting in St. Louis, MO, the MLK Jr. Memorial lighting design and implementation in Washington DC, and the GSA Hipolito Federal Building lighting design and implementation in San Antonio. On March 6, 2019, City Council was briefed on the key findings of the report during B Session. This resolution formally accepts the report and lighting study and encourages its use as a guideline for the design and implementation of lighting in bon...
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