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Ms. Nakagawa — As a related side note, wanted to mention the timing of the request to do the sustainable <br />lighting RFP coming out of Mayor's office. These will be the kind of things that will need to be included <br />typically the background information of what we've done, the number of lights and how does this transition to <br />these new LEDs affect any costs savings for that effort as well since P&R and DPW are both well underway to <br />that conversion or partially at least. <br />Ms. Sako — If we approve this motion then all the street lights going forward will need to be this brand. <br />Ms. Nakagawa — This would be something included as information in the lighting RFP. <br />Mr. Rodenhurst — This was something that was brought up by DPW Traffic to R&D regarding the RFP. <br />Ms. Sako — Yes, we don't want to take a step back. Our neighborhood is one of the darker neighborhoods right <br />now so everybody is looking forward to this change. <br />Ms. Strance — Is Mayor's proposal going to contract out the maintenance? And will they be required to use this <br />type of lighting? <br />Ms. Nakagawa — It's still in draft form, working currently with the Mayor's office and various departments that <br />would be affected by the RFP. It's not just maintenance, but to look for and to provide the infrastructure for the <br />best sustainable options that are available. I would have to see how our recommendation plays into the intent of <br />the RFP, which is to have the vendor recommend the solution; the best sustainable modern solution for lighting. <br />They would pay for the infrastructure, installation and maintenance. <br />Part of the reason I brought this up was to talk about how this would affect that as well and our future <br />conversation on the RFP. We have a meeting scheduled, so we'll have to think about these things and the costs <br />savings actually realized by the vendor with a lot these LED investments already in place. <br />Ms. Sako — We would standardize on this, we do not know how long it will take to put the RFP in place. The <br />departments spent years; I remember the first LED lights going in and the next ones came in, but those really <br />weren't sustainable sort of speak, they burnt out really quick and now we're using these ones. I think a vendor <br />who has something other than this E2 lights will need to provide some history as to why it's better and how they <br />meet our specifications as well. We can also come back to meet to un -standardize, but otherwise, I think Traffic <br />would have to be convinced those lights would be better and sustainable. It's a public safety issue too not just to <br />have lighting. <br />Mr. Mangaoang — When you say `maintenance' for this RFP, is that taking away what we're doing currently? <br />Mr. Rodenhurst -- That is one of the questions Traffic brought on early on in this process and it has been <br />addressed. It would not take away from our current responsibilities, they would provide training to our current <br />staff for any changes to what kind of items we would be installing. It would have potential impact to our <br />maintenance contracts for the work that goes beyond what we do at DPW. On the agreements where we have <br />the contractor on-call for the major repairs that go beyond our capabilities. My understanding is it would not <br />take away from our Traffic staff. <br />Ms. Sako — The day-to-day maintenance would continue to fall under Traffic. <br />Mr. Rodenhurst — Yes. That is one of my big concerns; we do not take away from what our staff is doing. <br />Mr. Mangaoang — We spent roughly about $2M for these lights in the two years. <br />