City manager proposes commissioned lighting study to guide LED conversion

Oct 19, 2026

City staff will bring a draft RFP for a citywide lighting study to next month—s workshop to determine how and where to convert obsolete high-pressure sodium and mercury-vapor streetlights to LED, after noting parts are becoming unavailable.

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The city manager told the council that most streetlights are either high-pressure sodium or mercury vapor and that replacement parts are becoming scarce. "We—re eventually going to have to start converting ... to LED," he said, and suggested commissioning a formal lighting study to set conversion priorities and lumen levels.

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