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Battle Ground discusses dark-sky streetlight standard and smart-light options; staff recommends coordinating with PUD
Summary
City staff briefed council on dark-sky lighting, smart-streetlight controllers and costs. Staff recommended adopting a dark-sky specification for new fixtures (to maintain future upgrade paths) while waiting to align smart-light network decisions with the public utility district’s planned communications network.
City staff presented options for dark-sky compliant fixtures and smart-streetlight technology at the March 17 meeting, recommending a two-step approach: adopt a dark-sky fixture standard for new and replacement lights now and coordinate on smart-network rollout with Clark Public Utilities (CPU) as the utility builds a county-wide communications network.
Why it matters: changing the city’s fixture specification affects future streetlight replacements, developer-installed neighborhood lights and eligibility for grant funding tied to smart-city technology and energy management.
What staff said Mark (city staff) described two common fixture families…
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