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Committee reviews city street-lighting policy; alder members raise dark-sky and color-temperature concerns
Summary
Staff reviewed the city's street-lighting policy and the inspection-based process for adding lights; alder members asked staff to consider warm-color lighting, targeted fixtures to reduce spill and timers or motion controls, and to return with possible policy updates.
The Infrastructure and Facilities Committee discussed the city's street-lighting policy on June 12, reviewing the current process for adding lights on existing streets and hearing alder members' concerns about light spill, fixture types and opportunities to adopt dark-sky-friendly standards.
Engineering staff summarized the policy in the meeting packet: requests for new street lights on existing roads are handled by the inspections department per established criteria; inspections evaluates requests and, if they meet policy criteria, forwards them to the local utility (WPS) for installation. The policy sets a typical minimum…
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