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Mesa council discusses $880,000 increase for ballpark LED conversion; staff cites long-term energy and maintenance savings
Summary
At a Feb. 23 study session the Mesa City Council questioned a roughly $880,000 increase on a proposed LED conversion at Hohokam and Fitch parks. City staff said the work is funded from general capital dollars, will replace lights on five ball fields and yield energy and maintenance savings; rebate details will be provided later.
Mesa — At a Feb. 23 study session, city staff told the Mesa City Council that a proposed LED conversion of ballpark lighting at Hohokam and Fitch parks will be paid from general capital dollars and includes an approximately $880,000 increase over what councilmembers expected.
"This is just replacing these facilities... we've been in the process of converting all of our ball field lights from metal halide to LED," said Mark (staff), who described LED fixtures as "more efficient" and said the bulbs "last longer," reducing maintenance and electric usage.
Council members pressed for more detail on where the additional dollars would come from and whether the city has completed a lifecycle cost analysis comparing LEDs to metal halide…
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