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Resident offers private support for Edison Bridge lighting; CRA to pursue cost and permitting estimates
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Summary
A downtown resident and business owner urged the CRA to pursue bridge lighting and offered consultant contacts and fundraising ideas; the board agreed to explore costs and permitting and to include the resident in future conversations.
Dennis Adams, a downtown resident, spoke during public comment to support bridge lighting and offered to collaborate with city consultants and to help raise private funds.
Adams described having obtained cost estimates from a private contractor and suggested that mounting fixtures along the side of the bridge could be less expensive and more visible from downtown restaurants and the river than under‑bridge installations. He offered to help form a nonprofit or solicit corporate sponsorships to offset capital costs and said monthly LED operating costs would likely be modest.
"Putting it along the side of the bridge… would be more visibility… and it's also less expensive in comparison," Adams said, summarizing the side‑mount approach his consultant had estimated.
Staff told the board they had programmed funds this fiscal year for initial exploration but that any full scope of work would require additional budget approvals. Commissioners expressed appreciation for Adams’s offer and asked staff to include him in follow‑up budgeting and feasibility conversations.
The board did not approve construction funding; it agreed to move forward with exploratory budgeting, coordination with the consultant team and further outreach to stakeholders.
