City staff to request utility data after repeated streetlight damage

The Transportation Infrastructure and Mobility Committee asked city staff to request information from the utility about recent streetlight damage and insurance recoveries.

City staff told the committee they would ask the utility for data covering the last two to five years — specifically, how many poles have been knocked down, how many claims were filed, how many claims were paid and the turnaround time for pole replacement. "how many light poles have been knocked down, how many light poles have had claims filed on them, how many claims paid out, and what is the turnaround time for getting the light poles replaced," City staff said, summarizing the scoping request.

The item was referred to staff by a deputy mayor pro tem before the meeting; staff said they will forward the data request to the utility (identified in the transcript as GPNL) and ask that the utility come to a future TAM committee meeting to present when the utility is ready. The chair confirmed the committee wants that presentation returned to the TAM Committee once the utility has compiled the requested information.

The committee did not take a formal vote on policy at this meeting; staff described this as a scoping request and a data collection step that will inform any future recommendation.