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Our neighborhood association along with three others is part of the "Washington Revitalization Area". One area of concern is in adiquate or non-functional street lights. The city Public Works department is working with us, but there may be some funding problems. We also need to coordinate with the Parks and Forestry department, as they are responcible for trimming the trees. Even if the trees are trimmed, height of fixtures are adjusted, and bad lamps replaced, we still will have some dark spots that will require additional fixtures. In many cases, power poles are in the area of the "dark spots", so we can request the city to add fixtures at those locations. However, other locations need poles in addition to fixtures. We hope to reduce some of the Graffiti, Vandalizm, litering, and drug sales by improving the lighting.
By Robert Wittry
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STREET LIGHT REPORT
I read your analysis of the street light situation in the Revitalization Area with great interest. It is very thorough and well presented. The report states a staggering 45 "poles with no fixtures". Is there a specific identification that this is a light pole or is it based on the fact that it is a "bare" pole in a dark area?
The same issue is with "no pole/no fixture". Is that based on the fact that that is a dark area?
By Steve Lipira
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Dark Locations
The locations noted where fixtures should be added are "visually dark" (less than 0.1 fc), and encourage graffiti, vandalism, drug sales and other problems.
Where the summary indicates "pole, no fixture", the lighting in the area is mounted on the power transmission poles, and there is an additional pole where a fixture could be added to fill in the "dark-spot". Where "no pole, no fixture" is noted, the only solution to correcting the in-adiquate lighting is to add poles. Although changing the distribution optics may help in some cases, the fixtures appear to be too far apart for the avalible mounting height. On Summit, the Oak Tree canopy makes lighting at the existing mounting heights impractical. It appears that lowering these fixtures about five feet will substantully improve the lighting and reduce illegal activities.
By Robert Wittry
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LIGHTING SUMMARY
The City of Los Angeles is undergoing a program of correcting "light pollution". It is their feeling that too much light is being wasted as it cast into the sky and as opposed to illuminating the ground. They are in the process of changing fixtures so that the light is reflected downward. Perhaps, the lights can be acquired to fill into our "dark" areas.
Also, the Gas Company donated a series of gas lights to the City of Glendale to light Honolulu Avenue in the Montrose Shopping Park. Perhaps, this is an ongoing project.
By Steve Lipira
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