SMP Advisory Panel Meeting Community Engagement 5 • Advisory panel (6 meetings) • Internal...

Street Light Management Plan BriefingAdvisory Panel Meeting

November 8th, 2018

Agenda

• Street Light Management Plan (SMP)– Overview– Feedback Summary– Status & Recommendations

• Dominion Energy (DE) Updates• Next Steps

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SMP Timeline

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SMP Approach & Contents

Approach• Administrative Document• Community Engagement• Technology

Demonstration in the County

• Best Practices/Benchmarking

Contents• Street Lighting Education• Arlington County

Background• Street Lighting Vision• Street Lighting Standards• Technology

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SMP Community Engagement

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• Advisory panel (6 meetings)• Internal stakeholder group (6

meetings)• County-wide feedback• Street light demonstration tours • Project website• Social media• The Citizen• NCAC presentation• NVRC

https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/streetlights-management-plan/

RFI Summary: Feedback Results

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Q # 1: On a typical evening, how do you travel around Arlington? (Select up to 2 options)

40%

6%6%

42%

3% 1% 1%1%

Transportation Modes

Walk (41%)

Bike (6%)

Transit (Bus, Metro) (6%)

Personal Vehicle (42%)

Hired Ride (Lyft, Taxi, Uber) (3%)

Carsharing (car2go, Enterprise, Zipcar) (1%)

Carpool / Vanpool / Rideshare (uberPOOL, Lyft Line) (1%)

Other (please specify)


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Q # 2: Using the slide bar provided, tell us your ideal light color.

38%

24%

32%

6%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

< = 3000K 3001K to 4000K = >4001K No Preference

Num

ber o

f Respo

ndent

Correlated Color Temperature Tiers

Color Temperature Preferance


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3.84

4

3.32

3.03

3.52

3.65

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

Safe

Sustainable

Compatible

Smart

Maintainable

Cost effectiveness

Importance of Guiding Principles

Q # 3: On a scale of 1‐5, how important are the following topics in regards to street lights?


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Q # 4: Street lights are on a dimming schedule that turn on atdusk and gradually dim throughout the evening. Do you find this feature helpful?

52%

9%

21%

11%

7%

Yes (52%)

No (9%)

Neutral (21%)

Other (please specify)(11%)Skipped (7%)


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Q # 5: Among the following items, what is your biggest concern about streetlighting (please select up to 3)

9%

8%

16%

6%

27%

6%

8%

20% Not enough streetlights (9%)

Sidewalk lighting not enough (8%)

Unable to see pedestrians/bicyclists(16%)

Streetlights are broken (6%)

Too much light shining into myproperty (27%)

I don't feel safe walking/biking (6%)

No concerns (8%)

Other (please specify) (20%)


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Q # 6: Out of cobra and post top, which style do you find provide the best lighting on roads and sidewalks:

40%

24%

15%

14%

7%

Cobra (40%)

Post‐top (24%)

Neutral (15%)


Skipped (7%)


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Q # 7: Please provide your 5‐digit home zip code (ex. 22201).

13%17%

4%

18%

9%23%

7%

5%22209 4%

3%


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Q # 8: of the following types of housing best describes your home?

59%20%

10%

2%

10%

Single‐family, detached house (59%)

Condominium or apartment (20%)

Townhome, attached to other houses(10%)


Skipped (10%)


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Q # 9: Please share any additional feedback or comments.

22%

13%

10%

8%

6%

6%

5%

3%

3%3%

Addtional Feedback(Top 10 Comments)

Light pollution/ (‐) impacts on wildlife(22%)

Too bright (13%)

Do not like the bright blue hue/preferyellow hue (10%)

different kelvin + color hue (8%)

General complaint (6%)

Thank you for survey/tours (6%)

post‐top lights worse (5%)

Install more LEDs (3%)

Post‐tops aesthetically pleasing (3%)

Too many lights (too concentrated) (3%)

SMP Draft Recommendations

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Districting Concept

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• Dominion Energy expressed support

• No State Corporation Commission (SCC) approval needed

• County Ownership• Rosslyn-Ballston• Columbia Pike• Pentagon/Crystal City• Other select corridors

• Dominion Energy Ownership• Rest of the County (Outside

of above corridors)

SMP Draft Recommendations

Residential Area• “Cobra” as a standard

for residential area

• Color temperature: 3000K

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Commercial (Mixed-use)Areas

• “Post top” as a standard for Commercial area

• Color temperature: Tier 2 (3001K to 4000K)

• Implement Districting Concept• All post top poles and cobras

will be black• Light Pollution (Dark Sky)

-Restrict uplight to less than 5% -Use of dome shield for post top -Use of lower color temperature-Use of dimming -Use of cobras in residential/major corridors

SMP Draft Implementation

• Incremental implementation– Developer projects– Street light CIP ($2.5M

per year)– Other Capital projects– Potential Fed/State

funding• Prioritizing projects

– Activity centers – Transit corridors– Crash locations– Safety/crime

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Dominion Energy Updates

• VEPGA LED amendment # 8– Carlyle, Coach and Cobra

fixture LED offered– Flat Fee for LED conversion

($130 per luminaire)• VEPGA Agreement

– Negotiations underway for 2019 agreement

Next Steps

• Circulate report and solicit feedback by Nov. 30, 2018

• Submit official draft to CMO

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Questions?

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