TO: Mayor and Commission AGENDA DATE: 10/13/2025
FROM: City Manager AGENDA ITEM: 4 - A
SUBJECT:
Title
Citywide sidewalk and street lighting installation and Citywide lake spraying.
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LOCATION:
Citywide
COST:
N/A - Discussion Purposes Only
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
General Fund or Non-Ad Valorem Assessment
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT:
Public Works
POTENTIAL MOTION:
Recommendation
Direct staff to further investigate the cost of providing sidewalks, street lighting and lake management Citywide.
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BACKGROUND:
Background
Research was undertaken during May of this year to determine what it would require to extend sidewalks and street lighting throughout District 1. This analysis now evaluates all 6 Districts.
SIDEWALKS
* This evaluation extends 5' sidewalks on both sides of the roadways in the those areas missing sidewalks. Labor and materials with our current concrete vendor is $7.81 per square foot.
o Should the City undertake such a significant installation it could require a SJRWMD Permit as the net new impervious area would trip the threshold for a permit and would not fall under the definition of de minimis installation. The possibility for a permit would also require identification of existing stormwater ponds for expansion or property acquisition for new pond locations to manage the net new impervious runoff this installation would generate.
STREETLIGHTS
* Streetlights are typically spaced every 100 feet to provide reasonable illumination to roadways. On side-streets 40-watt LEDs provide sufficient illumination, while along major roadways - such as Howland Boulevard, Lake Helen Osteen Road, Captain Drive, Haulover Drive, Elkcam Boulevard & Courtland Boulevard higher wattage illumination would be appropriate as well as at any high-traveled intersections.
o This estimate used a $10 per month charge for all proposed lighting.
* Light leasing requires a 10-year lease along with any up-front construction costs. Generally ...
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