File #: O-257-19    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 5/13/2019 In control: Public Utilities Department
On agenda: 5/28/2019 Final action: 5/28/2019
Title: Authorizing the improvement to Dorr Street at the intersection of Sawyer Road by installing one (1) LED street light; determining to proceed with the improvement; authorizing the annual cost of $118.32 for said improvement from the Special Assessment Fund and the General Fund utilities account to Toledo Edison; and declaring an emergency.
Attachments: 1. Audio: City Council Meeting 5/28/2019

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DPU052819DORRSTLIGHTING

Engineering Services

Lee A. Schultz (x2756)

Revised

 

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Authorizing the improvement to Dorr Street at the intersection of Sawyer Road by installing one (1) LED street light; determining to proceed with the improvement; authorizing the annual cost of $118.32 for said improvement from the Special Assessment Fund and the General Fund utilities account to Toledo Edison; and declaring an emergency.

 

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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:

The owners of the properties abutting Sawyer Road from Dorr Street to Adelbert Road have requested that the city install LED street lighting to protect their properties and provide nighttime safety.  This legislation proposes to install one (1) LED street light to better illuminate this area.

 

The annual cost of this improvement is $118.32 which will be paid from the Special Assessment Fund and the General Fund utilities account in which this expense has been included in the 2019 annual budget.

 

Summary

NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:

 

                     SECTION 1.                     That it is determined to proceed with the improvement of the following lots and lands by installing street lighting, as described below, pursuant to the authority cited below and in accordance with Resolution No. 182-19, adopted on April 30, 2019, and in accordance with plans, specifications, and estimates heretofore approved and on file with the Clerk of Council and in the Division of Engineering Services.

                    

A.                     Dorr Street at the intersection of Sawyer Road by installing one (1) 130-watt, LED cobra style streetlight on wood pole with overhead service.

 

SECTION 2.                     That the plans, specifications and estimates for this proposed improvement are approved and will be filed at the Division of Engineering Services Street Lighting Section.

 

                     SECTION 3.                     That the annual cost and expense of said improvement, together with damages, if any, awarded to the owner of adjoining lands, with interest thereon, and the costs and expenses of any such award, shall be paid from the Special Assessment Fund and the General Fund utilities account, by the city in a manner provided by law.

 

                     SECTION 4.  That the remainder of the cost and expense of said improvement, not specially assessed, together with damages, if any, awarded to the owner of adjoining lands, with interest thereon, and the costs and expenses of any such award, shall be paid by a levy upon the general tax list made by the city for such purpose in the manner provided by law.

 

                     SECTION 5.                     That the Toledo Edison Company is authorized and directed to accomplish the improvements described in Section 1 hereof; such lights to be erected and maintained, and payment therefore to be made in accordance with the applicable terms and provisions of the Toledo Edison street lighting tariff as approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

 

            SECTION 6.  That the Clerk of Council is directed to furnish said Toledo Edison Company with a certified copy and written notice of the passage of the ordinance after publication of the same.

 

             SECTION 7.                      That this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage.  The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and property and for the further reason in order to expedite the installation of street lighting.

 

                     Vote on emergency clause:  yeas _____, nays _____.

 

                     Passed:  _________________, as an emergency measure:  yeas _____, nays _____.

 

 

Attest:  ________________________                                              __________________________________

                            Clerk of Council                                                                           President of Council

 

                     

Approved:  _____________________                                          __________________________________

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Mayor

 

 

                     I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.

 

 

Attest:  ________________________

                    Clerk of Council