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CITY OF PLEASANTON COUNTY OF ALAMEDA STATE OF CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 77-260 A RESOLUTION APPROVING RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER RELATING TO STREET LIGHTS WHEREAS, the City Council during its deliberation on the 1977-78 Fiscal Year Budget, decided to amend the street lighting provisions of the said budget in order to obtain as great a savings as possible in the use of street lights and di- rected the City Manager to make recommendations to the City Council with respect to the use of street lights; and WHEREAS, the City Manager at the Council Meeting of September 20, 1977, made a report to the City Council; and WHEREAS, the City Council deliberated upon the recommendations by the City Manager which were not specific as to lights and areas but intended to provide flexibility necessary to con- sider safety and security conditions in different areas of the City and not to require detailed or specific analysis for each neighborhood in determining how lighting levels throughout the City of Pleasanton should be adjusted; and WHEREAS, the City Council deliberated upon the recommendations of the City Manager. NOW, THEREFORE,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council adopts the following five (5) guidelines as the guiding policy in the City of Pleasanton for determ- ining the need for and the level of street lighting to ex- ist in the City of Pleasanton: Turning Off and Removing Lights In implementing street lighting level reduction guidelines, all lights will be reviewed for possible removal; if it is determined that the lights will not be required for safety purposes with- in the next five years, the light will be removed. New Subdivisions - Existing street lighting standards will be changed to reduce street lighting standards by 20% in all new subdivisions. This will be accomplished by increasing spacing between lights and reducing the lighting level of each light. Lighting on Major Streets - Lighting levels will be re- duced on major streets by one or a combination of two methods; lowering the lumen level from 11,000 to 7,500 or eliminating light fixtures. Residential Area Lighting a. Lighting levels in courts and cul-de-sacs will be re- duced from 7,500 lumen lights to 3,500 lumen lights unless specific safety considerations are involved.