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opportunity to select the style of street lighting that they preferred. The residents chose a black pole combined with a black lantern style fixture, Staff recommends approval of the plans and specifications and award of construction contract to the low bidder, Bleyco Inc., for the replacement of the street lights and poles in the Valley Trails Neighborhood for the low bid amount of $331,637.00, The bids were opened on February 17, 2006, with ten bids received. The engineer's estimate for the project was $427,500.00. Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The City of Pleasanton took ownership of the majority of the street lights throughout the City in 1996 from PG&E, Some of these street lights are reaching the end of their useful life. The City's Capital Replacement Program allocates funding to replace aging street lights throughout the City. The street lights in Valley Trails are still functional, however, several have fallen down, many are leaning, have peeling paint, and have diminished light output due to age. The photograph below shows a typical street light on Valley Trails Drive, This is the City's first street light replacement project. Staff has been working with street light vendors to identify replacement products that will improve street and sidewalk lighting while reducing night sky impacts, reducing pole maintenance problems and improving maintenance access. After reviewing available products and material costs, staff installed five demonstration street lights on South Valley Trails Drive to give the residents an opportunity to provide feedback on the look of the different street light poles and fixtures. A notice was mailed to all residents of the Valley Trails neighborhood, asking residents to review the demonstration street lights and vote for the styles that they preferred, The residents had a strong preference for the lantern style fixture and the black pole that is "Street light E" shown in Attachment A. SR:06:067 Page 2 of6