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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: ERMU Commission Troy Adams, P.E. - General Manager MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: July 11, 2017 5.3 SUBJECT: Otsego Streetlights ACTION REQUESTED: Approve proposed terms for transfer of Otsego street lighting assets within ERMU electric service territory. BACKGROUND: In late 2016, the City of Otsego contacted ERMU regarding their city owned street lighting located within ERMU electric service territory. The City of Otsego wanted to explore the possibility of transferring these streetlights to ERMU, and then pay ERMU to service and maintain the lights going forward. The ERMU Commission gave staff direction to research this opportunity. DISCUSSION: Proposed Streetlight Transfer Owning and maintaining streetlights falls within ERMU's current services offered. ERMU owns, services, and maintains over 1,300 lights within the City of Elk River. ERMU also already owns, services, and maintains 78 lights within the City of Otsego. These lights are separate from the proposed transfer. There are three commercial developments where the City of Otsego wants to transfer streetlights that they own and maintain. These areas are identified on the attached Exhibit A overview and broken out into Exhibits B, C, and D. These commercial developments are Otsego Waterfront, Otsego Waterfront East, and Great River Centre respectively. There are a total of 101 streetlights of three different types within these areas, none of which are currently used by ERMU. Also,the fixtures in these areas were installed over the years and many are damaged or do not currently work. There are seven additional locations within these areas where there are streetlight bases but no streetlights. The fixture cut sheets for these three different types of fixtures have been provided to ERMU staff. ERMU limits the number of streetlight styles in the current design standards. This is done to minimize inventory which helps to control costs and storage space. Per the 2017 ERMU Fee Schedule, aide to construction street light installation fees to developers are: $1,850 for a 30' decorative pole with a 6' arm, and $1,500 for a 23' decorative pole with a traditionaire style fixture. These styles are common and readily available from multiple lighting manufacturers which allows ERMU to have flexibility in purchasing yet maintaining consistency in appearance. Page 1 of 3 193