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BOOK <br />Alternative No. 1 <br />Fund the entire cost of lighting the one-half mile section of the corridor ($2,100 <br />per year) with budgeted Transportation Fund Revenue beginning in the FY95/96. <br />If this alternative is approved, there would have to be an increase in the Traffic <br />Engineering (Fund 111.245) budget each year beginning in FY95/96. Staff would <br />not support the project if a no budget increase scenario is required at budget time, <br />since other program items would have .to be eliminated. If the entire two mile <br />section of Indian River Boulevard from 37th Street to 53th Street is lighted, the <br />cost would be $12,600 per year. <br />Alternative No. 2 <br />Request the City of Vero Beach to install the larger utility poles along Indian <br />River Boulevard at this time and consider the lighting in the FY94/95 Traffic <br />Engineering budget. The cost for this alternative is $1,260 per year. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUNDING <br />Alternative No. 2 is recommended whereby the County would request the City of Vero Beach <br />to install the larger poles along Indian River Boulevard at this time. Funding in the amount of <br />$ 1,260 would be from 111 -245 -Traffic Engineering <br />Chairman Tippin recalled that this item was tabled from a <br />previous meeting. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED <br />by Commissioner Macht, to approve Alternate No. <br />2 as set out in the above staff recommendation. <br />Under discussion, Commissioner Bird favored putting the poles <br />in at the proper time and preferred to make a lump sum payment <br />rather than make a payment every year. <br />Commissioner Macht was uncomfortable with funding the lighting <br />for incoming development. There are no State requirements to light <br />the Boulevard along that stretch, and it seemed to him that it <br />serves a private interest. <br />Commissioner Adams felt that lighting that stretch is <br />important because it would serve a public safety purpose, <br />especially for stranded motorists. It could be a frightening <br />experience, and lighting does deter the type of crime that occurs <br />in this day and age. She agreed that the cost should be a lump sum <br />rather than annual payments. <br />Commissioner Bird pointed out that we have expanded the <br />pavement along the Boulevard and the lighting would provide greater <br />protection for joggers and cyclists. <br />14 <br />December 20, 1994 <br />