2003-58 AMENDING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT - 4100 WEST U.S. ROUTE 36 - HOLIDAY HARBOR WATER PARK

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Alternate Holiday Harbor Street Lighting Plan August 2003 PROPOSAL The Alternate Street Lighting Plan for Holiday Harbor Subdivision is presented for review and approval, which provides substantial maintenance and operations cost savings for the City of Decatur's future responsibility of Holiday Harbor Parkway and Fountain Lane. BACKGROUND The PUD Approved Street Lighting Plan specifies a combination of"standard" (18 feet) Illinois Power Street Lights isolated in the middle of the development and (12 feet) Sternberg Fairfax/Decatur style (Ornamental) Street Lights on each end of the subdivision at intersections with Hwy 36 and Main Street, which is a similar style as those used at Millikin University. ' IMPACT FACTORS • Illinois Power will not allow any other circuits or lights to be tied into their street lights, nor share their street light power supply, and they will only maintain their street lights. • Logistically the PUD Plan requires several Ornamental Street Light circuits individually metered and on separate power supplies, all to be maintained by the City of Decatur. ALTERNATIVE PLAN The Alternative Plan involves using Illinois Power's 30 feet high double rectangular fixtures street lighting (Same style used on Forsyth Parkway) in all the medians throughout Holiday Harbor Subdivision and lower profile Ornamental "Accent" Lights (Sternberg Fairfax fixture) at the crossings on each side of access drives individually metered to their respective lots. ADVANTAGES • Eliminates the City of Decatur's on-going responsibility for maintenance of streetlights, meters, and power supplies in the Holiday Harbor subdivision. • Illinois Power maintains and operates all the median street lighting. • Individual Lot Owners are responsible for maintenance & operational costs of the Ornamental Accent Lights, not the City of Decatur. • The Ornamental Accent Lighting is distributed throughout the development rather than just on its perimeters. • Achieves continuity, and a uniform profile, of street lighting throughout all of Holiday Harbor Subdivision. NOTATION This Alternate Street Lighting design concept and its advantages were not known, nor considered, during the original Developer's Agreement Review and Approval by the City. RECOMMENDATION The Developer recommends the Alternate Street Lighting Plan be approved for Holiday Harbor Subdivision based on its long-term cost savings benefit to the City, and taxpayers, of Decatur. EX� � ��' A