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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM |
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| | | | | | | | | TO: | Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission | | | FROM: | Jimmy L. Morales, City Manager | | | DATE: | May 16, 2018 | | | |
| | SUBJECT: | A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION AND WAIVING, BY 5/7TH VOTE, THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING REQUIREMENT, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, (FPL) FOR THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING FPL STREET LIGHTS TO LOW EMITTING DIODE (LED) LIGHTING AND TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL LED LIGHTS AS MAY BE NEEDED, AT A RATE INCREASE OF $27,088.68, ANNUALLY, OVER THE EXISTING FPL RATES, WITH NO CAPITAL OUTLAY REQUIRED FROM THE CITY TO PAY FOR THE CONVERSION, FOR THE PURPOSES OF IMPROVING THE LIGHTING OF THE CITY’S RIGHT-OF-WAY’S (ROW’S), REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY.
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| | | | | | | | ANALYSIS
| The City executed Resolution 2012-3754 providing Florida Power and Light Company (FPL) a franchise agreement providing for the payment of fees to the City in exchange for the non-exclusive right and privilege of supplying electricity and other electricity-related services within the City of Miami Beach free of competition from the City of Miami Beach, pursuant to certain terms and conditions.
Currently FPL provides street lighting throughout the City primarily in alleys. Pursuant to the franchise agreement, the City may request FPL to remove and replace lights with newer technology to meet the needs of the residents, including installing lights that would assist the Police Department in crime prevention measures. The existing FPL lights along Ocean Court and Collins Court from 5th Street to Española Way were converted to Low Emitting Diode (LED) lights recently.
The use of the new lights has been a tremendous success in deterring criminal activity on those streets where the new LED lighting has been installed, and residents from other areas are also requesting for improved lighting to be installed in their neighborhoods.
There are approximately 7,200 City owned and operated street lights and approximately 1,600 street lights which are owned by FPL and mounted on FPL poles. The Public Works Department has approached FPL to convert all of the remaining FPL owned existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) lights with an equivalent LED.
The Public Works Department recommends this conversion that will provide improved lighting citywide, an estimated reduction of power consumption by 538,824 kWh / year, and the elimination of approximately 379 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, which is equivalent to removing 81 cars from the road.
As per FPL’s estimates for the completion of the LED Lighting Plan, the monthly rates would increase by $2,257.39 over the existing rates for a total of $27,088.68 annually. No capital outlay is required from the City to pay for the conversion.
FPL estimates construction is scheduled to start approximately six months after the execution of the agreement and the installation will take between six months to a year.
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| | The Administration recommends the approval of the resolution to waiving competitive bidding and authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with FPL for the conversion of existing FPL street lights to LED lights and to install additional lights as needed in an effort to improve street lighting on the City’s ROW’s, reduce energy consumption and enhance public safety. |
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