PASCO COUNTY, FLORIDA

INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM

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TO:        Honorable Chairman and                               DATE:    3/22/02              FILE:   UTFSSP02-384

Members of the Board of

County Commissioners

THRU:    Douglas S. Bramlett                                       SUBJECT:     Public Hearing for Shadow Oaks,

 Assistant County Administrator                                             Phase 2, Streetlights (4/23/02)

 (Utilities Services)

FROM:   Robert J. Sigmond                                          REFERENCES:    Code of Ordinances, Chapter 94,

Utilities Fiscal Services/                                                                 Article II, Sections 94-54;

Special Projects Director                                                               Comm. Dist. 3

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It is recommended that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners.

DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS:

A public hearing has been scheduled for April 23, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., in the Board Room at the West Pasco Government Center, 7530 Little Road, New Port Richey, Florida.

On February 7, 1984, a public hearing was held to establish Shadow Oaks as a street lighting area.  The residents of Shadow Oaks, Phase 2, have petitioned Pasco County to establish their subdivision as a "Streetlight Area."  There are 27 property parcels within the proposed service area, and the submitted petition represents a 56 percent affirmative vote.  The combining of Shadow Oaks, Phase 2, with the existing Shadow Oaks street lighting area will allow all the property owners to pay the same yearly assessment. 

Florida Power has reviewed this area and has designed a lighting system that will be in conformance with the "American National Standard Practice for Roadway Lighting" and requires the installation of four 250-watt sodium vapor luminaries equipped with 27,500-lumen lamps and four 35-foot concrete poles.  This proposed service area would remain in our "Normal Density Category," which presently dictates a yearly assessment of $25.08 per parcel as in accordance with the provisions of the Pasco County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 94, Article II, Section 94-54.

ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS:

I. Approval of installation would provide all motorists and pedestrians with adequate roadway lighting and will bring this area into conformance with the "American National Standard Practice for Roadway Lighting."

II. Disapproval of this installation will allow this area to remain below the "American National Standard Practice for Roadway Lighting."

RECOMMENDATION AND FUNDING:

The Utilities Services Branch recommends that the Board approve the attached contract; authorize the Chairman to execute the five original contracts with Florida Power Corporation and the attached resolutions; and direct Secretarial Services to distribute as follows:  one original to be retained by Secretarial Services; one original to the County Attorney's Office, New Port Richey; one original to OMB, New Port Richey; one original to the Utilities Services Branch, New Port Richey; and one original to be mailed to:

Florida Power Corporation

Attention Jason Cutliff

Seven Springs Operating Center

4121 St. Lawrence Drive

New Port Richey, FL 34653-6667

Telephone (727) 372-5155

Federal ID No. 59-024-7770

Payments will be mailed to the above address.

Per the contract, the monthly charges of $50.04 (annual charges of $600.48) will be paid from the  Normal Density Category Account No. B701-812100-34354.  Payments will be based on monthly invoices.  The contract will become effective on the date that service is energized and will be in effect for a period of five years and shall continue thereafter until terminated by either party, in writing, with a 60-day notice prior to termination.

ATTACHMENTS:

I. Resolutions and Exhibits A and B (Five Originals)

II. Public Notice

III. Notarized Proof of Publication

IV. Contracts and Maps (Five Originals)

RJS/ASH/ai/g032011/11

APPROVED AGENDA ITEM FOR

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