HomeMy WebLinkAboutLexington Lighting Options Committee 1990-04-24 (LEXINGTON LIGHTING OPTIONS COMMITTEE
May 29, 1990
Next meetina Tuesday June 5. 1990 7 30 om Town Offices Rm 111
Minutes ,of April 24, 1990 LLOC Meeting:
In attendance: Myla-Kabat-Zinn, Pete Kovner, Don Olson, Joseph Trodella
9 Joseph Trodella offered to help 1) in our search for a discrete, narrow bean cross-
walk light and 2) number crunch our street lighting cost/savings (buyout vs lease
etc) for presentation at the next meeting Peter will also contact Sylvania Lighting
Services to get their response to running our street light system
9 Cross walks. These were striped on the diagonal per Don & Bob Ossman's sugges-
tion No response yet from Selectmen on how we go about implementing a test of any
cross walk lights. We're still not sure of the need for these lights Looking into the
day vs night accident rate in the center, Myla found that out of 12 pedestrian acci-
dents last year, 3 were at night and 2 of those definitely were in a crosswalk.
9 Flood Lighting: Joe Marino needs some follow up and materials to pass on to
electricians; do's & don'ts sheets perhaps illustrated
After Town Meetingis over, need to contact Planning Board about adding Lighting to
Zoning Table of Contents.
9 Peter reported on meeting with Janet Degraf of Concord lighting department.
They are thinking of changing to Metal Halide in the Center and Sodium Vapor else-
where. They need to get Selectmen to reverse a decade old decision to install only
Mercury Vapor They have found what they think are appropriate Colonial (as opposed
to Victorian) fixtures for the center which will also shield the bright light source
The question was raised, "What's the purpose talking to Concord?" They have more
flexibility to try out different light schemes than do we
9 Peter went to the Light Fair in NYC Several manufacturers had better CRI sodium
vapor lamps. Their products and attitude this year reflect an awareness that color is
an issue to consumers.
9 Don suggested trying out some 20,000 hour incandescent bulbs in the Center
decorative fixtures. (NB 25 watters were installed the next day in one fixture
Next time we will try 40 watters)