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<br /> <br /> <br />City of Eugene <br />125 East 8 Avenue, 2 Floor <br />thnd <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5010 <br />(541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />October 1, 2015 <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />STATE ENERGY GRANT WILL HELP PAY FOR LED STREETLIGHT CONVERSION <br />AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR A.S. KING AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br /> <br />State Energy Grant Will Help Pay for LED Streetlight Conversion <br />The Oregon Department of Energy has selected a local LED streetlight retrofit project for its Energy Incentive Program. The <br />actual amount awarded will be based on the project’s final costs and the actual energy savings achieved by the project. Staff <br />estimates the City will receive more than $400,000 through the Energy <br />Incentive Program. <br /> <br />The streetlight retrofit project is scheduled to start in November. It will <br />change out about half of Eugene’s 10,000 streetlights. The LED project <br />will remove old high-pressure sodium fixtures and replace them with <br />modern, efficient LED fixtures. The goals of the project are to save <br />energy and reduce maintenance costs over the long term. The new <br />fixtures use about a third of the energy used in the old fixtures. The <br />LEDs are designed to last 20 years, versus five years for the old fixtures. <br /> <br />Staff has budgeted $1.7 million from the City’s road fund for the <br />conversion project. The project will ultimately pay for itself in reduced <br />energy costs and maintenance savings. Staff estimates the project will <br />pay for itself in less than 10 years. <br /> <br />Christenson Electric, working under contract for the Public Works <br />Department, will replace the light fixtures on local streets in residential <br />neighborhoods. Most replacements only take a few minutes. The old <br />fixtures will be recycled. The poles and arms will stay the same. The <br />work is scheduled to be completed by March 2016. <br /> <br /> <br />Worker changes out streetlight <br />Residents will notice that the new lights are whiter, but not brighter, <br />than the old lights. The old lights give off a yellow or orange hue, while the new lights give off a light color that is similar to <br />moonlight. This makes it easier to correctly identify the color of objects lit up by the LED lights, which enhances public <br />safety. <br /> <br />For more information, contact retrofit project manager Patrick Cox at 541-682-5331. <br /> <br />Award-winning Author A.S. King at the Downtown Library <br />A.S. King, the award-winning author of extraordinary young adult novels, appreciated by all ages, will visit Eugene to give a <br />free talk at the Downtown Library on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 6 p.m. Her books will be available for purchase and signing <br />courtesy of the University of Oregon Duck Store. <br /> <br />King’s latest novel, just published, is "I Crawl Through It." Her book "Glory O'Brien's History of the Future," won the 2015 <br />Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award; “Ask the Passengers” won the 2012 L.A. Times Book Prize, and “Please Ignore Vera Dietz” <br />was a 2011 Michael L. Printz Honor winner. King’s novels “Reality Boy” and “Everybody Sees the Ants” are also critically <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />October 1, 2015 <br /> <br />