Two years ago the Town of Miami Lakes retrofitted all of its existing street lights and converted them to a more energy efficient LED lighting system. Since the completion of the retrofit project several areas were identified throughout the Town that could benefit from additional street lighting due to the growth of our maturing tree canopy.

I would like to have a discussion with my colleagues with respect to reviewing the adequacy of the current street lighting, and identifying areas which could benefit from additional street lighting. Realizing that the capitalization of such a project would be a significant cost to the Town, I would encourage that we take a long term strategic planning approach to this issue, such as a multi-year/multi phase project which could include targeting the areas of greatest needs first. I would like to direct our Town Manager to explore potential alternative funding sources like grant opportunities which could help us accomplish this project.

Fiscal Impact: Large