Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 07-07-2015
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Development Services Department
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Approval of and acceptance of the Street Light Plan for The Shops at Aspen Creek and acceptance of operation and maintenance of the decorative lights along Aspen Creek Drive within the Shops at Aspen Creek
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Background:
The City of Broken Arrow contracted with Sig-Broken Arrow, LTD, on October 16, 2012, for the development of a high end retail development known as The Shops at Aspen Creek. The development is located mid-mile between Elm Place and Aspen Avenue just south of the Creek Turnpike and just north of Tucson Street.
The first phase of the development included a Warren Theatre and an interior street identified as Aspen Creek Drive. During the engineering design, Sig-Broken Arrow contemplated street lighting along Aspen Creek Drive. Their representatives decided to postpone placement of lights until the street was completed, but did place conduit crossings at certain locations along the street in anticipation of the street lights.
City staff provided a copy of the current street light policy, updated in October 2013, to Sig-Broken Arrow. As Sig-Broken Arrow's Consultant began to work with Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) they realized two things. The policy allows for only two PSO standard lights that the City will pay service for. These poles are geared more toward residential subdivisions and not commercial subdivision use.
City Staff and Sig-Broken Arrow met in early 2014 to discuss the lighting along Aspen Creek Drive. Staff determined that the City's current street light policy needs modification for commercial subdivisions if nonstandard PSO decorative poles are to be allowed. Both parties agreed to use this project as the standard to develop language and plans for the types of poles and lights not just for this project...
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