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PLN21-0527 - Certificate of Approval - Citywide - Applicant: City of Alameda. Public hearing to consider a Certificate of Approval to allow rehabilitation and retrofit of historic streetlights throughout the City. This project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15331 - Historic Resource Restoration/Rehabilitation, which applies to maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, restoration, or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's Standards
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To: Chair Saxby and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
BACKGROUND
On November 18, 1987, the City Council approved the designation of 1,297 historic streetlights located throughout the City of Alameda as Historic Monuments. These streetlights range in age from one hundred years to fifty-four years of age. They represent a historical era in the City in which the city was known as one the best illuminated cities on the west coast (Exhibit 1).
The Public Works Department currently manages the maintenance and replacement of the City's street, parking lot and park pathway lights. Public Works staff are proposing replica designs for the replacement of smooth-pole pendant and octo-fluted pendant historic streetlights. The replica designs include a new pole and fixture assembly to closely match each of the historic streetlights "in-kind." Pursuant to Alameda Municipal Code Section 13-21.5 a Certificate of Approval by the Historical Advisory Board is required for alterations to Historic Monuments.
The smooth-pole pendant and octo-fluted pendant streetlights are located on various streets throughout the City, as detailed in the 1987 Historical Nomination Report. The existing streetlights are well past their useful life and in disrepair. Many poles are missing, having been knocked down by vehicles. Staff is seeking approval of two replacement design details: smooth-pole pendant and octo-flut...
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