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.. 12 a~ ~4~~ ~ ueston, it would probably be answered by the first two speakers from 1 "Regarding your q that from Duke Power's perspective and my 2 their concerns of, and their perspective. I would say va or, high 3 professional experiences that the type of light, as far as metal halide, mercury P 4 ressure sodium, low pressure sodium is a lot of times a matter of personal prefd fferently. Of P 5 esthetics, you know the color rendition eEa ht, Is whatloo s theo ncest but tl sgalso the most 6 course the metal halide, theln{ of ma ntenance, materials and equipment. 7 expensive from the standpo' 8 ass issue is more of improper application or the use of fixtures that are g "The light tresp e cut-off fixtures because when the light projects b e s de.aAnid you scan see awsmall poin9 10 not th 11 down on the surface intended. It's alshrele College Observator?] you be u on atclearllnight when 12 of light for miles away. Again, from [T 13 southern Alamance County and see those lights for miles and miles even You could 14 there is no moisture in the air. It's not the light that's being projected on the roadway. e same pe lights, same wattage and everything, but if you had the cut-off lens, it would 15 have th tY e down on the roadway and not that point of light thatdeou see from miles away. I think it's t e 16 b 17 application, the type of fixture, that s the biggest offen 18 ?That's what I was, I mean. Does it mean that 19 Ms. (Price? 1 "And what about the efficiency . 0 we have several low wattage, I mean, would we have like a hundred low wattage light fixtures 2 21 for a certain area. What would that cost as corr-pau don' have the domes.e [she wasn't speaking 22 brighter lights but with the proper shielding ...if yo 23 into the mic so I couldn't hear everything she said.] 24 Ron Osborne "From a lightng design point, you are usua{I loy b stt he rat o of the brightest area toe 25 26 lights because that helps what is called the uniformity 27 the darkest area. But oftentmes if you are talking a~ re olesl fitting m somebody's yar ou 28 know that's more things for a car to run ineo, oawrier buy rights, and very understandably doesn't 29 especially if it's a street project. 'The prop rty want a pole in their front yard, then you can't sometim fsosmh!ft as o and your spacing~tSo, that's 30 31 front of their house because then it throws out your un hln else, 32 why there's a variety of fixtures and pole sizes and bracket lengths and everyt ~ 9 33 because one size does not fit all. 34 35 "To give you an example, on State higAnayso~ho ofPght falli g on the DOTlhiyhwayres 36 ~a lightng encroachment, just like they would. Y P hard to make 37 has to be approved just like a pole sitting in a right of way would have. It's very es and 38 one size fit atl. So that's why there is a lot of varieties of different fixtures and lighting tyP eve ing else. But the one basic common thread th t but thea ams fromithehel'Iminationtof that 39 ~ 9 40 fixtures. It will impact adversely the spacing some erience, and I think the experience of Like the 41 point source of light, being an irritant, from my exp 42 City of Charlotte and other large municipalities is that it is worth it." 43 44 Nicole Gooding - Ray `Ok. Are there any further questons . 45 46 "ls there a moton?" 47 4g Chair Brown `I move that we refer this to the Planning Board and return it to the Baard o 49 Commissioners no later than May 20 . 50