ACORN LIGHT PLANNING FOR 2007
Beth Meyerson

2007 Lighting Grant Final Report (6623k PDF)

Last year ESPNA won a grant from the city worth $25,000 to install acorn lighting throughout the neighborhood.  We raised an additional $4,000 in cash which allowed the purchase of eight acorn lights.  We will again apply to the city for a grant of $25,000 in June and we will raise $2,850 in cash to purchase seven lights. Click Here for the lighting map that shows the placement of lights from the 2006 grant and the lights selected for 2007 at the May ESPNA Neighborhood meeting.

WHY ACORN LIGHTING?

• The ESPNA neighborhood plan called for decorative lighting to preserve and enhance the character and safety, history, ‘sense of space’, demarcation, and identify of the ESPNA neighborhood.
• Past and current needs assessments: Street surveys in 2001 and April 2005, and neighborhood discussions April 2005 identified areas for pedestrian lighting and improved street lighting
• Neighbors really liked the 2006 acorn lights and hope for more throughout the neighborhood.

WHAT KIND OF ACORN LIGHTS?

• Nice looking, environmentally friendly, sufficient lighting
• Dark-sky compliant: with Lunar optics, glass shades (this will reduce upward glare toward the sky)
• House-side shields if/as needed: 90, 120, or 180 degree shades (this will prevent glare on houses)
• 13’ pole with holophane Granville fixture (type and height)
• 50 watt high pressure sodium (HPS) –the mellow yellow light (bright enough, but not too bright)
• Asymmetrical glass, type VII, IESNA Cutoff

WHERE ARE WE PUTTING THESE THINGS ANYWAY?

See the map for the placements approved at the May 2006 ESPNA neighborhood meeting.

DO WE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ELECTRICITY THAT FEEDS THESE ACORN LIGHTS?

No. Many neighbors asked why the city requires a meter for the points of service if we are not being charged for the electricity feeding the acorn lights. The requirement is by the power company, and the meter allows them to track the electrical usage of these lights.

WE NEED YOU!

The lighting project success is due to neighborhood volunteering and fundraising. The volunteer efforts for the 2007 grant are:

• Researching the history of your home
• Crime prevention (bike rides, neighborhood watch, anything to do with crime prevention)
• Haunted Hike (a fundraiser for Acorn lights and CASA)
• Lighting committee
• Please send Beth Meyerson an email (revbem8@earthlink.net) or call 727-825-0818 to sign up for these volunteer efforts.
• If you live within 200 feet of a proposed light, you have already received a letter asking for your written approval for the planned light. Please send your approvals to Beth Meyerson (in the stamped return envelope by May 31st.