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Description
Virtual meeting held on September 21 at 6:30 P.M. by the Boston Public Works Department, Boston Transportation Department. We introduced the work of the Street Lighting Division and discussed opportunities for improving street lighting as part of the Cummins Highway Reconstruction.
This event is part of a series of community conversations the Public Works Department and Transportation Department are hosting to inform the final design for the reconstruction of Cummins Highway
For more information visit boston.gov/cummins-highway
A
A
When
you
come
in,
your
microphones
are
turned
off
to
start.
In
order
to
speak,
you
will
need
to
unmute
if
you're
joining
us
via
phone,
you
can
press
star
sticks
to
unmute,
and
you
can
also
throughout
the
meeting,
use
non-verbal
feedback
options
or
raise
your
hand
or
leave
us
a
message
in
the
chat
box.
With
any
questions
you
have
throughout
the
meeting,
we
will
address
them
first
again
and
if
you're
called
into
this
meeting
in
order
to
raise
your
hand,
please
use
star
nine.
A
So,
thank
you
once
again
for
joining
us.
My
name
is
daniela
santos
samoa.
I
did
not
say
that
before
I
worked
with
the
active
transportation
team
in
the
transportation
department
and
then
supporting
the
efforts
of
engagement
for
this
project,
your
project
manager,
who
you
might
be
familiar
with
if
you've
been
coming
to,
meetings
or
you've
been
out
on
the
streets,
is
jeff
alexis
who's,
not
with
us
today
because
he's
on
medical
leave.
A
So
today
we
will
be
talking
about
we'll
learn
more
about
the
work
that
the
street
lighting
team
does
learn.
How
is
their
day-to-day
and
then
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
the
goals
of
street
lighting
for
the
city
of
boston
and
things
we
have
been
working
on
and
then
we'll
do
the
goals
of
the
reconstruction
of
cummins
highway
and
the
opportunities
that
this
presents
in
terms
of
reconstruction.
B
Hello,
everyone,
as
daniella
said
I
apologize
that
jeff
can't
be
with
us
tonight,
so
I'll
do
my
best
to
fill
in
on
jeff's
behalf
just
to
provide
a
quick
refresher
on
where
we
are
on
cummins
highway.
Right
now.
Currently,
we
have
implemented
a
temporary
pilot.
This
is
not
the
final
design,
but
this
has
been
implemented
in
order
to
enhance
safety
and
to
slow
driver
speeds.
B
What
are
we
looking
at
for
reconstruction
so
for
a
reconstruction
project?
It's
basically
it's
a
full
reboot
of
the
street,
we're
completely
rebuilding
everything,
including
sidewalks,
curbs
street
lights.
What
we're
here
to
talk
about
tonight,
traffic
signals
the
road
pavement
and
we'll
update
any
utilities
as
necessary,
as
I'm
sure
you're
all
aware,
even
right.
Right
now,
as
we're
implementing
the
pilot
national
grid
is
out
on
the
on
the
street
updating
their
infrastructure
as
a
as
an
initial
step.
B
So
we
want
to
make
sure
that
all
that
all
the
infrastructure
gets
upgraded
and
we
have
a
whole
chance
to
look
at
how
the
street
is
and
how
it
functions.
Today,
we've
budgeted
approximately
12
million
dollars
right
now
in
the
city
budget,
for
the
reconstruction
of
cummins
highway,
and
so
in
the
next
slide
we're
going
to
take
a
look
at
how
we're
interacting
to
develop
the
design.
B
As
you
know,
we
can't
we
can't
produce
a
design
without
your
input.
As
you
can
see,
you
know
it
was
1955
when
the
last
major
upgrade
to
cummins
highway
took
place.
So
this
is
our
chance
right
now
to
to
take
a
look
at
cummins
highway
and
figure
out
what
it
should
be
for
the
next
70
or
so
years
we're
still
working
through
community
engagement
on
on
the
design
like
this
meeting,
and
we
have
not
begun
the
design.
The
actual
design
work.
B
We're
still
talking
about
issues
like
tonight
when
we're
going
to
talk
about
street
lighting
pictures
below
show
some
of
the
events
that
we
had
with
our
pre-covered
in-person
meetings
and
then
some
of
our
pop-up
events,
where
you
can
see
jeff-
and
I
there
talking
to
some
folks
about
the
about
the
design
and
getting
feedback
so
in
next
slide,
we're
gonna
jump
into
some
of
the
overarching
overarching
goals.
So
one
of
the
things
that
we're
looking
toward
for
this
project
is
go
boston,
2030.,
go
boston,
2030!
B
So
advancing
those
go
boston,
2030
goals,
one
of
the
key
things
that
we're
doing
is
we're
partnering
with
other
city
departments
and
communicating
with
them.
These
include,
but
are
not
limited
to
the
bpda
boston,
transportation,
department,
neighborhood
services,
disabilities,
commission,
all
these
departments
to
help
us
inform
residents
of
the
work
and
also
to
improve
our
our
collaboration
amongst
in
the
neighborhood
and
achieve
the
goals
of
gobos
in
2030.
B
This
means
continued
outreach
like
the
meeting
tonight
to
discuss
key
components
like
the
street
lighting
and
help,
and
so
you
can
really
help
us
to
inform
that
project
vision
so
now
I'll
hand
over
to
mike
donaghy
from
our
street
lighting
division.
We'll
talk
more
specifically
about
the
topic
of
the
night,
which
is
street
lighting.
C
C
Looks
like
we
may
have
most
of
our
responses
in
it's
a
pretty
even
race,
but
for
those
folks
who
answered
63
000,
you
are
correct.
Oh
did
I
just
go
in
the
wrong
direction.
Yes,
you
are
correct.
68,
000
streetlights
across
the
city
that
actually
includes
2800
gas
lights,
that
believe
it
or
not
are
sprinkled
throughout
the
city
they're
predominantly
in
charlestown
beacon
hill
in
the
back
bay,
but
I
can
assure
you
lurking
around
corners
and
down
alleyways.
C
C
Excuse
me
one
second,
I'm
closing
the
poll
on
my
screen.
Our
operations
are
based
just
down
the
road
from
the
scope
of
this
project
on
canterbury,
lane
off
morton
street.
That's
where
our
warehouse
is
all
of
our
rolling
stock,
our
bucket
trucks,
our
cranes
and
that's
where
we
conduct
our
daily
operations.
C
We
do
have
administrative
and
engineering
functions
down
at
frontage
road,
where
I'm
at
right
now,
our
staff
is
35
employees
strong
and
we're
looking
to
grow
further.
We
work
24
hours
a
day,
5
days
a
week,
and
we
have
an
emergency
on-call
crew
that
addresses
emergencies
over
the
weekend
next
slide.
Please,
we
maintain
and
repair
19
different
fixture
types
throughout
the
city.
C
I'd
like
to
tell
this
group
I'd
like
that
number
to
decrease
as
soon
as
possible.
I'm
a
strong
believer
in
streamlining
inventory
to
maximize
our
maintenance
schedules
and
shorten
our
times
to
repair,
and
that's
one
of
the
long-term
initiatives
we
have
is
is
streamlining
the
lighting
without
sacrificing
any
of
the
aesthetics
that
we
have
in
the
city.
C
Our
most
common
street
lighting
types
are
the
pendant,
the
arietta,
the
cobra
head,
and
the
acorn
you'll
find
the
cobra
head
in
the
arietta
prevalent
on
cummins
highway
and
now,
especially
the
cobra
head,
which
is
the
double
arm
fixture
in
the
median
of
the
cummins
highway
roadway,
the
pendant
and
the
acorn
are
sort
of
in
a
different
classification
we
refer
to
as
our
decorative
pole
types.
Those
are
our
most
popular
and
are
prevalent
throughout
all
areas
of
the
city.
C
C
In
the
interest
of
time,
I
can
let
the
audience
know
that
we've
completed
upgrade
of
over
55
000
lights,
which
equates
to
80
percent
of
our
overall
lighting
portfolio.
We
continue
to
upgrade
and
we're
actually
looking
forward
to
a
continued
partnership
with
eversource
to
see
that
every
last
light
within
the
city
of
boston
is
led.
C
C
Any
led
fixture
can
easily
achieve
100,
000
hours
of
lamp
life,
and
we've
seen
this
proven
true,
because
if
you
burned
a
led
light
at
or
24
hours
a
day,
you
would
get
approximately
11
years
out
of
that
fixture
before
it
burned
out.
That
would
not
be
the
case
with
some
of
the
older
technology
you're.
Looking
at
18
months
to
36
months,
the
the
color
temperature
is
something
that
is
an
advantage
with
the
led
lighting
as
well.
I
would
also
caution
especially
based
on
a
note
that
came
in
earlier.
C
C
C
Compliance
with
all
that
said,
we
can
then
throw
on
top
of
it
the
substantially
lower
consumption
of
the
led
light
compared
to
its
predecessors,
we're
able
to
reduce
carbon
emissions
by
upwards
of
60
percent
and
we're
able
to
save
money,
as
I'm
sure,
you're
very
familiar
with
by
using
the
lower
wattage
next
slide.
Please.
C
C
But
what
I
see
here
is
a
locational
issue
with
a
street
light
in
the
middle
of
a
roadway,
a
very
busy
roadway,
it's
right
for
getting
hit,
and
it
happens
quite
often,
as
I'm
sure
you
know,
I
see
overhead
wire
going
in
three
different
directions,
which
is
something
that
I
will
explain
in
a
little
bit.
It's
a
necessary
evil
to
get
the
light
lit,
but
it
looks
terrible
and
it's
inefficient
from
a
logistical
perspective
and
back
to
the
location.
C
C
That
is
very
difficult
to
to
access
at
this
at
this
point
and
then
what
we
can't
see
in
this
picture.
But
what
is
absolutely
true
is
the
light
quality,
whether
it's
shining
into
the
houses
below
or
just
lighting
the
middle
of
the
roadway.
It
is
markedly
insufficient
for
what
excuse
me.
Today's
standards
call
for
so
why
don't
we
jump
to
the
next
slide?
Please?
C
I
may
have
covered
a
lot
of
this,
but
I
I
thought
that
picture
was
extremely
poignant
and
so
I'll
just
hit
it
again.
You
see
the
overhead
wire,
the
reason
you
see
so
much
overhead
wire,
which,
by
my
account
on
a
recent
survey,
was
23
spans
from
harvard
street
down
to
river.
The
reason
you
see
this
is
because
it's
the
most
expeditious
way
to
restore
power
to
the
light.
C
Excuse
me,
you
may
ask
well
what
happened
in
the
first
place
many
times,
there's
either
been
a
knockdown
or
something
has
been
compromised
underground
with
the
myriad
of
activity,
excavation
activities
that
occur
in
the
city.
It
happens
all
the
time
quite
honestly,
and
so
our
best
measure,
both
in
terms
of
getting
the
light
back
to
you,
the
constituent
and
the
ease
of
creating
the
repair,
is
overhead
wire.
I
can
tell
you
that
chief
osgood
himself
wants
every
overhead
wire
in
the
city
eradicated
and
a
project
like
this
puts
us.
C
But
these
lights
I
can
see,
are
already
tilted
a
little
bit
upward
and
that's
what
happens
even
believe
it
or
not.
The
vibration
of
all
the
vehicular
traffic
changes,
the
composition
of
the
street,
light
pole,
not
from
a
structural
standpoint,
but
just
the
direction
of
it,
and
so
over
time
the
rattling
can
can
honestly
change
the
direction
of
the
light.
So
having
this
off,
the
middle
of
the
roadway
is,
is
another
tangible
benefit
that
we'll
be
able
to
achieve
next
slide.
Please.
C
So
I'm
going
to
do
a
little
guesstimating
here,
I
would
have
to
look
through
our
historical
records,
but
tying
back
to
the
slide
that
zach
spoke
about
regarding
the
removal
of
the
trolleys
and
the
focus
on
getting
roadway
traffic
into
the
city,
it's
my
general
belief
that
they
were
able
to
utilize
part
of
this
wide
roadway
to
put
lighting
in.
However,
it
was
abundantly
flawed,
at
least
by
today's
standards-
I'm
sure
it
worked
in
those
days,
but
but
we're
not
in
those
days
anymore
and
we're
looking
for
more
comprehensive,
modern
solutions.
C
They
were
in
various
states
of
of
decay
in
some
cases,
but
in
in
different
states
and
over
time
because
of
limited
budgets,
we've
had
to
replace
on
an
ad
hoc
basis.
So
again,
I
can't
stress
enough
the
importance
of
this
project
to
providing
best-in-class
street
lighting
solutions
for
the
constituents
in
this
area
and
in
many
cases
these
lights
are
over
50
years
old.
We
do
monitor
them
for
stress
cracks
and
highly
encourage
you
in
the
in
the
short
term,
for
any
issues
that
you
see
to.
Please
use
three
one
one.
C
A
A
This
is
a
unique
opportunity
in
which
we
have
the
street
lighting
division
here
in
order
to
talk
about
street
lights,
which
is
a
a
topic
which
is
often
not,
we
don't
get
to
learn
a
lot
about
and
as
I'm
as
I'm
saying
this,
I
think
what
we
are
trying
to
focus
on
is
trying
to
get
to
see
the
opportunities
that
are
available
within
reconstruction,
which
is
happening
because
again,
comments
hasn't
been
of
data
since
1955
and
the
structure
and
infrastructure.
That's
there
is
literally
crumbling.
A
C
Excuse
me,
I
should
talk
a
little
slower
to
the
area
in
terms
of
the
spacing
of
the
existing
lighting
they're
upwards
of
100
to
150
feet
in
between
one
another.
A
pendant
lighting
pole,
like
you
see
to
the
right
in
this
picture,
is
slated
for
75
to
90
feet
apart
on
both
sides
of
the
street.
We
think
that
this
not
only
meets
the
criteria
for
roadway
lighting
standards.
It
will
provide
a
tremendous
amount
of
illumination
that
shouldn't
be
too
much.
C
I
think
the
fact
that
we're
meeting
here
today
and
present
in
my
prison
excuse
me
presentation
to
you
is
is-
is
a
conversation
that
started
early,
so
we're
looking
to
partner
with
you
on
these
lighting
solutions,
so
you
shouldn't
worry
necessarily
about
over
lighting
it's
about
bringing
the
lighting.
That
is
there
up
to
the
standards
throughout
the
city
of
boston.
That
exists
an
example
here.
As
you
see,
the
note
below
is
a
naponset
avenue.
C
We
started
this
project
last
weekend,
it's
going
to
be
upwards
of
a
hundred
poles
and
we
are
about
ten
percent
of
the
way
through
and
that's
an
example
of
the
arietta
that
I
spoke
of
one
of
our
more
versatile
fixtures
and
the
pendant
fixture
is
now
in
its
place,
which
provides
a
little
bit
greater
illumination,
going
out
to
the
middle
of
the
roadway,
and
it's
as
you
can
see,
a
more
decorative
and
more
aesthetically
pleasing
pole
type
next
slide.
Please.
C
Our
our
goal
is
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
everyone
and
everything
involved,
and
so
we
take
very
seriously
any
type
of
criteria
in
the
specifications
of
the
street
lighting
that
we
install
a
majority
of
our
street
lighting
is
focused
on
down
lighting
which
helps
mitigate
any
dark
skies
or,
I
shouldn't
say,
mitigate
dark
skies
but
mitigates
any
light
pollution.
It
helps
us
work
towards
dark
skies.
Compliance
next
slide.
Please.
C
And
I
think
this
has
become
very
clear,
but
since
it's
in
bold
and
I'd
love
to
say
it
as
many
times
as
possible,
I'm
very
excited
that
this
project
will
entail
installing
a
brand
new
street
lighting
system.
That
means
infrastructure,
underground,
conduit,
pole,
bases,
cabinet
bases,
pull
box
spaces,
it's
certainly
new
lighting.
This
will
be
in
brand
new
and
in
great
shape
for
decades
upon
decades
to
come.
C
That
small
light
that
you
see
mid
pole
is
prevalent
in
nubian
square
and
helps
the
light.
What
appears
to
be
a
bike
path
but
also
provides
benefits
to
sidewalk
lighting
and
pedestrians.
Passing
by
you
can
see
an
example
of
that
in
nubian
square
and
an
older
example
of
that
is
in
uppam's
corner
next
slide.
Please.
C
Some
of
the
current
and
recent
projects
that
we
have-
I
mentioned
the
poncett
avenue
we
saw
the
picture
of
the
before
and
after
it's
all
of
our
internal
street
lighting
team,
they
do
a
fantastic
job
and
take
great
pride
in
their
work
and
we've
embarked
on
the
poncett
avenue,
which
has
been
a
nice
start
up
in
charlestown.
There's
a
small
section
called
the
lost
village
and
we
upgraded
all
the
neighborhood
lights.
This
particular
light
has
a
little
brother
of
a
light
or
a
little
sister.
That's
smaller!
C
It's
about
four
feet:
smaller
the
arm's
shorter
and
the
fixture
is
smaller.
That's
designed
for
neighborhood
lighting
and
that's
prevalent,
believe
it
or
not.
In
the
symphony
road
area
off
of
huntington
ave
and
as
I
mentioned,
nubian
square
has
had
a
brand
new
system
installed
and
ruggle
street
is
coming
soon.
So
we're
very
excited
about
the
implementation
of
this
lighting
solution
across
the
city.
C
So
to
close
things
out,
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
future
of
street
lighting
before
we
go
to
the
next
slide.
If
you
could
take
a
step
back
for
a
second
and
think
about
street
lighting,
one
of
the
inherent
characteristics
that
provides
an
opportunity
is
that
it,
at
least
in
the
case
of
the
future
lighting
at
covens
highway
there'll,
be
a
structure
every
75
to
90
feet
with
the
constant
power
source.
C
This
allows
us
an
opportunity
to
take
a
look
at
different
applications
which,
if
you
could
jump
to
the
next
slide,
I'll
jump
right
into
that.
The
opportunities
for
this
about
you
can
look
at
digital
street
signage.
You
can
install
banners
in
interactive
banners,
digital
signage
that
may
tie
into
community
events.
C
You
can
have
facade
lighting
and
ambient
lighting
that
can
help
to
to
commemorate
an
event.
There's
more
smart
grid
applications
that
allow
us
to
control
light
levels.
You
one
person
may
like
a
certain
light
level
and
another
may
like
a
different
light
level,
and
it
allows
us
that
autonomy
and
remote
ability
to
control
the
light,
the
ability
to
do
environmental,
sensing,
vibration,
sensing,
it's
all
there.
What
we're
trying
to
be
very
mindful
of
is
that
potentially
too
much
could
be
too
much.
C
What's
going
to
be
the
most
qualitative
approach
for
technological
applications,
they're
going
to
provide
the
greatest
benefit
to
the
constituents
in
a
given
neighborhood
next
slide,
please
to
take
it
somewhat
internally.
What
really
intrigues
us
about
remote
monitoring
and
remote
control
of
streetlights
is
ability
to
monitor
energy
consumption,
taking
our
somewhat
corrective
maintenance
culture
and
turning
that
into
preventative
maintenance
that'll.
This
potentially
allows
us
ability
to
identify
our
problem
before
it's
visible.
C
One
area
that
I'm
particularly
interested
in
is
ambient
air
monitoring
and
and
temperature
sensing
having
worked
snow
fighting
for
the
last
four
years
and
actually
having
cummins
highway
is,
as
my
route
last
year
having
the
ability
to
identify
temperatures
across
the
city
allows
for
more
predictive
management
of
our
snow
fighting
forces,
and
so
it's
something
that's
very
intriguing
and
I
think
is
in
some
ways
a
low-hanging
fruit,
because
if
you
can
get
a
temperature
sensing
device
onto
these
lights,
it'll
be
a
profound
help
to
our
snow.
Fighting
operations
next
slide.
A
Thank
you
for
talking
to
us
about
street
lighting
and
what
they
do
and
sort
of
what
we
can
hope
to
see
and
the
opportunities
and
comments
and
also
the
future
of
what
can
be
coming
down
in
a
few
years
time,
and
so
I
have
some
questions
for
the
audience.
We
are
interested
to
hear
about
lighting
issues
that
you're
experiencing
on
communist
highway.
We
we've
heard
a
lot
from
people
who
are
walking,
for
example,
so
they
experience
a
lot
of
dark
spots,
especially
at
night
and
they've.
A
Given
us
some
pointers,
especially
to
some
places
where
you
know,
there's
people
waiting
for
the
buses
or
anything
like
that,
so
I'm
just
opening
the
floor.
If
you
raise
your
hand,
we
will
unmute
you
to
bring
up
those
points
and
then
also,
when
is
for
street
lighting
as
well.
Well,
we'll
start
with
that
question,
and
then
we
can
move
on
to
the
next.
How
about
that
daniela?
There's
a
question
in
the
chat
to
start
with.
A
C
I'm
going
to
try
and
follow
that.
Typically,
we
do
it
by
geolocation
through
the
311
app.
That's
the
most
expeditious
way
to
address
a
street
light
outage.
We
are
looking
at
a
system
or
citywide
asset
tagging
initiative
so
that
we
can
not
only
number
the
light
but
tie
it
back
to
the
control
box
that
it
ties
to
or
the
manhole
that
it
is
connected
to.
So
that
is
in
the
works.
C
A
A
But
not
during
this
conversation,
although
if
you
have
any
comments
about
streetlights,
I
saw
that
somebody
left
the
comments
about
the
traffic
lights
exiting
the
burger
king.
We
will
be
happy
to
hear
those
comments
so
that
we
can
look
into
them
as
we
analyze
the
street
lights.
On
I
mean
the
traffic
lights
uncommons.
A
E
Okay,
I
I
just
want
to
follow
up
on
what
mike
was
talking
about
when
numbering
the
the
poles
the
light
poles.
I
remember
when
the
street
light
was
out
at
the
end
of
my
driveway
and
they
said
well.
What
is
the
number
I
said
I
don't
know.
All
I
can
do
is
give
you
my
address
and
that's
the
end
of
the
driveway,
but
I
think
it
it's
really
important
that
some
of
those
polls
be
numbered.
C
From
our
perspective,
we
would
welcome
that
wholeheartedly.
We
want
this
to
be
a
partnership.
We
we
certainly
feel
that
dependent
light
is
the
appropriate
solution,
but
we
want
to
hear
from
all
stakeholders
one
areas
of
all
the
places
I
listed
for
pendant
lights,
and
I
can't
believe
I
missed
this.
One
is,
as
you
go
down
to
coming
sideways
into
mattapan
square
and
take
it
right
all
down.
C
River
street
are
all
pendant
lights
and
it
may
be
part
of
the
conversation
that
folks
don't
think
those
are
sufficient
and
that's
what
we
want
to
hear.
So
we
want
to
have
certainly
a
productive
conversation
and
buy
in
from
the
community.
We
don't
want
this
to
be
something
that
the
community
doesn't
want.
Excuse
me
for
stammering.
D
Yes,
you
bring
up
a
good
point
like
I
just
had
like
a
follow-up
question
to
that,
and
I
know
you
talked
about
stakeholders
and
people
in
the
community,
but
how
would
that
process
happen
like?
Will
there
be
like
some
type
of
a
ballot
that'll
go
out
to
individual
homes
or
like
will
these
vegans
become
publicized?
More
and
you
know,
there'll
be
like
more
sessions
like
this,
like?
What's
the
plan
for
getting
the
community
more
involved
and
on
these
decisions.
B
I
mean
I'll
jump
in
on
that
one
hi
zach
wasmuth
again,
I
think
you
know
the
the
focus
of
tonight's
meeting
is
exactly
to
have
that
conversation.
You
know
in
general
for
an
arterial
street
like
this,
as
mike
has
alluded
to.
We,
we
try
to
go
for
the
pendant
fixture
because
we
feel
like
it's
an
attractive
fixture.
It
also
provides
the
sufficient
lighting
mike
listed
some
examples,
specifically
river
street.
B
You
know
that's
right
at
the
right
at
the
end
of
cummins
highway
so
but,
as
mike
alluded
to,
we
want
to
get
your
feedback,
particularly
on
you
know,
any
concerns
that
you
have
for
lighting
specific
to
cummins
highway
that
we
should
look
like
and
how
you
feel
about
the
you
know.
How
do
you
feel
about
the
pendant
fixtures
in
general?
You
know,
I'm
sure
many
of
you
have
experienced
them
on
river
street
and
everything.
A
A
A
C
You
may
have
locations
where
the
pendant
pull
is
is
close
enough,
that
the
sidewalk
is
illuminated
on
the
mother,
maybe
other
times
that
this
is
the
preferable
option
and
that's
what
we
like
about
these
this
particular
fixture
family.
If
you
will,
is
the
ability
to
to
scale
not
only
the
design
of
the
light,
but
also
the
illuminance
and
the
light
levels
of
the
light
we
can
scale
all
of
that
to
tailor
it
to
the
constituents
requests.
C
No,
that
is
not
in
the
design,
they'll,
be
powered
underground
and
be
fed
back
to
a
streetlight
control
box.
That
is
the
main
operation
center
that
will
be
powering
the
lights.
Those
take
redundant
feeds
from
the
utility
manhole
and
we'll
utilize.
A
control
pole
system
set
up
where
one
pole
will
monitor
the
light
levels
during
the
day
and
then
initiate
the
lights
on
as
it
gets
darker
into
dusk
or
turn
off.
When
dawn
presents
itself.
A
C
We've
looked
very
closely
at
solar-powered
lighting
and
it's
right
now
at
the
point
that
we
can't
count
on
the
reliability
of
the
light
you
effectively
need
to
have
a
battery
backup
that
can
withstand
the
power
requirements
of
the
lighting
for
undetermined
amounts
of
time.
If
the
aspect
of
that
solar
panel
isn't
catching
the
light
correctly,
it
leads
to
variables
and
low
power
charging
and
it
presents
honestly
too
many
issues
with
either
either
low
light
level
or
no
light
level
scenarios.
F
C
So
for
a
given
pendant
light,
it's
75
watts,
and
I
one
of
the
first
notes
I
took
down
was
about
color,
rendering
and
kelvin
ratings.
I
I
won't
bore
anyone
who
hasn't
dealt
into
that
world,
but
effectively
the
color
rendering
has
to
do
with
probably
self-explanatory,
but
the
the
light
color
we
strive
to
have
a
warmer
light,
as
opposed
to
a
very
bright
white
light.
F
Awesome
and
so
then
my
comment
and
I'll
make
it
really
quick.
I
am
I'm
advocating
for
anything
that
will
allow
any
of
us
who
are
either
biking,
walking,
commuting
coming
home
from
school
school
programming
after
hours
and
those
who
are
drivers
to
be
able
to
adequately
see
where
we're
going
so
whatever
is,
is
appropriate
for
our
streets
for
our
young
people,
especially
that
you
know,
come
out
of
school
and
go
to
football
practice
or
basketball
practice
and
still
got
to
take
public
transportation
to
get
home.
D
F
G
G
G
C
C
B
Sure
and
I'm
happy
to
take
that
and
to
and
to
chime
in
I
mean
all
of
this
is
comprehensive.
I
don't
know
if
you
caught
my
slides
at
the
beginning,
but
we're
looking
at
at
an
entire
reconstruction
of
the
street,
so
this
includes
new
sidewalks
new
lighting,
new
street
trees
paving
the
street.
All
of
that
is
all
factored
in.
B
Not
you
know
when,
as
the
trees
grow,
they're,
not
interfering
with
that
and
they'll
be
at
appropriate
locations
to
light
up
crosswalks
and
things
of
that
nature,
to
really
make
sure
that
the
street
is
a
lot
safer
for
all
users.
So,
yes,
it's
totally
a
comprehensive
effort.
This
is
this
meeting
is
just
specifically
to
talk
about
the
details
and
to
get
some
feedback
from
you
all
about
about
the
lighting
and
what
we're
thinking
about
the
lighting
but
yeah
everything
ties
together
in
this
roadway
design.
G
All
right
that
would
be
my
hope,
okay
for
the
community.
So
if
I
can
pursue
a
couple
of
follow-up
questions,
there
was
conversation
about
the
potential
for
that
each
of
these
street
lights
had
right,
so
a
potential
is
different
from
actual
use.
So
is
there
a
plan
already
for
what
will
be
kind
of
the
minimal
features
of
these
lights
and
is
there?
Are
there
options
for
us
to
start
talking
about
these
other
potential
uses.
C
C
The
the
sort
of
more
smart
technology
applications
are
are
something
that's
further
down
the
road
I
tend
to
be
very
pragmatic.
I
don't
want
to
leap
into
something
that
is
an
intriguing
idea
for
the
sake
of
jumping
into
it.
I
really
want
to
vet
those
types
of
things
out
before
a
wholesale
implementation
on
a
project
such
as
this.
B
And
so
sorry,
and
just
just
to
add
to
what
mike's
saying
and
to
elaborate
on
your
question,
I
think
the
goal
of
this
project
is
obviously
we'll
install
or
we
will
install
a
whole
new
street
lighting
system
to
provide
those
lighting
levels
and
everything
that
mike
said,
but
also
we're
designing.
Our
street
lighting
systems,
like
the
ruggle
street
project
that
was
mentioned,
to
have
our
lights,
be
equipped
for
these
future
type
things.
B
So
if
we
so
we're
adding
additional
wiring
and
stuff
to
our
street
lights,
which
we'll
also
take
a
look
at
for
this
project
so
that
we
can
add
things
on
them
like
sensors
or
cameras
or
that
or
whatever
the
latest
thing
is
so
that
they'll
be
equipped
to
take
us
into
that.
So
like.
Maybe
we
don't
make
a
decision
right
now
as
to
what
type
of
sensor
or
something
that
we
might
attach
to
a
street
light,
but
in
the
future,
if
we'd
like
to
we'll
be
able
to
plug
right
into
it.
B
G
To
try
to
fix
past
problems,
which
I
am
going
to
bring
up
now
sure
so
and
perhaps
you're
going
gonna
tell
me
this
is
another
project.
So
once
you
come
off
cummins
highway,
you
entered
the
neighborhood
and
then
you
see
the
lights.
Okay,
I've
taken
pictures
of
some
of
the
light
posts
because
I
cannot
believe
how
they
look.
We
have
wooden
light
poles,
some
places
that
are
attached
to
a
another
post.
That's
been
cut
halfway
down,
okay,
just
dangling
in
the
air
connected
with
metal
bars.
G
C
C
It's
it
is
an
issue,
certainly
the
southwestern
portion
of
the
city,
where
wood
utility
poles
are
more
prevalent.
It's
prevalent
up
in
brighton
in
east
boston
and
parts
of
dorchester.
It's
it's
a
constant
issue
that
we're
fighting
and
and
I'm
happy
to
look
into
that
particular
location.
If
you
can
give
me
that
information,
I.
G
G
So
I
was
like
wow.
That
is
a
powerful
light
pole.
So
just
talk
about
that
a
little
more
because
that's
what
the
community
has
been
told
that
we've
had
enormous
accidents.
You
know
a
large
number
of
accidents
out
on
cummins
highway
that
we
should
care
about
all
those
people
losing
their
lives,
which
we
do.
C
Okay,
of
course,
absolutely
if
I,
if
I
gave
that
impression,
I
would
definitely
want
to
step
back
from
that.
There's
the
benefit
that
we're
providing
is
is
greater
light
levels,
so
there's
improved
visibility,
but
for
to
be
able
to
prevent
crashes
delves
into
an
interaction
with
the
end
user.
That
I
don't
think
the
street
lighting
is
capable
of
our
goal,
is
to
light
appropriately
and
and
really
make
it
as
as
safe
as
possible.
A
A
It
works.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
this
question
marilyn,
so
the
one
mike
speaking
of,
and
also
I
mean
so
what
we've
been
using.
Also
our
current
light
post.
A
lot
as
well
has
been
to
try
some
sensors
with
some
of
the
other
departments
that
are
around
the
city
and
one
of
the
uses
for
these
sensors
has
been
to
sort
of
monitor
traffic
and
also
try
to
collect
data
that
we
can
then
use
to
inform
design
that
will
help
us
prevent
crashes.
A
Someone
had
a
question,
oh,
and
I
also
wanted
to
mention
that
in
our
previous
meeting,
we
with
the
air
quality,
the
environment
and
the
environment
department
where
we
talked
about
air
quality.
We
also
talked
about
monitoring
air
quality
as
one
of
the
sensors
that
could
be
possible,
which
I
know
a
lot
of
people
have
interest
in,
especially
because
of
the
many
different
types
of
uses
that
happen
on
the
corridor
and
the
different
like
types
of
traffic
like
hot
traffic,
bunches
and
stuff
like
that.
A
C
We
choose
a
specific
wattage
again
based
on
appropriate
lighting
levels
and
the
height
off
of
grade
that
these
fixtures
will
reside
the
compared
to
any
other
fixture
to
me,
what
makes
them
green
is
is
the
inherent
nature
of
the
led
consuming
substantially
less
energy.
You
have
a
75
watt
light
that
would
normally
have
been
a
250
watt,
even
400
watt,
high
pressure
sodium
light
at
some
point
in
in
previous
history,
and
that
in
and
of
itself
is
a
savings.
But
then
it's
the
longevity
of
life
for
the
led
fixture.
C
As
I
mentioned
earlier
in
the
presentation,
it's
in
many
cases
a
five
to
one
ratio
in
terms
of
lifetime,
100
000
hours
to
about
20
000
hours,
and
so
that
alone,
even
you
could
probably
extend
and
consider
the
the
greenhouse
gas
emissions
that
go
into
going
out
and
changing
the
light
there
are.
There
are
savings
there
and
measured
over
time,
and
I
think
that
is
something
of
consideration.
C
A
A
A
A
It
will
connect
the
residents
to
the
city's
networks
of
open
spaces
and
make
it
easier
for
elders
to
cross
the
streets,
and
this
is
a
rendering,
on
your
right
hand,
side
of
the
concept
design
that
was
presented
back
in
2020,
so
the
timeline
of
where
we've
been
in
this
reconstruction
project,
the
first
public
meeting.
We
started
engagement
before
this,
but
the
first
public
meeting
was
in
april
11th
of
2019
at
the
marahant,
which
is
near
commons.
A
Based
on
the
comments
from
the
first
design
and
then
in
the
third
public
meeting,
we
presented
those
design
concepts
and
then,
as
many
of
you
have
experienced,
moving
all
of
us
are
experiencing.
We
had
a
pandemic
and
during
that
time
it
was
when
we
were
starting
to
test
some
of
the
things
that
we
heard
from
the
third
public
meeting
like
people
wanted
us
to
try
the
concept
of
one
leading
each
direction.
A
So
we
began
a
design
trial
in
july
of
2020,
and
this
one
went
through
october
of
2020.
As
you
remember,
it
was
the
one
with
the
water
barriers
that
were
white
and
orange
somewhere
along
the
road,
and
then
this
was
changed
into
a
phase
two
of
the
redesign,
which
is
what
you
see
now
on
the
road
which
includes
flex
posts
and
re-striping
of
the
streets.
A
A
Sorry,
I
should
probably
bring
some
water
throughout
this
duration
of
the
trial.
We've
been
collecting
data
and
you
can
find
that
information
about
the
changes
in
speeds
and
the
traffic
volumes
on
our
website.
Boston.Gov
slash
commons
highway
and
we
sort
of
go
over
sort
of
showing
how
this
design
has
been.
Has
this
too?
This
trial
has
shown
that
the
speeds
have
been
reduced,
but
also
we
talk
about
some
of
the
challenges
that
we've
experiencing
and
heard
from
you.
A
So
where
we
are
now
is
that
we
began
engagement
on
the
final
design
for
the
community
construction.
This
began
in
june
of
20
of
this
year.
As
we
mentioned,
your
input
during
these
discussions
is
used
to
inform
designer
comments,
and
it's
also
shared
with
other
departments
who
we
are
working
with
and
they've
also
been
participating
in
many
of
these
needs.
A
A
You
mentioned
that
you
would
like
us
to
add
more
shade,
so
we
are
looking
into
trees
and
also
shelters
throughout
the
redesign
and
then
that
you
were
concerned
about
the
impacts
of
the
temporary
design
and
its
impact
on
emergency
services
and
traffic.
We've
been
continuing
to
monitor
and
we
also
had
a
discussion
about
air
quality
against
the
transport
environment
department
and
how
transportation
policies
and
design
influence
air
quality.
A
A
So
with
that
in
mind,
we
have
been
looking
also
at
documenting
traffic
on
side
streets
and
seeing
what
improvements
can
possibly
be
done
there,
and
you
also
wanted
us
to
be
proactive
and
make
sure
that
we're
working
with
the
mbta
and
trash
removal,
trucks
and
school
buses
and
snow
management
before
this
new
design
is
implemented
on
covets
highway.
So
we
have
been
done.
We
have
been
connected
with
them
again,
but
we've
started
conversations
again
in
preparation
of
starting
the
design
work
with
engineers.
A
So
this
brings
us
to
what's
coming
next.
So
after
this
conversation
with
mike,
we
will
be
posting
these
meetings
up
online
so
that
you
have
access
to
them
as
well
as
share
them
with
your
family
and
friends
and
neighbors
feel
free
to
continue
to
send
us
comments.
And
then
the
next
conversations
are
going
to
be
focusing
on
health,
public
health
and
how
street
design
relates
to
the
impacts
that
on
health
and
that's
october,
5th
at
6
30.
again.
G
A
A
That's
on
saturdays
in
october,
from
10
a.m,
to
1
p.m,
and,
as
always,
we've
been
having
these.
For
almost,
I
think,
since
the
beginning
of
2020,
well
middle
of
2020.,
you
can
have
you
can
book
an
appointment
with
us
to
chat
one-on-one
since
jeff,
usually
is
the
one
who
takes
them,
but
he's
out
on
leave.
A
A
You
can
chat
with
us
book
an
appointment
to
chat
with
us,
15
minutes
fit
that
lee
slash
comments,
15
and
then
you
can
reach
out
to
jeff
alexis
at
jeffrey.alexis
with
his
comments
and
questions,
and
he
always
gets
the
appropriate
person
to
respond
to
so
right.
This
month
of
september.
There
are
some
youth,
focused
transportation
workshops
happening
for
people
between
the
ages
and
10
and
21.
A
we're
hoping
to
get
more
young
people
involved
in
our
processes,
and
so
there
will
be
some
finance
workshops
where
they're
talking
about
complete
streets
and
opportunities
and
interests
of
young
people.
So
if
you
don't
know,
if
you
know
anyone
that
would
be
interested
in
signing
up,
I
will
we
will
drop
the
drink
link
on
the
chat
or
or
you
can
always
email
and
connect
with
chevelle
for
more
information
on
these
workshops
and
participants
will
have
the
chance
to
earn
a
10
gift
card
for
your
participation.
A
If
you
don't
know,
you
can
now
ride
the
route
28
bus
and
build
a
lab
for
free.
It
takes
you
to
northern
square,
so
you
can
board
at
all
doors
without
paying
until
november
29th.
So
this
is
a
trial
and
we
will
encourage
everyone
to
take
the
bus.
If,
if
you
already
use
it
it's
free
now,
and
if
you
don't
do
my
help,
you
connect
the
last.
We
are
almost
at
the
end
of
our
park
summer.
Fitness
series,
I
believe
october,
is
the
end
of
it.
A
So
in
matapan
at
almond
park,
there's
a
family
zumba
on
tuesdays
from
67.
If
you
want
to
join,
there's
also
virtual
apologies,
I
wanted
to
say
that
there's
also
virtual
classes
available
and
you
can
find
that
information
on
boston.gov
calendar
or
busan.gov
fitness
and
you
will
be
able
to
see
all
the
classes
available
in
person,
but
also
virtual,
as
I've
mentioned
in
previous
meetings.
The
reconstruction
of
workers
playground
is
underway.
A
A
There's
at
the
matapan
branch
library,
a
wi-fi
outdoor
zone
where
you
can
go,
you
can
see
a
picture
on
the
right
of
the
screen
where
there
will
be
shade
and
seeds
and
lighting,
and
very
good
wifi
for
you
to
connect
and
utilize
without
any
having
to
enter
the
library
and
then
on
tuesdays
and
thursdays.
There
will
be
a
nutritious
breakfast
and
lunch
available
for
pickup
for
youth
under
18
and
then
on
tuesdays.