River Park Street Lighting Project
As one of the longest-running programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program has helped communities throughout the U.S. address a wide range of community development needs by improving housing, ensuring living environments, and expanding economic opportunities. Through this Program’s support for local development, Collier County Community and Human Services Division partnered with the City of Naples to improve the needs of the River Park Neighborhood by illuminating the walkways and making it safer with the new street lighting.
The River Park Street Lighting project is located within the River Park neighborhood, part of the City of Naples CRA District. The River Park neighborhood is considered a blighted area and has many aspects defined in Florida Statue 163.340(8), as it encompasses a lesser quality of life for the residents. The Community Redevelopment Area (CRA) was conceived in February 1992 when the Naples City Council created the Redevelopment Task Force and the boundaries of the CRA District were established. Currently, approximately 575 acres of land form the current CRA District. The CRA goals are to improve physical characteristics of the district, to encourage investment within the District, to guide private and public initiatives for creating economic development within the District, and most importantly to improve the quality of life for the District residents.
The goal of the River Park Street Lighting project is to promote mobility and wellness by providing access to public transportation at night, access to recreational facilities, as well as simply and safely walking for recreational purpose.
The project scope is to obtain the services of a qualified and licensed contractor for the purchase and installation of approximately 155 streetlight fixtures. Fixture will be a Cupalo LED luminaire. The fixture shall be 80w LED 4000k CCT, consistent with City of Naples criteria, and as endorsed by the AMA and Dark Sky. The LED array shall be round and totally symmetrical. Rectangular or asymmetrical LED boards shall not be accepted. The fixture hood shall be preformed of heavy gauge aluminum extrusion and fabricated to prevent vertical or lateral water intrusion. The hood shall be hinged for ease of access and tightly fastened by two latches. The latches shall be aluminum extrusions that lie flat against the hood with the same finish as the hood. The LED board shall be horizontally mounted to limit up light and be rated IP66. The luminaire cage shall be of heavy gauge cast aluminum with decorative arches and furnished with an acrylic globe. The fixture shall be UL approved. The pole shall be a "bottleneck" style pole, with a 4" .250" wall thickness upper shaft welded to a 6" .250" wall thickness 48" tall base. Pole shall be supplied with a 2 7/8" OD x 3" high tenon. The pole shall be heat treated after welding to return it to a T6 temper. Assembly shall bolt to the existing concrete foundations, with a bolt circle to match. A weatherproof receptacle with "in-use" cover shall be installed at 18" above grade. Luminaire assembly shall be rated for 160MPH wind load, as per FDOT criteria. Entire assembly shall be furnished with a powder coat finish, Florida tested, with an AAMA2604-98 rating against fading and chalking and be furnished in a RAL 6012 smooth finish.
