Goal #9

TRANSITION THE DESOTO STREETLIGHT GRID TO LED TECHNOLOGY

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1. Develop a working group with ONCOR representatives to address continued conversion to LED technology

2. Identify streets that currently do not have LED lights

3. Develop criteria to prioritize locations for LED light installation

4. Develop phasing plan in order to replace prioritized street light bulbs and fixtures to LED technology

5. Update City’s Zoning and Subdivision Regulation Ordinances to require developers to install LED street light fixtures and bulbs in all new development sites

6. Update City’s Paving Design Manual to require developers to install LED street light fixtures and bulbs in all new development sites

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2nd Quarter Update
April 2023 

In Q2, staff created a draft Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) Upgrade Policy that was presented and agreed to by the DeSoto City Council in March. The goals of the policy are to establish and identify the order for upgrading existing streetlights to LEDs and to establish a process that allows a Homeowners Associations to pay for the upgrading of existing identified streetlights located in their respective neighborhoods to LEDs. Under the proposed policy, the Development Services Director or designee will be responsible for implementing the Annual Streetlight Upgrade Program and identify the locations to be upgraded each year based on the amount of funding approved in the approved budget. The policy established the order of priority as being: 1) Arterial Streets, 2) Major Collector Streets, 3) Collector Streets, and 4) Residential Streets.

1st Quarter Update
January 2023

In Q1, staff worked with ONCOR to create a list of LED lights previously installed in the City of DeSoto. Next steps in this process is to create a policy for Council consideration that will outline priorities for LED streetlight conversion. Development Services staff is also working to add the LED requirement to the City’s Paving Design Manual to require developers to install LED street light fixtures and bulbs in all new development sites. Public hearings for these changes are expected to conducted in February 2023.