Wahi a Pam Richmond ma ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ma Iulai 7, ua hoʻokomo ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Apopka i 123nā kukui alanui LED houa hoʻololi i nā kukui alanui 626 i kēia manawa iNā LED.
ʻO Richmond ka mea hoʻoponopono kaʻa no ka ʻoihana hoʻolālā a me ka zoning o Apopka, a ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kukui alanui. ʻO ka hōʻike i alakaʻi ʻia e Richmond i hōʻano hou i ka ʻike o Apopka e pili ana i nā hoʻonohonoho kukui alanui a me nā hoʻonui i nā mahina he 18 i hala.
"Ke hana nei mākou i kā mākou maikaʻi me ka ʻole o ke kālā," wahi a Richmond. "ʻOiaʻiʻo, 123 mau hoʻonohonoho hou e kau nei ma luna o nā ʻōnaehana e kū nei."
ʻO ka ʻoihana hoʻolālā a me ka zoning ʻo Apopka i kālele i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kekahi mau wahi, e hoʻomaka ana me Park Avenue. Hoʻomaka ka hana mua mai ke alanui ʻOak a i Nancy Lee Lane, kahi i hoʻonui ʻia ai nā kukui alanui he 16 i Alanui.Nā kukui LEDa ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kukui LED alanui hou he 29.
ʻO ka lua a me ke kolu o ka Park Avenue he 32 mau hoʻomaikaʻi i nā kukui LED alanui, ʻeono mau kukui LED alanui hou, a me ka pani ʻana i nā kukui 34 Post Top Ocala a me Biscayne HSP me nā kukui LED K-118. ʻO ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka pae ʻelua a me ke kolu mai ke Alanui ʻOka a hiki i ke Alanui Nui, a mai ke Alanui Nui a hiki i ke Alanui 11.
Ma Alonzo Williams Park, haʻi ʻo Richmond, "Ua hoʻohui mākou i ʻelua mau kukui alanui [LED] a me [ʻekolu] kukui K-118 [LED]." Ua hoʻohui pū ʻo Apopka a me ka ʻoihana mahele i ʻelua mau kukui alanui i nā kukui LED a puni ka paka. "ʻO koʻu hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia papahana aia kekahi mau haʻawina. Ke hoʻopau ʻia kēia pilikia hāʻawi, e hoʻohui hou mākou i nā kukui ma kēia wahi, "wahi āna.
Ua hoʻonui ʻo Sandpiper Road i ʻelima mau kukui mai Park Avenue a i Thompson Road i nā kukui LED, a ua hoʻokomo i nā kukui LED Roadway hou ma ke alanui Sandpiper ma ke alanui Park a me ke alanui Sandpiper ma ke alanui Ustler.
Nui nā hoʻololi i hana ʻia ma Kit Land Nelson Park ma Richmond. "Ua hoʻololi mākou i nā kukui 10 a me nā pou kukui me ka K-118 [kukui]." Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia, "Ua kau lākou i nā kumu hoʻomaha ma nā pou a puni ka paka a hoʻonui i nā kukui 22 i nā LED."
"I kēia manawa, ua hoʻonui mākou i nā kukui [Roadway] 148 i nā LED, a aia nā hoʻolālā no nā kukui i ka wā e hiki mai ana." Ua hoʻohui ka ʻoihana hoʻolālā a me ka zoning ʻo Apopka i ʻekolu mau kukui LED K-118 a puni ke kahua pāʻani hou, e pani ana i 11 mau kukui. Ua hoʻonui ʻia nā kukui i nā LED a ua hoʻohui ʻia nā kukui alanui ʻehā.
Ma kahi kokoke i ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Apopka, ua hanu ka poʻe noho ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana i ʻelima mau kukui LED hou ma Martin St.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā kelepona he nui a loaʻa ka mahalo no ka loaʻa ʻana i laila. Ua kokoke nā kukui i ke kula a hauʻoli nā mea a pau ke ʻike i kēia. He mea nui loa ia," wahi a Richmond.
Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i nā hoʻonui 15 i nā kukui LED ma E. Fifth St. mai Central Avenue a i Forest Avenue. Ua hoʻokomo pū ka 'Oihana Hoʻolālā a me Zoning ʻo Apopka i 18 mau kukui LED Clermont hou ma McGee Avenue, ua hoʻohui ʻia he 12 mau kukui LED hou ma ka hale kaʻa o E. 5th St., a hoʻonui i 71 mau kukui i loaʻa ma Vick Road i nā kukui LED, A hoʻonui i 10 mau kukui i loaʻa. i nā kukui LED ma ke alanui Michael Gladden.
Hoʻonui ka hoʻonui ʻāina i ka ʻākau o I-4, hema a Michael Gladden [Alanui], komohana a Bradshaw [Alanui], a ma ka hikina a i [South] Central [Avenue]. Ua wehewehe ʻo Richmond: “ʻO kā mākou luna ʻo Gerry Rooks, kaʻa a puni ia wahi, e ʻimi ana i nā manawa. Hiki iā mākou ke komo i loko a hoʻololi i nā kukui e kū nei i nā LED a i ʻole e hoʻohui i nā kukui hou. Ma muli o ke kūkulu ʻana i laila, loaʻa iā mākou he 94 mau mea i loaʻa. Nā kukui. Ua hoʻonui ʻia kēia wahi i nā LED.
Ua wehewehe pū ʻo Richmond i nā papahana e hiki mai ana. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe kukui alanui ma ke alanui Hiawassee mai Apopka Boulevard a i US 441.
"Ua loaʻa iā mākou nā kelepona he nui no nā kukui ma laila," wahi a Richmond. "Ua noi mākou iā Duke Energy e noiʻi i kēia. Ke hoʻolālā nei lākou a hāʻawi lākou iā mākou i kahi ʻōlelo. " I ke komo ʻana o ka hoʻolālā i ka pae hope, ua paipai ʻo Duke Energy i 26 mau kukui alanui hou ma 23 mau pou kukui. “ʻO kēia kekahi o nā wahi ʻaʻohe ʻoihana. ʻO kēia ke kumukūʻai a mākou e uku ai, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Richmond i ka ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale.
“ʻO kēia papahana ka makemake mau o Edward [Bass]. ʻO ia nō ke kumu hoʻokele o kēia. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe aia nā kukui alanui ma kahi lā a mākou i hana ʻole ai i nā mahina ʻekolu a ʻehā paha i hala," wahi a Richmond. "Ma waena o nā mea a mākou e ho'āʻo nei e hana me Duke Energy a me kā mākou makemake e hana me DOT, he hana kēia… Inā ʻaʻole kā mākou hoa ʻo Gerry Rooks, ʻaʻole hiki ke hui pū me Duke Energy."
Ua pane aku ʻo Komisina Diane Velazquez: "Ua hui maoli au iā Gerry Rooks, pololei ʻoe, he hoa maikaʻi loa ia."
Ua haʻi ʻo Velazquez i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kukui a puni ʻo Wolf Lake Middle School a me ke kula haʻahaʻa ma ke alanui W. Ponkan a hoʻomaikaʻi iā Rooks no ke komo ʻana i ka papahana. “ʻO kāu pilina kēia me Gerry Rooks. Manaʻo nui ʻo ia i ke ola no ka mea mālama ʻo ia i nā haumāna, nā kula a me nā mea hele wāwae ma ka laulā. He ʻāpana kēia o ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou mau alanui. "
"Mai ka manawa aʻu i komo ai, ʻo ia ka mea mua aʻu i makemake nui ai e ʻike," wahi a Komisina Doug Bankson, e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kukui ma ke alanui Ponkan. Ua kamaʻilio pū ʻo Bankson e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kukui o Snipe Road. Ua ʻakaʻaka ʻo Bankson: "ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻālohilohi ka hale ma mua o koʻu hale, hauʻoli wau i nā kamaʻāina no ka mea ʻoi aku ka palekana a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā manawa ma laila."
Ua hōʻike ʻo Komisina Alexander Smith i kona mahalo i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā kukui hou. “Mahalo nui nā makaʻāinana. ʻIke lākou i ka hana ʻana a ʻike lākou he hana ia, no laila ua hoʻomanawanui nui lākou, akā hauʻoli lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea e hana ʻia nei. Makemake mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā ʻoe no kāu mea i hana ai, "wahi āna.
"Manaʻo wau e kākoʻo nā mea a pau ma ʻaneʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka uhi ʻana o nā kukui alanui, no ka mea, ʻo ka maikaʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o ke alanui i mālamalama maikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia ka palekana o ke alanui. Hoʻemi kēia i ke kaumaha o kā mākou limahana palekana lehulehu e pane i kēia mau kelepona. ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua nui ka poʻe o lākou i make," wahi a Komisina Kyle Becker.
I kēia manawa, pehea e hoʻokomo ai i kahi puʻupuʻu ākea ma luna o kēia mau kukui super hou e hoʻopau i nā haumia māmā a pau āu i hana ai? Hoʻopaʻa ʻia me Casselberry ua hana pololei lākou a lanakila i ka makana.
ʻO Apopka Voice kahi pūnaewele kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa pūnaewele i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka haʻi ʻana i ka moʻolelo o Apopka. ʻO kāna ʻoihana ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻike, komo, a hana i kahi ʻokoʻa.