[AZ-Observing] Re: A little history of Phoenix area lighting ordinances
- From: "Stanley A. Gorodenski" <stan_gorodenski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:02:09 -0800
That was very nice and generous for Leroy to do this.
Gene A. Lucas wrote:
>-- with no success. Peter Manly and I mentioned this to our friend and
>fellow SAC member, Leroy Paller, who is a private pilot and had his own
>airplane. With Paller's cooperation, we volunteered to fly over the
>city at night and videotape "Automobile Row" -- the car dealership lots
>along East Camelback Rd. -- and some of the billboards around Phoenix,
>to determine just how severe the lighting effects were from above.
>Paller piloted the 4-seat aircraft, while Manly operated the camera and
>I ran the videotape recorder. This nighttime lighting survey videotape
>was then turned over to Dr. Crawford, with the result that he was able
>to go into meetings with the two principal groups objecting to the
>proposed ordinances -- the car dealerships and the outdoor advertising
>concerns -- and affected a compromise so that the ordinances were
>passed. Crawford refers to this type of arrangement as a "Win-Win"
>strategy, which has been key to the success of IDA and the other
>agencies in getting the various municipalities to adopt effective
>lighting ordinances.
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