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Noticed your water tower at 29th & California is now getting long overdue repairs. With the few upgrades I have seen from the ground there has been one thing that has bothered me for some time which the city keeps ignoring. Your lighting issues. Even though it may not be required for the height it is common courtesy in many cities that all municipal water storage tanks be properly lit with FAA approved lighting regardless if the tower is in line of airspace travel in that area of town. This tower for some time has not had a very well lit light if working at all especially recently since they did minor repairs late last year when they added the new tank access on the top of the storage tank. I would hope you are going to invest in a new improved light, a LED/strobe version similar to what the VA hospital went with on the top of their tower a few years ago. No maintenance, no bulbs to change. It's money well spent. I also noticed you had someone raise your lighting on your Montara area water tower a while back to clear over all the obstacles that have been added to that one. Great job. Only issue is you have the same issue on your water tower behind the Soldier Township Fire Department. That light fixture also needs raised and or upgraded. With LED fixtures taking place of the older incandescent bulbs you should probably budget to upgrade all the lighting on your towers over time. As far as the one behind Soldier Township Fire Department you can't see that light working well at night because it's being blocked by all the clutter that's been added. If Forbes Field and the V.A. takes lighting that seriously so should the city. I hope you will seriously look into these issues....