[1202] in UA Senate
Re: Brigg Fields Lights
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Steadman)
Wed Mar 16 05:53:32 2011
From: William Steadman <willst@MIT.EDU>
To: Jessica Chen <jessicachen.dbhs@gmail.com>
Cc: Adam Bockelie <bockelie@mit.edu>, "Benjamin I. Shaibu"
<bshaibu@mit.edu>,
ua-senate@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=ebPetuOa59uDJXc+Hsz=n8VgH-3FZ3xNWQdHu@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 05:53:34 -0400
To answer some of the questions.
Currently, I am working with DAPER and Facilities to look at adding
lighting. (Lets see if this works) I created the following google map,
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=202796004978773309307.00049e964cd409e48e29c&ll=42.35697,-71.099857&spn=0.002335,0.005338&t=h&z=18.
(If it centers on the world, search Briggs Field, MIT)
In terms of timing, the lights would come on after athletics ends. I
asked Shuang what Simmons residents thought and the response was until
at least 2am.
The idea is have no physical changes on the ground or the field. Any
lighting would be attached to the structure in the center of Briggs
Field and on its sides. Therefore, it should not affect athletics at
all.
We are not currently looking at motion sensored. We had not thought
about the dark sky friendly aspect.
That is the summary of where we are.
Honestly, with Walker picking up, I will not be devoting as much time to
this. I would love it if one of the Senators took up this issue. I can
fill them up to where we are and tell them what needs to be done next.
Will
Space Planning Chair
On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 04:01 -0400, Jessica Chen wrote:
> I believe I asked this during the discussion and the response would
> something similar to a time frame they would be on (ie til 2?) probs
> something about 1 hour after saferide stops running imo
>
> I mean a concern would be where this project would fall under for
> finances, is it like under MIT facilities??
>
> also I'm pretty sure the proposal would have the lights placed in a
> way to not interfere with sports otherwise it probably wouldn't be an
> option because there's always gonna be uproar when messing with their
> sports
>
> Sincerely,
> ~Jessica Chen
> MIT 2014
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 1:43 AM, Adam Bockelie <bockelie@mit.edu>
> wrote:
> they should be dark sky friendly
>
> Sent from my mobile device.
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 16, 2011 1:17 AM, "Benjamin I. Shaibu"
> > <bshaibu@mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > Last week, we discussed the possibility of having lights and
> > a dirt path added to Briggs Field to help Simmonites cross
> > to Campus Drive. I was interested in knowing how other
> > Senators felt about the proposal. The responses from my
> > constituents were generally for the idea - most people
> > seemed really interested. There was one email worrying about
> > the need for lights and the costs. They brought up a point I
> > personally wondered about; would a path affect the Sports
> > Teams on the field?
> >
> > Another resident wondered if the lights could be optimized
> > to be motion sensored (to save money).
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Ben
> > New House Senator
>
