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f ' <br /> EN HILLS <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> DATE: December 19, 2011 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> FROM: Jill Hutmacher, Community Development Director ; <br /> SUBJECT: Gateway Signs <br /> The City Council and the Economic Development Commission have been working on Gateway <br /> Signs for several years. The installation of gateway signs is a Council goal for 2012. The <br /> estimated time to complete the goal is three years. <br /> At the April 18, 2011, work session meeting(minutes included in Attachment A),the City <br /> Council reviewed previous sign proposals. The majority of Councilmembers supported a high- <br /> quality, masonry-base sign at a cost of up to $25,000. Councilmembers supported the <br /> installation of between four and eight signs over the next few years at the priority locations <br /> identified by the EDC (location map included in Attachment B): <br /> • Highway 96 at Round Lake Boulevard <br /> • Highway 96 at Lexington Avenue <br /> • County Road E2 at I-35W <br /> • County Road E at Highway 51 <br /> • County Road E at Lexington Avenue(Arden Plaza) <br /> • County Road D at Cleveland Avenue <br /> • Lake Johanna Boulevard at the Roseville border(triangle parcel) <br /> • Lexington Avenue at the Roseville border <br /> The CIP designates $65,000 for gateway sign installation in 2012 which assumes two signs at a <br /> cost of$25,000 each and a sign at Arden Plaza for a cost of$15,000(the developer has agreed to <br /> pay for the sign face). <br /> Based on discussions with the EDC and Councilmembers, staff recommends that two of the three <br /> 2012 gateway signs be installed at: <br /> • The triangle parcel at the intersection of County Road D and Lake Johanna Boulevard <br /> and <br /> • Arden Plaza at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and County Road E <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> December 19, 2011, Work Session Meeting <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br />