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,-SRZEEN�HILLS <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> - DATE: May 21,2012 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> FROM: Meagan Beekman, City Planner P — <br /> SUBJECT: Gateway Signs <br /> Requested Action <br /> Provide direction on a preferred sign contractor. Provide specific direction on preferred sign <br /> design and materials. Provide direction on use of budgeted funds. <br /> Backl1round <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, beginning in 2012. <br /> At the December 19, 2011, work session meeting (minutes included in Attachment A),the City <br /> Council discussed gateway sign installation options for 2012, and reviewed past discussions <br /> regarding gateway signs. <br /> The 2012-2016 CIP identifies $140,000 over three years for installation of six gateway signs. It <br /> has been assumed that the cost of each gateway sign, with installation, lighting, and landscaping <br /> would be approximately $25,000. In 2012, the CIP designates $65,000 for gateway sign <br /> installation which assumes two signs at a cost of$25,000 each and a sign at Arden Plaza for a <br /> cost of$15,000 (the developer has agreed to pay for the sign base). <br /> The EDC has identified a list of possible locations for gateway signs to be located(map included <br /> in Attachment B): <br /> • Highway 96 at Round Lake Boulevard <br /> • Highway 96 at Lexington Avenue <br /> • County Road E2 at I-35W <br /> City of Arden Hills <br /> December 19, 2011, Work Session Meeting <br /> Page 1 of 4 <br />