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• County Road E at Highway 51 • County Road E at Lexington Avenue (Arden Plaza) • County Road D at Cleveland Avenue • Lake Johanna Boulevard at the Roseville border(triangle parcel) • Lexington Avenue at the Roseville border At the December 19, 2011, work session,the Council directed Staff to move forward with obtaining design and quotes for two signs to be installed in 2012, at the following locations: • The triangle parcel at the intersection of County Road D and Lake Johanna Boulevard and • Arden Plaza at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and County Road E It is still possible to install a third gateway sign in 2012, as indicated in the 2012 CIP; however, Staff requests Council direction on the location of the third sign. Sign Design and Quotes Staff contacted two sign companies; Sign-A-Rama in Roseville, and Fourth Dimension Architectural Signage, which is located in Arden Hills. Staff asked each sign company to design several possible monument signs, and include price quotes with each. The only direction given to the contractors was that the City wanted a high quality design with long-lasting materials, for a cost of less than $20,000 per sign. The quotes do not include the cost of lighting or landscaping the signs; however, installation was included. In addition, the sign at the corner of County Road E and Lexington cannot exceed five feet in height, per the City's agreement with Arden Plaza. The sign quotes, with installation, range in price from $7,600 up to $12,900. Both sign companies had substantially similar pricing in terms of installation and sign cost, though the designs vary in style and appearance (proposals included as Attachments C and D). The attached designs are merely examples of what the signs might look like; however, either sign company is capable of altering these designs in any number of ways. Sign Materials The quotes for the signs were much lower than Staff had anticipated, and this is due, in large part, to the composite materials that both sign companies propose to use. The sign would be made out of high density polyurethane, which is molded to imitate real brick or stone finishes. The material is long lasting and maintenance free, which reduces costs over time as well. Sample materials will be available at the work session for the Council to review. Another benefit of the composite materials is that the cost of installation is greatly reduced over actual masonry, which further reduces the cost of the sign. City of Arden Hills May 21, 2012, Work Session Meeting Page 2 of 4