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��. EN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: April 12, 2010 <br />TO: Mayor and City Council Members <br />Sue Iverson, Acting City Administrator <br />FROM: James Lehnhoff, Community Development Director <br />SUBJECT: Gateway Sign Selection and Purc�ase <br />Action Request <br />The Economic Development Commission (EDC) recommends purchasing two gateway signs <br />from SignArt USA for a cost not to exceed $10,500 to be located at the southwest corner of <br />County Road E and Lexington Avenue intersection and the southeast corner of the Highway 96 <br />and Round Lake Road intersection. <br />Gatewa_y Si�n Status <br />The City has been contemplating installing one or more gateway signs at entry points to the City <br />for some time. This project was added to the EDC's work plan in late 2008, and they <br />subsequently prepared a gateway sign design concept and identi�ed potential locations for <br />gateway signs (Attachment A). Before a final recommendation was made to the City Council, <br />the opportunity to partner with the Arden Plaza redevelopment to construct a more substantial <br />gateway sign was presented to the EDC. <br />When the Arden Plaza redevelopment was approved in 2009, the developers agreed to construct <br />a base for a gateway sign at the southwest corner of Lexington Avenue and County Road E as <br />part of their overall project. The City would design the sign and provide the sign face. This <br />partnership allowed for a larger sign, which was otherwise outside the City's budget for this <br />project. Based on the design prepared by the EDC, the estimated cost of the City's portion for <br />the sign face was approximately $10,400 (Attachment B). The Arden Plaza property was going <br />to pay for the sign base and installation, which was estimated to cost an additional $13,650 for a <br />total estimated project cost of $24,050. <br />The Arden Plaza redevelopment was anticipated to start in the fall of 2009; however, the <br />construction timeline has been delayed and a new schedule is not yet available. The gateway <br />City of Arden Hills <br />IlAhdocsllahiAHdatalPlanninglEconomic DevelopmentlGateway Signs1041210 - CCMemo - G�rtew�zy Sign Selection.doc <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />