City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/8/2016
TITLE:
Title
Citywide Wayfinding Signage Design and Release of Bid Package
End
FROM:
Leisa Lukes, Economic Development Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council approve the Citywide wayfinding sign designs; direct the consultant to prepare the sign fabrication bid package; authorize release of the bid package for sign fabrication; and authorize the City of Desert Hot Springs (DHS) to install a DHS entryway element on Palm Drive adjacent to the City boundary.
Body
BACKGROUND:
The City Council approved a Design Professional Services Agreement with Graphic Solutions (Consultant) on January 13, 2016, to develop and implement a comprehensive Citywide Sign Program to unify and consolidate the City's entryway signs, vehicular directional signs, and downtown directory signs. The program is geared toward improving the City's overall appearance and providing residents and visitors with readily identifiable directional information in a graphically coordinated format.
At City Council's direction, a Sign Committee comprised of Councilmembers Kaplan and Carnevale and two members from each of the City's commissions and the Cathedral City Chamber of Commerce was formed to assist in building consensus for the preferred sign designs. The Committee met with the Consultant in February and March to discuss sign design options and identify design preferences. Initial preferences were then presented to the City Council and each of the respective committees for discussion. The input received was compiled and after further discussion by the Committee at its meeting in April, the members reached consensus and recommended that the Consultant finalize their design preferences. Since that time, the Consultant has refined the preferred design for each of the sign types; identified material and paint options; and prepared a schedule for construction document preparation, fabrication, and installati...
Click here for full text