HomeMy WebLinkAbout#25 Water Tower Logo Change 3.21.17 STAFF REPORT
DATE: 3/21/17
REGULAR
ITEM #: 25
MOTION
TO: City Council
FROM: Rob Weldon, Public Works Director
AGENDA ITEM: Inwood Ave. Water Tower Logo Change
REVIEWED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator
BACKGROUND: As construction begins to commence for the season
and the completion date of the new Inwood Ave. Water Tower draws
closer, an opportunity to change the painted logo on the water tower has
opened. “Branding”, or including official city logos and slogans is
becoming a popular site on water towers across the country and right
here in the Twin Cities Metro Area. This new style of logo moves away
from traditional “Block” letters that depict a city’s name and provide a
more appealing logo that is inviting to visitors and residents alike, while
displaying city pride.
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: Should the City Council authorize a
change order to apply the city logo on the Inwood Ave. Water Tower?
PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: When construction plans were
approved for the Inwood Ave. Water Tower, they were approved in a way
that would match the new tower to the existing Tower #2 at the Public
Works Facility. Tower #2 was constructed and painted to match the
Public Works Facility, white with red block letters spelling out Lake
Elmo.
With the location of the new Inwood Tower in more of a residential area,
the exterior color scheme that was approved to match Tower #2 is not very
conducive to the surroundings of the new water tower. By changing, and
moving away from the red “Lake Elmo” block letters and applying the
city logo to the new water tower a more appealing color scheme would be
visible to residents and visitors while boasting the official city logo to
travelers along the I-94 & I-694 corridors.
Once completed, the selected logo applied to the water tower will be
visible for approximately 15-20 years. That is the typical expected life of
properly applied paint coatings on water towers.
FISCAL IMPACT: $10,000 to apply logos to both north and south sides
of water tower.
$ 5,000 (approx.) to apply city logo to southwest side of
water tower.
OPTIONS: -Approve change order to apply the city logo on two sides
of the Inwood Ave. Water Tower. -Approve change order to
apply the city logo on one side of the Inwood Ave. Water Tower.
-Make no changes to the approved water tower plans.
RECOMMENDATION:
Motion to approve a change order authorizing the City of Lake Elmo
logo to be applied on the southwest side of the Inwood Ave. Water
Tower.
ATTACHMENTS: - City logo
- Tower #2 at Public Works
- CB&I email
From: "Pegel, Bill" <Bill.Pegel@CBI.com>
To: Chad Katzenberger <ckatzenberger@sehinc.com>
Date: 03/03/2017 09:09 AM
Subject: RE: Inwood water tower logo change price
Chad,
Apologize for the delay in getting a response back to you. The suggestions below would have very little impact in
the costs. Main costs in the changes is the manhours to add the accents underneath the letters. Just more time
moving the rigging and tracing out the design and also more time rolling the design. The new logo is much more
appealing and I hope I can help get it on the tower. I can pull out engineering to change the drawings and also time
for estimating and myself to process the changes and just give you a raw price of $10,000. This would just simply
be the adder for additional paint colors, labor to layout/execute and little adder for more intricate template. Let
me know if this helps and what the City would like to do. Thanks.
Bill Pegel
Project Manager
Central Operations
Fabrication Services
Steel Plate Structures
Tel: +1 815 439 6537
Cell: +1 815 210 1676
Fax: +1 815 439 3130
Bill.Pegel@CBI.com
CB&I
14109 S. Route 59
Plainfield, IL 60544-8984
United States
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