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Item No. 8 <br />Meeting Date: March 3, 2008 <br />Type of Business: WK <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business <br />City Administrator Review _______ <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: City Entrance Monuments (Signs) <br /> <br />Background: <br />General Metal Entrance Signs <br />The City Council has been reviewing and considering City entrance signs at the <br />last two work sessions. The direction at this point is that the City Council has <br />expressed an interest in replacing the existing metal entrance signs at nine <br />locations within the City. These signs are to be 24”X60” in size and direction was <br />given to create a dozen of these signs once the details of the design were <br />determined. The basic design, including letting and graphics, was reviewed and <br />found agreeable to the City Council. The color scheme, which included a burnt <br />orange background graphic, was not agreeable to the City Council and direction <br />was given to look at other colors – specifically light blue. <br /> <br />County Road 10 Entrance Signs <br />The City Council also wanted to explore the idea of placing two larger entrance <br />signs at either end of County Road 10. The direction at this point would be to <br />install an east entrance sign that would be 4’X10’ in size and mounted on 6”X6” <br />cedar posts. This east entrance sign would be located in the north County Road <br />10 right-of-way, south of KFC Restaurant and McDonald’s. The west entrance <br />sign would be somewhat smaller; 4’X8’ in size and mounted on 4”X4” cedar <br />posts. The west entrance sign would be located in the south County Road 10 <br />right-of-way, at the west City boundary where currently a smaller metal Mounds <br />View entrance sign exists. <br /> <br /> <br /> Discussion: <br />General Metal Entrance Signs <br />Based on the City Council’s direction, a mock metal entrance sign has been <br />designed for the City Council’s review. This draft sign is 24”X60” in size and <br />contains a light blue background. This sign is currently on display in the City <br />Council chambers. The City Council had also requested a cost estimate to <br />create a large (8’ X 4’) metal sign of this design that could be used at either end <br />of County Road 10. This cost estimate was not available at the time this report