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Document: CC RES 11-049 RESOLUTION RELATING TO ROAD SIGN
REFLECTIVITY STANDARDS AND SIGN REPLACEMENT
CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE
RESOLUTION 11-049
A RESOLUTION RELATING TO ROAD SIGN REFLECTIVITY
STANDARDS AND SIGN REPLACEMENT
WHEREAS, The City of St. Anthony Village has been advised that it is required to initiate a process of
evaluating the City's public road signs for reflectivity and further,to initiate a plan for
replacing existing city public road signs that do not meet the new retro-reflectivity standards
mandated by the Federal Highway Administration(FHWA); and
WHEREAS, the City Council designates that all signs being replaced and all new signs being added
within the City going forward, are to be of the retro-reflectivity"Diamond Grade 3"(DG3)
type; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has evaluated its ability to undertake sign replacements and as such, the
City is mindful that replacement of existing signs that do not meet a high-reflectivity
standard will involve the considerable expenditure of City financial resources, labor, and
effort; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to not only memorialize its new retro-reflectivity signage standard
but to also devise and implement a plan to replace signs that do not meet the new retro-
reflectivity standard, and wishes to formally do so by this resolution.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of St. Anthony Village that the
following constitutes its standards, policies, and plans relative to retro-reflectivity road
signage:
1) The high-reflectivity signage standard for all new or replacement road signs is
"Diamond Grade 3"(DG3).
2) All new or replacement road signs installed by the City from the date of this resolution
forward will be of the"Diamond Grade 3"(DG3)type.
3) The City will conduct a tour of all of its roads in 2011, for the purpose of creating a
complete inventory of its public road signs, with such inventory noting for each sign, its
location,type,general condition and reflectivity condition per FHWA guidelines,with
such inventory being completed on or before December 31, 2011
4) The City will use the completed inventory to determine which signs need replacing, and
the priority of replacement for each, based on each sign's condition.
5) The City Council will then define a comprehensive sign replacement plan that will lead
to the replacement of all signs not meeting the required reflectivity standard, with such
plan recognizing all factors including the City's financial and labor resources available
to implement the plan,and will then schedule the implementation of the replacement
plan with all applicable factors being considered.
6) On an on-going basis,the City's annual road inspection tour will include a notation for
any signs appearing to need replacement that may differ from what is stated and
scheduled in the City's signage replacement plan. '
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Adopted this 9th day of August 2011
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Reviewed for administration:
City Ma ager