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City Council Minutes Page 7 <br />October G, 2014 <br />Mayor Dietz questioned if something could be made out of the current Lake Orono <br />park sign to incorporate the elk and dze river into it. <br />Ms. Gardner stated the fact - finding group really liked this sign but it is not located at <br />a city entrance. <br />Mayer Dietz questioned the costs again. <br />Ms. Gardner stated both options are about equal in cost and Richard Lang with <br />Visual Communications could speak more to this subject. <br />Mr. Lang stated he couldn't give a fair appraisal of a ballpark price today. He stated <br />the larger units could be about $40,000 - 50,000 depending on funding from various <br />sources such as grants, contributions from companies, etc. <br />Mayor Dietz stated he would life a ballpark figure of the entire plan. <br />Ms. Gardner stated the Council is requested to select an option so the consultant can <br />move forward with putting the specifications together for an entire plan. She noted <br />the committee would need to work on making further product selections, which <br />could influence costs, <br />Councilmember Westgaard stated he likes Option 2 due to its color scheme but he <br />could go either way, choosing a design due based on its costs. He stated he would <br />prefer to see a schedule with some basic budgetary costs and an implementation <br />period. <br />Mr. Lang stated he could put together a ballpark schedule for both options for the <br />next meeting. <br />Councilmember Motin questioned if the red and black color in the signage were <br />chosen because of the Elk River High School colors, <br />Mr. Lang stated no. <br />Ms. Allard stated some of the coloring was taken from the downtown park area. <br />Council consensus was for staff to bring back pricing and a schedule for both <br />options. <br />Mr. Lang stated he understands budgeting but he would hate to see that the option <br />that was selected by the community not be chosen due to a small difference in costs. <br />He stated he would rather look at the option that is selected and try to cost evaluate <br />it better and build it in a way that fits within the city's budget. He asked that when <br />Council makes their decision, that they keep in mind that specifications can be <br />changed around, <br />K E��a �l <br />