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City Council Minutes Page 4 <br />December 7, 2015 <br />--------------------- <br />Ms. Gardner indicated that police staff that were on the sign corruillitteeh-ldicated <br />they did not require an address on the sign. She also explained the rock was <br />fieldstone and not cut or cultured. <br />Couricilmember Wagner stated she had a big concern with removing the Powered by <br />Nature tagline from the signs, noting it would be a shame to remove it after the tune <br />and effort placed creating the brand image, and stating she received a citizen call also <br />concerned 'with removing this brand. She stated she was indifferent to the comment <br />to add the city logo but did not want to see the waves removed, noting it was part of <br />the look and feel throughout the city. Councilinember Wagner stated she wasn't in <br />favor of spending any additional funds towards this plan until a dollar amount could <br />be ,obtained for the total cost of producing the signs. <br />Mayor Dietz asked if some of these changes be incorporated after receiving the bids. <br />Ms. Gardner thought they could but a true reflection of the cost of the signs <br />wouldn't be obtained. She indicated she would like to request bids in January 2016. <br />Councilmember Wagner stated she didn't think the Council would support another <br />redesign with the changes proposed this evening. <br />Mr. Flecker again expressed the need and desire to have a consistent signage in all of <br />our parks. He agreed with Councilmerriber Wagner regarding the Powered by Nature <br />branding that: It be used in the signage, especially with it already being used <br />throughout the city and in signature parks like Orono Park. <br />C'ouncili-netriber Burandt asked if the -vertical signs were more expensive than the <br />horizontal ones. <br />Councilmeniber Westgaard indicated the tall, vertical signs would likely be more <br />expensive due to the support requirements. He indicated this is a no-win situation <br />with too many people weighing in on their opinions without any sort of consensus. <br />He felt the council .needed to identify the elements to be included in each sign, and <br />to direct the steering committee members to determine the final sign design. <br />Ms. Gardner explained the committee members met and provided the first set of <br />design standards to Visual Communications and the council decided to scrap those <br />plans and use their own. <br />Councilmeniber Olsen stated he felt the consultants didn't understand the <br />community because they didn't drive through the city and look at different <br />landmarks or current signage. He requested to keep things simple and affordable, <br />and felt confused by the many iterations of the original design plan. <br />Councilmember Wagner stated she felt Visual Communications did do their due <br />diligence by getting to know the community when meeting with. staff 2 years ago to <br />provide what was a representation of it, and they were mimicking the fieldstone at <br />[P a I I R 1 8 Y <br />NATURE <br />N J, <br />