Item 7 - Street Name Sign ProgramV
AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF POWAY
TO: Honorable: Mayor, and Members of the City- Council
FRCM- James. L. Bowersox,,City
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INITIATED BY: John D.. Fitch,, Assistant City, Manager
Alm, Archibald.. Director, of Public- SE;r�ices'
DATE Or March 25, 1986
SUBJECT: Street Name Sign Program
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It is recamiended that the: City Council advise staff regarding the street name:
sign program.
BALEMM
Last year the City Council. requested that staff begin a progran tostandardize
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the appearance of streetname signs in t . op the: FY 85
capital inprovenent budget provides the first $20,:000; of what was, anticipated to
be a $100,X00 five-year program- to replace all of the existing street, name-,
signs,..,
Since preparation, of the budget, at least one of the, City Council mwbers, has
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indicated that only nic intersections should joe replac the street- at ed
Another CouncibTember has indicated that, in addition. to replacing the signe at
majprintersections,, sane of'the: older style: street signs should be replaced..
Staff is requesting direction on this matter regarding two issues:. the scope of
the; replacement program, and the type and color of the replacement signa. A
choice of at least two signs will be presented at the -meeting for,the C,lt_%Vr
Council. to choose from.
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T11,ere are 1200signs located along the major streets in pay at other! than,
k signalized intersections.. If these signs are replaced:, it is estimated that at
least 50 percent of the poles will also. have to be replaced. The replacement
cost. is based. upon the style of the: sign. the: City Council chooses. usedupon
the: two: street sign examples the replacement cost would, range:, from $12,000: to,
$18,,,000• if half of the poles: had to be replaced..
If all of the estimated 72.4'street name signs in the City, were replaced, it is,
estimated that it would cost between $71,000: and $120,,000.
Staff does. not. have. a specific count of the old type signs:,; but is conducting a. `
survey to determine what the cost would be if only these old signs were
replaced'.,
It is: reamu ended that the: City Council select the: type and style of street. name;
sign tobe used in the replacement program; and: that. they instruct staff `
regarding the scope of the replacement program.
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