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CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
~„ CITY COMMISSION MEETING
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Improvements to City Welcome S' ns
SUBMITTED BY: Jim Hanso i M
DATE: February 6, 2006
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FEBRUARY 13, 2006
BACKGROUND: Mayor Wolfson recently requested that city staff consider making
improvements to the city's welcome signs specifically including
repainting and lighting. This report is to respond to that request.
Repainting; The city has a crew of painters on staff and the repainting and
cleaning of the existing welcome signs is already underway. While there
is a cost for the time and materials, it is relatively minor and will be
absorbed in the normal operating budgets.
Li tin ;None of the four welcome signs are presently lit. Brooks and
~* Limbaugh Electric, the city's annual electric contractor, has provided a
quote for the adding lighting each of these locations for a total of $6,000.
The estimated electric bills for the four lights are expected to cost $300
~"' per year.
Visibility and Looks of the Welcome Sign; Two of the four welcome signs
~" are easily visible in their present locations considering their size and the
speed of traffic. These include the ones in Town Center and at the
intersection of Atlantic Boulevard and Seminole Road. The other two on
'"'' Mayport Road and Atlantic Boulevard at Tideviews are in areas where
traffic speeds are much higher making the signs less noticeable. The sign
Atlantic Boulevard at Tideviews Park is also across several lanes of traffic
from incoming (eastbound) vehicles. The sign on Mayport Rd. is on the
left side of the road for incoming (southbound) vehicles. These factors
add together to make the signs less visible than may be desired.
Some suggestions for these signs should be considered. The first is to
move the existing sign from Atlantic Boulevard at Tideviews (33"x95") to
replace the sign on Mayport Road (33"x47"). This would increase the size
of the sign on Mayport Road and make room for a new and more visible
sign on Atlantic. The city could install a new sign that would be
' considerably larger and still be within the requirements of the city Code
which would allow for a sign up to 96"x 144".
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Another consideration would be the updating of the sign's appearance.
You may want the welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard to be somewhat
more elaborate than the smaller, wood routed signs that we have in other
locations. Pictures and diagrams of various options are be attached for
your consideration. Code section 17-32 outlines requirements for city
signs. Several of these more elaborate signs could meet the Code
specifications. Others would require a Code change. Pricing has not yet
been obtained on any of these because of the wide variety in styles and
types.
Mayport Road Location; The present sign on Mayport Road is on the left
hand side of the road and on property that is not owned by Atlantic Beach.
The property has been made available by Fleet Landing free of charge.
The better location for the Mayport Rd. sign would be in one of the new
medians when the Mayport median project is complete. One reason the
existing location does not look as good as might be desired is a lack of
irrigation on that property. The cost to extend water may be more than
reasonable if this is to be a temporary location.
BUDGET: Atlantic Beach has budgeted a net of $39,000 for a new welcome sign on
Atlantic Boulevard. While more is actually budgeted, there are also
revenues budgeted from Neptune Beach with the anticipation that they
would share in the cost under the original joint-sign concept. Using
preliminary estimates, there would be more than enough funds available to
buy a new welcome sign on Atlantic Boulevard, for the lighting of all four
signs and for other miscellaneous related improvements.
RECOMMENDATION: The Mayor and Commission should provide direction on the various
~. alternatives presented in this report for improvements to the city's
welcome signs.
ATTACHMENT: (1) Examples of othex sign types for consideration along Atlantic
Boulevard
(2) Code Section 17-32
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Sec. 17-32. Signs placed on public buildings and structures and within public parks.
~* All signs displayed within City of Atlantic Beach parks and upon the exterior of any public
building or structure shall conform with design of the "WELCOME TO ATLANTIC BEACH" signs
displayed on such properties as of the effective date of this chapter, or as such design may be later
modified by city commission. Such signs shall display the City of Atlantic Beach logo, as depicted in
Figure 1, and shall be similar in appearance with respect to color, lettering, composition, and materials
used for construction .Materials used shall be wood, high-density urethane, or similar material, which
may be given asandblasted-type finished surface. Public notice, parking and traffic signs shall be
"' exempt from this provision.
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