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City Council Meeting Minutes July 5, 2017 Page 9 of 18 Council member Loo addressed width of letters and background contrast and commented skinny font did not work, was not readable. Council member Keany noted font make a big difference in readability. If this was going to be the standard, he wanted it done right the first time He did not find the tower on the sign appealing and the street name on the bottom was illegible and there was no need for it. Larger, thicker font was what he suggested Council member Maloney agreed the mock up was too hard to read. He wondered if the sign could just say Louisville Council member Loo noticed traveling through other towns, the standard green signs were effective and 'readable She suggested dropping back to something that works and has for decades Council member Stolzmann suggested giving staff direction to re -design to a simpler sign with bigger letters and bring it back to Council Mayor Muckle liked the tower and wanted the sign more legible He asked if Council had an option they would like staff to work on in addition to bringing back a re -design of the sign Mayor Muckle moved Council approve Option 4 for the wayfinding with the understanding the sign design will be brought back to Council for final approval Council member Loo seconded Council member Stolzmann asked if more funds were going to be needed Director Zuccaro said more funds would be needed to work with the design or fabricating teams. Council member Stolzmann said she would rather eliminate scope of project than increase budget Mayor Pro Tem Lipton agreed on eliminating the road name at the bottom of the sign which could save money. He asked to add that as a friendly amendment to the motion Mayor Muckle agreed and noted the scope could be reduced by a sign to fund Option 4. Debbie Fahey, 1118 W Enclave Circle agreed the mockup sign was unreadable and noted coming off of US36 the sign needed to be farther to north Restated the Motion included. approve Option 4, bnng back the sign re -design for Council approval, eliminate the street name at the bottom of the sign, reduce scope by one sign Vote All in favor