Planning Commission Minutes 2016 02 11

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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes February 11, 2016 Page 15 of 18 • What is the character you are seeking in signs? They will basically symbolize your city. This is not a re -branding effort. This is keeping the same logo the City has had for several years. This is trying to unify some of the signs we have throughout the town. • My estimate is that, including traffic signs and different styles of signs, the City of Louisville has 15 different sign types. It has been a grassroots effort up to this point. • At the meetings, the facilitator brought forward sign types from other communities so attendees could choose sign size, design, placement, styles, materials, and typology. • People put dots on the signs that they liked or didn't like. The City encouraged children at the summer programs to submit ideas. • Arthouse Design took the community input and came up with three design families. These three design families were presented at public meetings, on the City website, and displayed in City Hall. Dots were placed on sign families. Red for no, green for yes. • Arthouse Design took the community input from the three families and came up with one sign family. o Made from reclaimed materials o Lamps give nod to mining past o Low wattage to prevent light pollution o Ties in with the underpass design o Design pays homage to past while looking towards the future o A stacked -stone base was requested as an option by the public but it adds cost • District identifiers were recommended so visitors can associate where they are or reference where they would like to go. • Wayfinding itself tries to get you from Point A to Point B as seamlessly and safely as possible. Many times, you are in a vehicle so signs can't be too specific with wording. • Proposed districts reflecting areas the City of Louisville already uses as identifiers. • Staff wanted to keep the mining heritage components. o North Louisville o Centennial Valley o Downtown o Monarch o CTC • The proposed Citywide Wayfinding Sign Plan would create a unified sign plan for the City of Louisville. • Once endorsed, Arthouse Design will finalize sign plan with: o Location map for sign placement o Fabrication details for sign construction • Fabrication budget was taken out for 2016, so fabrication will most likely happen in 2017. Commission Questions of Staff.- Tengler says I am confused on the value of the district seals. I get the notion that you want to point people into districts, but if you are not familiar with the boundaries of those, how valuable are they for a nonresident of Louisville? McCartney says we had that discussion at one of the meetings. Will there be signs put into my neighborhood? I don't want my neighbors to start fighting because I'm in Centennial Valley neighborhood instead of the North Louisville neighborhood. Staff said that there would not be any symbologies outside of the primary corridors. We hear from the hotels that they want maps to give customers to help get them from Point A to Point B. How do you get to Downtown? This is more of a marketing tool. They might even be color coded as displayed on the slide. There would be color coded street signs that will react to the District you live in. For the visitor, here is a sign and here is something to get you to that location. Follow the signs. Tengler says I like the symbology but I wonder if the colors are too discrete. You may not know if it is dark green or dark blue.