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Minutes
Public Art Commission
Special Meeting
February 8, 2016
Attendance
Commissioners: Garrington, Merchant, Newman, Friend, Reinhardt, Seltzer (staff),
Absent:
Bussell, Lemhouse (council liaison)
Guests
Eric Warren
Review of Public Input
PAC discussed the First Friday event and commented that they lost track of the number of
attendees after counting 167. Of the attendees, 78 provided their written comments.
Newman reported that a professional typographer made a comment about the lower case ‘a’
being larger than the upper case ‘L’. Warren commented that he is also a professional
typographer and used a format to determine the size of the letters. The letters A and D at the
beginning of the word are large then working across the line the pattern is big, little, big,
little, big, little big. If the small ‘a’ is made smaller it will be out of sync with the patterns and
look odd.
Another comment asked about securing the letters to the pedestal. Warren explained they
will be bolted on and it will be very difficult for someone to remove them. Another comment
asked about lighting the signs. Lighting is not in the budget for this project, though the
Council could allocate additional funds if it chooses.
The committee discussed the form and shape of the pedestal and agree that the curved form is
the most appealing and interesting. In addition they asked Warren to add a mountain
silhouette to the top of the Exit 14 sign.
He also explained that three sheets of steel will be used to form the base and the mountains
with about 6” of space between which will create the depth to the sign. The steel will look
textured but be smooth and will be coated with anti-graffiti clear coat.
The group discussed the color of the steel for the mountains. Warren explained that he wants
the mountains to be a lighter shade of the same color as the pedestal base to create a contrast
but won’t know how much lighter until he works with the steel during fabrication.
Motion by Friend: Move to recommend to the City Council entry signs with the curved
pedestal base with the three-layer mountain silhouette on the north and south entrance and a
single layer silhouette on the Exit 14 sign. Seconded by Merchant.
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The PAC voted unanimously in favor of the motion.
There was a brief discussion about the presentation to Council. Seltzer will prepare the staff
report/council communication, Garrington will provide a brief oral presentation describing
the process and Warren will present the proposed signs and describe his process.
Meeting with the Mayor
Seltzer confirmed meeting dates for PAC members with the Mayor.
Garrington, Friend, Newman on Thursday, February 18 at 10:00
Bussell, Merchant, Reinhardt on Wednesday, February 24 at 11:00 am
Meeting will be in the law library at City Hall.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
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