HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-08-28 Downtown Beautification Improvement Ad Hoc Committee Minutes AttachmentAugust 28, 2014
Downtown Beautification Improvement Committee
Project Recommendation Cost Estimate
Budget: $108,000 (estimated for budget cycle July 2015 through June 2017)
Project
Estimated Cost
Description
Comments
Historical Markers
$37,599 ($2500 per
Historic Commission has
marker)
identified 15+ locations
Note: At the August 21, 2014
meeting the committee voted to
allocate $11,000 towards this
project.
Tree Wells
$34,000 ($400 per tree
Permeable aggregate
Treatment reduces
— total of 95)
epoxy for 85 trees in
tripping hazard due to
the downtown core
exposed tree wells and
loose bricks
Moveable tables and Chairs on
$1,800 ($400 per table
Supplier is Zermob
It may not be possible to
Plaza
with two chairs total 4
use TOT funds for this
sets)
project
Artistic welcome signs
$24,000 ($8,000 per
ODOT rules may not
Public Art Commission
sign)
allow "artistic signs"
(RFP, AMC process)
at all three sites.
Hanging baskets on East Main
Existing poles are
shorter, than the Plaza
Option 1:
poles. Baskets would
Retrofit pedestrian scale lights on
$78,000 (does not
Retrofit 75 existing
hang lower (6-7 feet
East Main for hanging baskets
include irrigation)
lights
from sidewalk).
or...
Minimum clearance is 7
feet from sidewalk
Option 2:
$225,000 (does not
The Sternberg lights
(based on a 6' man
Replace existing lights to match
include irrigation)
on the Plaza are taller
carrying a small child on
Plaza lights
than the existing
shoulders!)
Gothic lights on East
Main. Sternbergs are
Baskets hang 8-9 feet
the City standard for
from sidewalk)
pedestrian scale
Possible solution:
lighting.
Replace 5-10 lights per
year over the next
several years
Repair downtown sidewalks
$125 per minor grind
Grind or replace
Depending on the
NOTE: $11,000 for this project
$1,000 to replace
tripping
was approved at the 7/3 1/14
sidewalk section and
hazard/irregularity
meeting
up to four panel(s)
Black Swan Fountain
N/A
N/A
OSF has asked the City
to remove the fountain
completely in order to
open up that space. The
Fountain is on city
property leased to OSF.
Add public restrooms between
N/A
N/A
Need to identify city -
Library and Plaza
owned land to
accommodate restrooms
Additional Parking
N/A
N/A
Defer to Downtown
Parking and Circulation
Committee/Stud