Friendswood DEDC approves $3,779.70 to finish downtown street signs; discusses $15,674.80 wayfinding signs
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Summary
The Friendswood Downtown Economic Development Corporation voted to spend $3,779.70 to complete downtown street signage and recommended the expenditure to City Council; members also discussed but did not approve a $15,674.80 turnkey wayfinding/gateway sign package and asked staff for follow-up work on double-faced signs and landscaping impacts.
The Friendswood Downtown Economic Development Corporation on Tuesday approved a $3,779.70 payment to Road Safe Traffic Systems to complete the district street-sign inventory and recommended the expenditure to City Council. The board voted 4–0 to forward the purchase for council approval and directed staff to proceed after council action.
The expenditure, presented by Steven, city staff, will complete powder-coated downtown street signs and match the mast arms placed by TxDOT. Steven told the board the vendor is on BuyBoard, a cooperative of vetted suppliers, and that fabrication and installation should take “within 4 to 6 weeks” after council approval. He said the $3,779.70 figure “will complete the project” and that the work aligns with the downtown improvement plan sign package.
Board members then discussed a separate turnkey proposal from Bay Area Signs and Electrical LLC to fabricate and install four median wayfinding/gateway signs at a total cost of $15,674.80. Steven said the package would replace existing median signs and add two bookend signs; the proposed signs would retain wayfinding items such as a Rotary Pavilion reference. No formal vote on the Bay Area Signs contract was recorded.
Several board members asked staff to ask the vendor about double-faced (two-directional) signs and to evaluate whether landscaping in medians would need removal or modification to support two-sided signage. Ron (board member) urged staff to “ask that question” about two-sided signs; other members said they preferred to get mockups and a site map before moving forward. Steven said staff will return with options and pricing and, if the board prefers, present mockups at a workshop or the next meeting.
Formal action: the board approved funding to complete the street-sign inventory and recommended council approval of that expenditure; the Bay Area Signs proposal was discussed but not adopted. Next steps directed to staff include returning with site maps, vendor quotes for double-faced signs where appropriate, and any added landscaping costs that would affect the turnkey price.