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Committee hears report on damaged school sign; design firm asked to revise sign to avoid storm damage
Summary
Staff reported that a brick element of the campus sign intrudes into a roadway 'sway' area and could be undermined by heavy rain; staff said they have asked the sign design company to reduce dimensions and adjust brickwork, and will return with a revised design. No formal vote was recorded in the provided transcript excerpts.
Staff described a problem with the district’s campus sign where the brickwork for the sign “sticks into that sway,” creating a potential stability issue if heavy rains undermine the base.
Doctor McIntyre said the brick element "actually sticks into that sway. So right now, the sway will drop," and expressed concern that heavy rains could undermine the grid work beneath the sign. "If we get heavy rains, that is going to undermine that grid work," Doctor McIntyre said.
Doctor McIntyre said the district has measured the required setback and has been trying to reach the design company. "I have been attempting for a couple of weeks now to get the design company to answer my call and they have it. So may now that I have the responsibility of that sign, we are putting it back up to that company and another 1. And I'm asking I'm giving them the dimensions of the area that it has and ask them to come up with a design," Doctor McIntyre said, adding the revised design will be similar to the existing sign but slightly smaller and with a brick flare to avoid leakage where the sway is.
Staff framed the work as a design revision to ensure the sign meets setback and durability requirements; they said the sign will be brought back to the district once the design company proposes a revised plan. ‘‘We just gotta shrink it down and not by much. We may be able to design it a little bit more of a flare, in brick so that there isn't that leak on that backside where that sway is,’’ Doctor McIntyre said.
The transcript excerpts do not show a motion or a vote authorizing construction or repair work; they record staff description of the safety/stability concern and a plan to obtain a revised design from the vendor.
Staff noted the aesthetics concern if the sign were moved toward the middle of the space: "If it was just close to the middle, the sign wouldn't look good, but if it'll be hanging apart," one staff member said, indicating trade-offs between setback and appearance.
The district intends to return to the committee with the design proposal from the sign company for further consideration.
