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Commission approves locations and prefers blue design for watershed signs; county coordination needed for some roads
Summary
Commission reviewed watershed maps and tentatively approved sign locations across Deer Creek, River des Peres and Gravois Creek watersheds, preferred a blue top-left design for visibility, and noted county permission is required for signs on county roads.
The Webster Groves Sustainability Commission reviewed proposed watershed sign locations and discussed naming, design and coordination with county public works.
Committee members showed a map of proposed locations and explained that red stars mark candidate sites where Webster Groves roads cross watershed boundaries. "These are the obvious choices for placing them," a member said, and the commission agreed the Deer Creek, River des Peres and Gravois Creek designations should be shown on customized signs.
Why it matters: The signage is intended to educate drivers and park users about watershed boundaries and local water-quality concerns, and it will be one of the commission’s principal funded items this year. The treasurer reported most of the commission's recent spending has gone toward sign production; $93 has been spent so far from a $4,950 budgeted amount.
Public works reviewed the approximate locations and reported no concerns, but the commission acknowledged two exceptions — Big Bend and McPhee Station — which are county roads and require county approval before signs can be installed. Members debated whether the signs should use uppercase or lowercase lettering and whether to use blue or gray for the river depiction; the group favored a blue upper-left design for visibility and cohesion with nearby municipalities that use similar colors.
Commission members also discussed smaller interpretive signs for trailheads and bridges where a QR code linking to background materials would be appropriate; they agreed larger road-facing signs should avoid QR codes (safety/distraction concerns). The sign shop will prepare final layouts and a short set of mock-ups for the commission to approve before production.
