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159 Design change - Downtown Improvement Project City Manager Fales referred to his report of October 2, 1975 re- garding a proposed design change in the Downtown Improvement Project and attaching report of the Director of Public Works dated I October 1 Mr Fales advised that the proposed change is of minor cost but is aesthetically and historically significant, involving the use of blue tiles to denote the site of Redwood Creek, dolphin posts to suggest the historic wharf, ornamental street signs with nautical designs to suggest further the history of the City in that area, and a plaque describing it Mr Fales and Director of Public Works Pusich referred to posted sketches of the proposed design change and advised that the Down- town Action Committee and the Civic Cultural Commission have approved the design Discussion followed and Council members commented favorably on the proposed design change and on the many other attractive details which have been prompted by enthusiasm for the Project Ken Aldrich, 1159 - 17th Avenue, suggested that the dolphin posts be set on a slightly raised platform with rounded corners for safety Mr Pusich advised that staff is now discussing the matter and is trying to anticipate and solve any problems that might arise MOTION Councilman Norris moved, seconded by Councilman Barrett, to approve the design change in the Downtown Improvement Project for the driveways off Broadway to the public parking lots as de- ' scribed in the report of the City Manager of October 2, 1975 and that of the Director of Public Works of October 1 Tony Goodsite, Chamber of Commerce, asked whether the blue tiles could not be used to cross Broadway as well as in the driveways crossing the sidewalk Mr Pusich explained that the Civic Cultural Commission believed the appearance of so many blue tiles would be too heavy, and the Public Works Department was concerned that drivers and pedestrians might be confused about the purpose of the use of color on the street itself The motion carried unanimously by voice vote (MINUTE ORDER NO 75-198) Design review of Hamilton Street cul de sac City Manager Fales observed that on September 22, 1975 Council approved a design change in the Downtown Improvement Project to make Hamilton Street a cul de sac and that the item relating to that action on the October 6 Agenda was for the purpose of dis- playing drawings of the details of the design for that street Director of Public Works Pusich referred to posted drawings of the Hamilton Street cul de sac and commented on details of the project, 1 noting that adjacent merchants approve the design In response to question regarding the ability of streetsweepers to function properly on Hamilton Street, Mr Pusich advised that some small amount of handsweeping is expected in certain areas of the project -5- Reg Mtg 10/6/75