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C. ENTRY FEATURES PROGRAM REPORT: Planning Commission Report and Recommendations: 1) Two Redwood City signs recommended for approval as shown by the consultant with the new supports; 2) Directional signs, the original design for the entry monument, and the BroadwaYIJefferson signs with banners, recommended for approval; 3) "Concept B" for the Hamilton Street area recommended for approval; Planning Director Patterson asked for Council approval of the above recommendations, described the four public workshops held in June, August, September and November of 1992, and advised the goal of the entry features program was to provide identifiable and memorable entries into the downtown. Director Patterson thanked the consultants and other people who worked so hard on this project. Terry Bottomley, with Freedman, Tung, Bottomley and Associates, used slides to show Concept A and Concept B improvements for Hamilton Street to tie Sequoia Station to downtown; and to show the proposed archway signs with updated poles with the original slogan IIClimate best by government testll, directional signs, signs with banners, and monuments designed as entry features to the Redwood City downtown. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mayor Buchan declared a recess at 9:05 p.m. Mayor Buchan called the meeting to order at 9:15 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Rolandelli, Chairperson of the Historical Resources Advisory, advised that he and the Sign of our Times Committee supported the installation of two replications of the original archway sign to recapture Redwood City's historical past. Dr. Jeff Filippi, Middlefield Road, Sign of our Times Committee, urged the Council to approve the installation of two archway signs with the original truss design and poles as described in his original presentation of November 4, 1991. Dr. Filippi distributed additional letters of support for the archways with the original poles. Tom Gilman, Chairman of the Architectural Review Committee, spoke in support of the proposed monument without a clock, Hamilton Street Concept B, the gateway location of an updated archway sign, and expressed his excitement for the entry feature program. Jean Cloud, Edgewood Road, spoke in favor of the installation of a replication of the original sign. Adjourned Regular Meeting Minutes January 18, 1993 Page 5 MINUTE BOOK NO. 51 Page No. 297 - .-.'" "T.. _.. .-