To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Rick Tooker, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Michael Walker, Senior Planner
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Historic District Signage Program
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Receive a report on the Historic District Signage design theme and provide direction to staff to be incorporated into a resolution for future consideration.
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DISCUSSION:
BACKGROUND
Based on a series of recommendations from the Cultural Heritage Commission ("Commission"), over the past several years, for the City to establish a program for signage to identify and promote the City's historic districts, City staff has been working on a draft Historic District Identification Signage Program. The work has included hiring a design consultant and working closely with an Advisory Committee (consisting of Commissioners Van Giesen and Shotwell). City staff has presented iterations of the draft Signage Program to, and received valuable input from, the full Commission on several occasions; and, most recently, on January 12, 2017, the Commission unanimously recommended that the City Council implement the Historic District Signage Program.
This informational Historic District Signage Program would help to provide awareness and promotion of Napa's rich history. In this context, signage informing people of Napa's history would also help to implement adopted General Plan policies which encourage strengthening the economic vitality of the community, including in the downtown, providing a harmonious and compatible relationship between historical structures and new development, and fostering civic pride in the beauty and character of the city.
After reviewing various options for potential signage approaches, including street "sign topper" options, the Commission identified its members to serve as an Advisory Committee to guide staff's work on the project. In October of 2015, staff presented a report to the Commission regarding the work con...
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