BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Receive an Update on Valley Water Signage and Related Cost.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Receive an update on Valley Water signage efforts, including information about the signage consultant, signage inventory, campus signage strategy, and pilot signage progress related to project legacy signs and creek markers.
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SUMMARY:
Since the last signage update to the Board of Directors on May 28, 2019, staff has secured a new signage consultant who will collaborate with us to update the signage guidelines. Staff has developed and begun implementing a campus signage strategy to update Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) signs. Staff continues to work together to address the signage needs of Valley Water which include an update on our signage inventory, project legacy signs and creek marker progress.
Signage Consultant
Valley Water's signage working group has begun engaging with Hunt Design, a nationally recognized graphic design consulting firm specializing in wayfinding design, signage systems, and exhibition design for public spaces, parks, museums, and attractions. Their notable projects include Golden Gate National Recreational Area, National Mall and Memorial Parks, Orange County Parks, San Diego Zoo, Disneyland, and Los Angeles International Airport. Hunt Design will offer their expertise to help staff deliver a rebranded cohesive design guideline for signage, provide specifications and technical drawings that will improve Valley Water signage efforts.
Signage Inventory
Valley Water continues its partnership with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) to inventory existing Valley Water's signs throughout Santa Clara County. In October 2019, SVBC piloted the signage scavenger hunt with their membership and identified more than 1,500 Valley Water signs in two weeks. Staff and SVBC are using the feedback from the pilot scavenger hunt to develop the full scavenger hunt, open to the general ...
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