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Discussion of issues relating to the design of and wording on the new electronic marquee message signs.
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As discussed at the June 26, 2017 Council Workshop on the FY 2017-2018 Budget, the need to replace several electronic marque signs as well as a proposal to add additional ones was explained. The adopted FY 2017-2018 Budget includes funding for the four (4) electronic signs listed below and an additional sign proposed to be purchased for the Animal Shelter out of the 2015 Certificates of Obligation for that project. The following signs are being proposed:
As indicated above, the new signs for the Battleground Golf Course, Community Center, Theater & Court BLDG, and Library are replacements. As discussed in the workshop last June, there are a number of reasons that these signs need to be replace, including:
? Parts are no longer being manufactured for our LED signs and the only way to fix them is for our vendor to find a scrap sign and salvage parts off of it
? The software used by our signs is obsolete which makes it difficult to use. Many times it does not work properly and no support is available.
? Signs were installed at different times and require different parts and software to run
? Service requests are expensive and may not fix the problem
? Wireless connectivity modules are old and dry rotting
? Wiring has been chewed by pest
? No communication options to emergency alerting
? No consistency across LED colors, some are red others amber
? No consistency across logos, some are older than others
? Open bases on all signs allow pest to seek haven
Regarding the proposed sign at the Battleground Golf Couse, at the February 7, 2018 Golf Course Committee meeting the committee discussed the design of and wording on the new electronic marquee message sign for the Battleground Golf Course. Touchstone Golf representatives have requested that "WEDDINGS & EVENT CENTER" verbiage be added to the face of the sign as shown on the attached concep...
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