Finance Committee - 4/4/2018 Page 14
Alderman Klee
They look gorgeous. The one complaint that | get most from people that come downtown is that they don’t see
the parking signs of where it is. And | see that you’ve got this large Nashua with a big “P” on it, so are those
going to be replacing the current parking signs that we have in the downtown area?
Mr. Vayo
Yes the sign family breaks down a couple different way and exists physically in downtown in a way that the
signs don't exist today. We see the Gateway signs if you get off at any of the highways exits you see the Great
American Downtown sign, those will get replaced and they will have this motif of artwork. But as you make
your way into downtown there will be additional signs to point you to additional parking resources, the blue “P”
being an example. And there is something called the trailblazer too, so if there’s a long distance, say you are
on the Broad Street Parkway and you get off on Exit 6, you see a “Welcome to Downtown Nashua” sign and
then say you are a mile down the Broad Street Parkway and you are feeling like maybe you are on the wrong
road, there is a sign that is there that says “continue forward”. And so it’s really meant and designed by
Greenman Pedersen to meet standards of roadway identification until you get to the garage. So | think in this
specific package if you look at Exhibit B, there’s a quantity of roadway parking trailblazer signs so those will be
located throughout the downtown area to help people find the many parking resources that we have in
downtown.
Alderman Klee
Thank you.
Alderman Laws
| like them too, | think they are great. | am just wondering are you getting all of the signs that you can
anticipate wanting in the near future, because it would be a shame if you invest all this money up front and
then a couple months or years from now you’re like “oh man | should have done that”.
Mr. Vayo
That’s a great point. From the get-go with this design package there was an anticipation of potentially
reconfiguration of roads in the future or destinations that might arise that don’t exist today. This design
package is not a full suite of signs. It is Phase 1 of signs with the anticipation that a Phase II of signs will be
rolled out at a later date once there are some definitive answers about where things are going. Those signs
have been designed and so what we are actually doing the opposite where we are withholding purchasing
signs until we know definitively where we are going with certain roadway configurations in the future.
Alderman Laws
Thank you.
Mayor Donchess
| don’t see anyone’s hand up. All those in favor of the motion?
MOTION CARRIED
