Entry Signage
February 12, 2024
Redondo Beach
City Council
Entryway Signage
City Council - February 12, 2024
Executive Summary
• FY 23-24 Strategic Plan Item
• Public Art Commission discussed the topic
on 11/29/23 and 1/24/24
• No specific recommendations were made
• In general, the Commission favored the commercially-produced monument-style signs currently installed (pictured above)
• Suggestions for new sign locations were offered by 2 commissioners • The Commission has also discussed commissioning “entryway” murals on 3 BNSF-owned overpasses and/or their supporting structures • There are no funds currently allocated to this project Marine Ave. & Inglewood Ave.
Location Suggestions from Commissioner Sharma (CD5)
Inglewood Ave. & Manhattan Beach Blvd.
405 Freeway Entry/Exits
Camino Real & Knob Hill Avenue
Location Suggestions from Commissioner Lapin (CD1)
Torrance Blvd. & Prospect Ave.
Existing Poles
Torrance Blvd. near Lucia Ave. & Juanita Ave. (heading west) Torrance Blvd. east of Prospect Ave. PCH west of Prospect Ave.
PCH Median west of Prospect Ave.
Pacific Coast Highway & Prospect Ave.
Train Overpasses
Over the past year, the Public Art Commission has frequently discussed using three train overpasses and/or their supporting structures for public art murals. These overpasses are owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF). Only the Grant Ave. location is in the City limits.
• Artesia Blvd. east of Inglewood Ave.
• Grant Ave. east of Inglewood Ave.
• 190th St. east of Inglewood Ave.
Artesia Blvd. east of Inglewood
looking west
Grant Ave. east of Inglewood looking west
Just north of 190th St.
looking SW on Hawthorne Blvd.
Recommendation
• Provide direction on whether (and where) to plan for additional entry way signage at City points of interest
• If new entry points are identified by Council, future capital budget recommendations will be made as funding permits
• If the preference is to commission new public art works as entryway signage, it is recommended that the specific project locations wait until new resources are available in the John Parsons Public Art Fund