On January 31st I attended a meeting with a number of other people who had a variety of interests in and around King Harbor. The purpose of the meeting was to expose us to preliminary work on a new set of signs that will appear throughout the city.
I say the purpose was to expose us rather than to solicit advice because at the end of the meeting, I had the distinct impression that little or nothing we suggested would be incorporated in the final design and implementation phases of the project. I hope I'm wrong.
The group was nearly unanimous in its choice of a design that was apparently displayed only as a contrast to the design that seemed like it was selected and approved before our "opinions" were solicited. It's also unclear to what extent this will cause a dilemma for city staff. I'm hoping their energy will go into implementing the ideas we offered rather than coming up with an excuse to do what they were going to do anyway. We shall see.
At any rate, there should be some new signs to direct people to the pier and harbor, as well as Riviera Village. The projected completion date is supposed to be this summer. That seems a little over ambition for a city project but maybe I'll be wrong about that too.
