The RBNA Board would like to submit an application to the City of Tucson to install Neighborhood Identification signs for our neighborhood. We would like your support and ask for your feedback.
Email RBNA@RillitoBendNA.org.
Our neighborhood used to be identified as “Prince Tucson” and then we adopted the name “RillitoBend” that better reflects our unique character and location at the bend in the Rillito River.
Consequently, we are applying to the City’s “Neighborhood Identification Signs” program to identify our neighborhood at the neighborhood entry points. As part of our application, we proposing to use our logo which has several features described below:
The RBNA logo represents the physical location of our neighborhood. Simplified shapes describe the Rillito (blue), neighborhood (brown), Rio Vista Natural Resource Park (green) and sunlight (yellow). Contrasting colors – cool vs. warm – accentuate each other. The creation of the logo was a collaboration between Stephen Brigham (RBNA president and architect) and Malice Keller (graphic designer). (https://rillitobendna.org/who-we-are/)
The proposed signs are only for the intersections of streets entering our neighborhood – not every street sign in the neighborhood. We are suggesting the following four major neighborhood entrance intersections:
- Country Club and Prince Road – a major entrance to the neighborhood and to the Tucson Racquet & Fitness Center
- Prince Road and Cactus Boulevard – with the glorious RillitoBend Mural by Sue Ann Breems which already serves as a bicycle path gateway to the neighborhood and to the Pima County Loop.
- Prince Road and Tucson Boulevard – a signalized intersection that also serves as the entrance to our Rio Vista Natural Resource Park in addition to another bicycle path connection to the Loop.
- Campbell Avenue and Allen Road – this signalized intersection is the entrance to our major clinical facility in the neighborhood, the Banner University Medical Center North Campus, which includes the UA Cancer Center and the Ronald McDonald House.
The neighborhood is responsible for getting the signs fabricated in accordance with the City’s standards:
- Each sign must be no larger than 12” high by 24” wide
- Each sign location requires 2 back-to-back signs
- The installation must be done by the City and costs $50/sign = $100/location
- The signs are the Neighborhood’s property, so any damage or replacement is the Neighborhood’s responsibility.
- We have a proposal for fabricating the signs with a local company that is experienced with these signs. They would charge us $95 for each sign, so the cost of obtaining ID signs at the four locations would be:
- $400 for the City’s installation
- $800 for the sign fabrication
- $1,200 for the entire project (not including future replacement costs as needed)
We would appreciate your feedback on this proposal.
AN ILLUSTRATION OF A TYPICAL ID SIGN:
Figure 1- Sample RillitoBend Neighborhood ID Sign at Cactus and Prince
More information on the City’s Neighborhood Identification Signs Program and “Neighborhood Identification Signs” (NIS) Brochure which describes the process and requirements can be found HERE