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From: Margaret Maliszewski
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 3:22 PM
To: 'Ed Brown'
Subject: Pantops Shopping Center sign - information needed for ARB review
Attachments: EMS draft criteria checklist.doc
Ed,
Thanks for your sign application for the Pantops Shopping Center freestanding sign.There are some items missing from
the submittal that are needed to complete the review for the ARB. Please submit these items so that ARB review of the
application can proceed:
1. Please provide a digital version of the sign drawings and attachments so that we can provide copies to the ARB
members.
2. The "refacing" box is checked on the application. Please provide some detail to clarify how the proposal is a
refacing.The sign looks like a new sign.
3. Please indicate on the drawing the proposed material for the sign base. If brick is proposed, indicate the
manufacturer name and color name/number. (If we do not have a sample on file, we will let you know that a
sample will need to be submitted.)
4. 3 Pantone colors are identified, including a shade of green for the mountain graphic and an alternate shade of
green for the "Shopping Center" letters.The third Pantone color is a very dark blue, but no dark blue is visible on
the sign drawing. "Pantops" and all tenant panel letters appear to be black. Please clarify the use of dark blue
and black on the sign drawing.
5. Please confirm that the top panel and all tenant panels have opaque aluminum backgrounds.
6. The sign drawing shows an external light fixture located between the electronic message board and the tenant
panels.The photosimulation shows the fixture near the bottom of the brick sign base. Please indicate which
location is correct and revise the drawings accordingly. Indicate what the light fixture will be illuminating.
7. Light fixture cut sheets were submitted; however, a variety of options are outlined in the cut sheets and specific
options have not been chosen. Please indicate on the cut sheets and/or on the sign drawing the light fixture
options that are proposed.Also clearly indicate the total number of lumens emitted by the fixture.
8. Entrance Corridor sign guidelines require landscaping at the base of freestanding signs ("ground cover, shrubs
and/or trees must be used to integrate freestanding signs into the overall landscape development of the site").
Provide a landscaping plan to meet this guideline.
9. A stapled set of 3 cut sheets was submitted for the electronic message display.The third sheet of the set is not
legible. Please submit a legible copy.
10. The proposed electronic message display will be reviewed against the Draft Design Criteria for Electronic
Message Signs (attached)that were drafted by the ARB on 2-17-2015. Only a few of these criteria are clearly
addressed in the current submittal. Please provide additional information to address all of the criteria. (We
realize that some of these may be addressed with the completion of#9.) Feel free to add to the right-hand
column of the criteria table (attached)to outline your proposal.
Thanks for your assistance.
Margaret
Margaret Maliszewski, Chief of Planning/Resource Management
Albemarle County Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
1
Charlottesville,VA 22902
434-296-5832 x3276
mmaliszewski@albemarle.org
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Margaret Maliszewski
From: Ed Brown <ed@frontrunnersigns.com>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 5:09 PM
To: Margaret Maliszewski
Subject: RE: Pantops Shopping Center sign - information needed for ARB review
Attachments: Pantops Font and Color Options.pdf; pantops-shopping-center quote.pdf; SC Duration
for enforced slide duration.pdf; Design and Tech Specs for EMS at Pantops Shopping
Center.docx
Hi Margaret,
Attached are my updated additions to the documents we have already submitted.
1) Attached is a screen shot of the Sign Command software that shows where the manufacturer can set
preselected parameters that cannot be overridden by the end user, specifically duration of the slide, specified
minimum of 15 seconds per slide (See SC Duration for enforced slide duration.pdf).
2) Attached are the Color and Font options for the sign.The font Myriad Pro matches the lettering on the rest of
the sign and the others are fairly basic, san-serif fonts. (See Pantop Font and Color Options.pdf)The
3) I will drop off a sample of the Poly Armor tomorrow (May 15`) morning.
4) Attached is a modified Design/Technical Specs file to accompany the drawings. I also have a pdf attached
(pantops-shopping-center-quote.pdf) that has quite a bit of this information as well, however, not quite as
organized.
Please let me know if you have any questions or problems with the attachments or if you need any additional
information.
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From: Ed Brown [mailto:ed@frontrunnersigns.com]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2018 8:39 AM
To: 'Margaret Maliszewski'
Subject: RE: Pantops Shopping Center sign - information needed for ARB review
Hi Margaret,
Thanks for the follow up. I will have the updated information to you later on today.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Ed.
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Additional Information Requested for ARB Review of the Pantops Shopping Center Sign
1. Please provide a digital version of the sign drawings and attachments so that we can provide
copies to the ARB members. See All Attached
2. The"refacing" box is checked on the application. Please provide some detail to clarify how the
proposal is a refacing.The sign looks like a new sign. We are trying to use the same
structure/footprint for this project.The existing posts will be used for the structure and covered
with aluminum sleeves.
3. Please indicate on the drawing the proposed material for the sign base. If brick is proposed,
indicate the manufacturer name and color name/number. (If we do not have a sample on file,
we will let you know that a sample will need to be submitted.) We are using a Poly Armor
material to create a faux brick base to match the Farmington Brick from Skyline Brick. See
Attachments for PolyArmor Specs. If needed,we have a sample in process for submittal.
4. 3 Pantone colors are identified, including a shade of green for the mountain graphic and an
alternate shade of green for the "Shopping Center" letters.The third Pantone color is a very
dark blue, but no dark blue is visible on the sign drawing. "Pantops" and all tenant panel letters
appear to be black. Please clarify the use of dark blue and black on the sign drawing.The color
of the PANTOPS letters as well as the tenant names is the dark blue pantone 532, it is very close
to black.
5. Please confirm that the top panel and all tenant panels have opaque aluminum backgrounds.
Yes, the top panels and tenant panels will all be opaque aluminum backgrounds with clear push
through acrylic letters.
6. The sign drawing shows an external light fixture located between the electronic message board
and the tenant panels.The photosimulation shows the fixture near the bottom of the brick sign
base. Please indicate which location is correct and revise the drawings accordingly. Indicate
what the light fixture will be illuminating.This has been corrected on the new documents.The
fixture will be above the Message board.
7. Light fixture cut sheets were submitted; however, a variety of options are outlined in the cut
sheets and specific options have not been chosen. Please indicate on the cut sheets and/or on
the sign drawing the light fixture options that are proposed.Also clearly indicate the total
number of lumens emitted by the fixture. Please see additional attached information sent to
Margaret Maliszewski.Total Lumens emitted for LED Standard Output would be 2050 lumens
per fixture.
8. Entrance Corridor sign guidelines require landscaping at the base of freestanding signs("ground
cover, shrubs and/or trees must be used to integrate freestanding signs into the overall
landscape development of the site"). Provide a landscaping plan to meet this guideline. Please
see additional attached information sent to Margaret Maliszewski.
9. A stapled set of 3 cut sheets was submitted for the electronic message display.The third sheet
of the set is not legible. Please submit a legible copy. Please see additional attached information
sent to Margaret Maliszewski. Polaris 10mm 96x160 Single Sided Full Color LED Display.This is
the same information, reformatted for easier reading.
10. The proposed electronic message display will be reviewed against the Draft Design Criteria for
Electronic Message Signs (attached)that were drafted by the ARB on 2-17-2015. Only a few of
these criteria are clearly addressed in the current submittal. Please provide additional
information to address all of the criteria. (We realize that some of these may be addressed with
the completion of#9.) Feel free to add to the right-hand column of the criteria table (attached)
to outline your proposal. Additional information has been added to the attached Draft Design
Criteria for Electronic Message Signs file