{"id":39840,"date":"2014-03-03T07:57:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T13:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=39840"},"modified":"2014-03-03T17:49:39","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T23:49:39","slug":"water-tower-painting-poll-what-do-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=39840","title":{"rendered":"City Water Tower To Be White or Light Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jamestown (CSi) – The City Council of Jamestown has decided to amend its previous motion, and not take the $25,000 alternate previously approved that included a logo.\u00a0 The water tower will be painted one color, either white or light blue. with no lettering, leaving open\u00a0future lettering or logos if some group steps forward.\u00a0 A one color paint job is included in the base bid and will result in a savings of approximately $25,000 with the change order.\u00a0 With the final City action, the poll is now closed.\u00a0\u00a0 This was option 1 in the poll, however, there will not be any lettering, and the color might have sllight hue.<\/p>\n

Designs the City considered were:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Design 1 = white tower with black letters, word Jamestown. This was included in base bid for tower, at no additional cost.\u00a0\u00a0 This is lowest cost option.\u00a0 Selecting this option would reduce the project cost by $25,000 as the alternate would be removed.<\/p>\n

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Design 2 = Royal Blue tower with white letters, word Jamestown.\u00a0 This alternate was originally selected at a cost of $25,000 and was approved by committee\u00a0at Feb 20 meeting <\/a>to do option 2 or 3.<\/p>\n

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Design\u00a03 = Blue or white tower with\u00a0Blue Jay logo and words Home of the\u00a0Blue Jays or Jamestown Blue Jays. Option would cost $25,000.\u00a0Logo faces Interstate.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Design 4 = Multi-colored design would add an additional $44,000,\u00a0 above the blue designs 2 & 3,\u00a0 and $69,000 over basic white.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The words Jamestown North Dakota would face Interstate 94.\u00a0\u00a0 This design would add additional time.<\/p>\n

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Design 5 = “Hot Air Balloon” design was proposed by Richard Klose.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wytheville, VA\u00a0 has a “ballon” tower – \u00a0when called, reportedly\u00a0paid $150,000 – had fundraiser to pay for it. \u00a0This design would require a firm quote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Unofficial poll below:
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