Community Identification - Guidelines

General

Caltrans recognizes and supports the concept of enriching the cultural and visual environment for transportation system users and local communities by using a collaborative approach to facilitate and coordinate integration of community identification within the State highway right-of-way.

Community identification is defined as images or text that conveys information about a region, community, or area. There may be a local desire for new and existing transportation facilities to represent the communities in which they are located.

Required engineered highway features, such as, but not limited to, sound walls, retaining walls, bridges, bridge abutments, bridge rails, and slope paving, may provide the opportunity for the placement of visual, graphic, or sculptural representations of a community’s identity, including its history, resources, or other defining characteristics.

Community identification will typically be provided and maintained by the local agency.

Community identification differs from transportation art in that community identification may include text and must be placed on a required engineered highway feature.

Community identification differs from gateway monuments in that a gateway monument is defined as any freestanding structure or sign, not integral to required highway facilities.

Refer to the Chapter 29 of the Project Development Procedures Manual for specific information on Community Identification.

Community Identification - Contact Information

For Community Identification information, please contact your local contact identified below. If you do not know which District you are located within, please click here for a District map.

Ron Flory, District 1 Landscape Architecture 1031 Butte Street Redding, CA 96001 (530) 225-3109 FAX (530) 225-3230 ron.flory@dot.ca.gov	Jennifer Taira/Dahlia Persoff District 7 Landscape Architecture 100 South Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 897-0975. (213) 897-0436, FAX (213) 897-0760 jennifer.taira@dot.ca.gov dahlia.persoff@dot.ca.gov
Stacey Barnes, District 2 Encroachment Permits 1657 Riverside Dr., MS 20 Redding, CA 96001 (530) 225-3314, FAX (530) 225-3097 stacey.barnes@dot.ca.gov	Ray Desselle, District 8 Landscape Architecture 464 W. Fourth Street, MS 1062 San Bernardino, CA 92401-1400 (909) 383-4529, FAX (909) 383-6494 ray.desselle@dot.ca.gov
T. Chris Johnson, District 3 Landscape Architecture 703 B Street (PO Box 911) Marysville, CA 95901 (530) 741-4436 FAX (530) 741-4127 tchris.johnson@dot.ca.gov	Terry Erlwein, District 9 Traffic Operations 500 South Main Street Bishop, CA 93514 (760) 872-5215, FAX (760) 872-0678 terry.erlwein@dot.ca.gov
David Eng, District 4 Landscape Architecture 111 Grand Avenue (P.O. Box 23660) Oakland, CA 94623-0660 (510) 286-5918, FAX (510) 286-5952 david.eng@dot.ca.gov	Brad Cole, District 10 Landscape Architecture 2015 E. Shields Avenue, Suite 100 Fresno, CA 93726-5428 (559) 230-3134, FAX (559) 243-3483 brad.cole@dot.ca.gov
Dennis Reeves, District 5 Landscape Architecture 50 Higuera Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (805) 549-3509, FAX (805) 542-4746 dennis reeves@dot.ca.gov	Stephen Alvarez, District 11 Landscape Architecture 4050 Taylor Street San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 688-2542 FAX (619) 688-3321 stephen.alvarez@dot.ca.gov
Elbert Cox, District 6 Landscape Architecture 2015 E. Shields Avenue Suite 100 Fresno, CA 93726-5428 (559) 230-3146, FAX (559) 243-3483 elbert.cox@dot.ca.gov	Eric Dickson, District 12 Landscape Architecture 3337 Michelson Drive, Suite CN380 Irvine, CA 92612-1699 (949) 724-2814 FAX (949) 724-2643 eric.dickson@dot.ca.gov

 

Headquarters Contacts

Lori Butler, Statewide Coordinator Division of Design 1120 N Street, MS 28, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 654-5151 lori.butler@dot.ca.gov

Updated: October 6, 2011