Exhibit N USDA FS Signage Guide.pdf

Facility Signage Guide April 2014

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FacilitySignageGuideLessor _______ & Government________

USDA Facility Signage

Facility signs play a major role in projecting a clear, strong impression of USDA. This facility signage guide serves as a manual for the development and implementation of a comprehensive signage and wayfinding system for both exterior and interior signage. The purpose of this guide is to establish the image of USDA, creating a sense of space that welcomes visitors and staff; defining USDA as a destination, and informing, orientating, and directing visitors to and through all USDA facilities.

All USDA interior facility signage designating a permanent room or space must be ADA compliant. For the latest ADA signage standards and guidelines, contact www.ADA.gov

USDA facilities within the Washington, DC, metropolitan area must comply with special DC/Metro signage requirements. Contact the Office of Operations (OAO) for the latest version.

The objective of this guide is not to replace current signs but, rather, to ensure that when the signs need to be replaced with new signs, they comply with these new guidelines.

Lessor _______ & Government________

Dark Blue

PMS 288

Color Background

Dark Green

PMS 343

Color The signature lockup shall be reproduced in either one or three colors. The official colors for the USDA symbol are dark blue (PMS

288) and dark green (PMS 343), and the Department name is black. When reproduced in one color, the signature lockup shall be black or the most dominant color available. When the signature lockup is placed on a color background, it can be reproduced in one color, either black or white.

Three Color

One Color - Black

One Color - Black or White

Solid Black

Facility Signage

Signature Lockups Signature lockups must be used on all Department facility signage.

Signature lockups combine the USDA Symbol and the Department name. Do not use the USDA Symbol without the Department name. Only use signature lockups supplied by USDA’s Office of Communications. Any substitution of fonts on signature lockups is unacceptable. Do not attempt to create signature lockups in any manner.

Acceptable Signature Lockup Variations

Signature Lockups

Clearance Space, Proportions, and Placement Signature lockups must be used on all Department facility signage. Signature lockups are comprised of the USDA Symbol and the Department name. To ensure maximum visibility, the signature lockup should be placed at the top of any signage above the Agency’s name. Only use signature lockups supplied by USDA’s Office of Communications. Any substitution of typefonts on signature lockups is unacceptable. Do not attempt to create signature lockups in any manner.

Clearance space shall be used on all signage to provide a clean, consistent background area and position for the signature lockup. All acceptable versions of the signature lockups can be used. No images, gradations, or other graphics can appear within the clearance space. All other types of visual elements, images, and typography can fall below the clearance space. Helvetica and Arial are the preferred typefonts.

Agency Name

USDA Symbol - 14% or more of signage height.

Minimum .75”

S Ig na ge

H ei gh t

Minimum clearance space -equal to the width of the USDA Symbol’s letter “A”.

Agency Name Agency Name

Minimum Clearance Space

Free-Standing Signage Monumental Signage Building-Mounted Signage

Agency Name

Agency Name Here

Free-Standing Signage - REQUIRED

Signature lockup must be positioned above all other names.

Name Here

Agency Name Here

Site address as required

Building-Mounted Signage - REQUIRED

Use street address or site number as required by the office complex or landlord. Signature lockup must be positioned above all other names.

Name Agency

Name

Directional Signage - REQUIRED (if needed)

Directional arrows can be placed where appropriate outside the signature lockup clearance space.

Tenant Name

Agency Name Tenant Name

Office Room Signage - REQUIRED

USDA Facility

All USDA interior facility signage designating a permanent room or space must be ADA compliant. For the latest ADA signage standards and guidelines contact www.ADA.gov. Signature lockup must be positioned above all other names.

Division Name Tenant Name Tenant Name Tenant Name

Office Room Signage - REQUIRED

Non-USDA Facility

Signature lockup is not required.

Service Center Farm Service Agency 201 Rural Development 201 Natural Resources 205 Conservation Service Culpeper Soil and Water 207 Conservation District

Building Directory - REQUIRED (if needed)

USDA Facility

Signature lockup must be positioned above all other names.

XYZ Office Building

XYZ Office Building

Other Tenant 201 Other Tenant 201 United States Department of Agriculture 202 Other Tenant 205 Other Tenant 207

Other Tenant 201 Other Tenant 201 United States Department of Agriculture 202 Agency Name Here Other Tenant 205 Other Tenant 207

Department name only

Department name with Agency name on second line

Building Directory - REQUIRED (if needed)

Non-USDA Facility

The Department name must be fully spelled out and positioned above the Agency name.

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service

E n g i n e e r i n g S t a f f • W a s h i n g t o n , D . C . • E M 7 1 0 0 - 1 5 • R e v i s e d • O c t o b e r 2 0 1 3

Sign and Poster Guidelines for the Forest Service

Non-Discrimination Policy

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal, and where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or all or part of an individual’s income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)

To File an Employment Complaint

If you wish to file an employment complaint, you must contact your agency’s EEO Counselor (click the hyperlink for list of EEO Counselors) within 45 days of the date of the alleged discriminatory act, event, or in the case of a personnel action. Additional information can be found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/ complaint_filing_file.html.

To File a Program Complaint

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.

Persons with Disabilities

Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities and you wish to file either an EEO or program complaint please contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 or (800) 845-6136 (in Spanish).

Persons with disabilities who wish to file a program complaint, please see information above on how to contact us by mail directly or by email. If you require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) please contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720- 2600 (voice and TDD).

Chapter 8A Forest Identification Signing Administrative Sites

8A.1 Introduction

8A.2 Traffic Control Devices

8A.2.1 Site Approach Signing

8A.3 Forest or Regional Headquarters and Ranger Station Identification Signs 2

8A.3.1 Rural Locations

8A.3.2 Urban Locations

8A.3.3 Collocated Forest Service Offices

8A.4 Collocated Interagency Offices

8A.4.1 USDA Offices

8A.4.2 Collocated Forest Service and BLM Offices

8A.4.3 Collocated USDA and Other Federal or State Offices

8A.5 Work Center and Other Permanent Facility Signs

8A.6 Research Signs

8A.6.1 Research Station Signs, Research Laboratory, and Technology and Development Center Signs

8A.6.2 Experimental Forest Signs

8A.6.2a Inside National Forest

8A.6.2b Outside National Forests

8A.7 Human Resource Signs

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All traffic control devices on roads needed to regulate, warn, or guide traffic leading to or within administrative sites shall meet the requirements of the

MUTCD and these

Guidelines.

8A.1 Introduction

A variety of signs are used to identify national forest facilities and to direct users to, from, and within those facilities. Signing to and within administrative sites should meet HOST program objectives. Refer to FSM 1521, Host Program.

Administrative sites include:

• District office, forest headquarters, and regional headquarters.

• Work centers and research facilities.

• Experimental forests.

• Airfields and heliports.

• Do not include phrases such as, “Land of Many Uses,” State boundaries, or words other than those shown in these Guidelines on forest identification signs.

8A.2 Traffic Control Devices

All traffic control devices on roads needed to regulate, warn, or guide traffic leading to or within administrative sites shall meet the requirements of the MUTCD and these Guidelines. This includes the design, shape, color, retroreflectivity, and installation. Refer to chapter 3 for traffic control device standards. Coordinate use of all traffic control devices, including those within the administrative site, with the forest sign coordinator.

8A.2.1 Site Approach Signing

Install retroreflective site approach signs where necessary, such as those shown in figure 8A-11, to direct visitors to the site. Refer to chapter 3C, section 3C.5 for detailed information.

Figure 8A-11—Example of site approach signs.

< M I L E

V I S I T O R C E N T E R

I N F O R M A T I O N

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seasonal or temporarily closed. Site approach and other guide signs should be removed when the site is permanently closed.

8A.3 Forest or Regional Headquarters and Ranger Station Identification Signs

The type of sign used to identify the facility depends on whether the office or headquarters is located in an urban or rural area. In some cases, local ordinances or stipulations in lease or rental agreements may limit signing design for headquarters, and decisions must be made based on these requirements.

Offices may be part of other commercial buildings, such as a strip mall or a combined Federal or governmental facility. In these situations, Forest Service standards may need to be modified. The sign requires both the Forest Service shield and the USDA credit line as a part of the installation.

Use the following terminology to identify the facility:

• District ranger office RANGER STATION

• Supervisor’s office FOREST HEADQUARTERS

• Regional office REGIONAL HEADQUARTERS

8A.3.1 Rural Locations

The sign illustrated in figure 8A-1 is the standard for identifying rural administrative sites such as forest headquarters and ranger stations.

Figure 8A-1-Basic design of rural sign for major administrative sites.

R A N G E R S T A T I O N

B I T T E R R O O T

D a r by

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U L T U R E

Both the Forest Service shield and the USDA

Credit line are a part of the installation.

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8A.3.2 Urban Locations

The rectangular sign shown in figure 8A-2 is the standard for identifying urban administrative sites, such as regional headquarters, forest headquarters, and ranger stations. A separate USDA Credit line plaque is not required with this sign.

Figure 8A-2—Basic design of urban signs for administrative sites.

8A.3.3 Collocated Forest Service Offices

When Forest Service administrative offices are collocated, the administrative site sign should be as generic as possible to limit the amount of information on the sign and help avoid confusion. Specific office names can be individually posted on main doors or at separate entrances. Figures 8A-3, 8A-4, and 8A-5 show appropriate signing for several possible office combinations.

For collocations of ranger district(s) and forest headquarters, do not distinguish between the two administrative offices. This sign may be used for collocations of zone offices also.

Use the plural form (forests) for the administrative collocation of two or more forests. Sign sizes may need to be modified from the standard sizes to accommodate large name combinations.

Figure 8A-3—Combination of two or more ranger districts on same forest.

U S D A

D I S T R I C T O F F I C E S

DISTRICT OFFICES

N I C O L E T

S A N TA F E

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U LT U R E

Rural Urban

U S D A

S A L M O N

U S D A

F O R E S T H E A D Q U A R T E R S

N O R T H F O R K R A N G E R S T A T I O N

S N O Q U A L M I E M T. B A K E R -

For collocations of ranger district(s) and forest headquarters, do not distinguish between the two administrative offices.

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Figure 8A-4—Combination of ranger district(s) and forest headquarters on same forest.

Figure 8A-5—Administrative combination of two or more forests.

8A.4 Collocated Interagency Offices

8A.4.1 USDA Offices

Comply with the requirements of Department of Agriculture Regulation 5160- 3, Identification Signs when collocating USDA offices. Agencies may be listed alphabetically or by other local factors. Agency logos may be shown on the sign or mounted on the base. The sign requires both the Forest Service shield and the USDA credit line as a part of the installation.

Figure 8A-6 shows the appropriate sign for collocated USDA offices.

U S D A

F O R E S T O F F I C E S

S A N TA F E

FOREST OFFICES

K I S AT C H I E

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U LT U R E

Rural Urban

U S D A

F O R E S T H E A D Q U A R T E R S

DISTRICT OFFICES

HURON-MANISTEE

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U LT U R E

Rural Urban

M A N I S T E E H U R O N -

Agency logos may be shown on the sign or mounted on the base.

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U S D A

FA R M E R S H O M E A D M I N I ST R AT I O N

FO R EST H E A D Q U A R T E R S

N AT U R A L R ES O U R C ES

C O N S E R VAT I O N S E R V I C E

U M P Q U A

Figure 8A-6—Administrative site sign for combination of USDA agencies.

8A.4.2 Collocated Forest Service and BLM Offices

and either retroreflective or routed and illuminated when purchased by the Forest Service.

Forest Service shield/BLM logo and USDA/USDI credit lines are required with this sign.

replacement.

Figure 8A-7—Forest Service and BLM combined office sign.

U . S . D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E

U . S . D E PA R T M E N T O F T H E I N T E R I O R

I N T E R AG E N C Y O F F I C E

C u s t e r

S i o u x R a n g e r D i s t r i c t

C a m p C r o o k Fi r e S t a t i o n E a s t e r n M o n t a n a / D a k o t a s D i s t r i c t

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

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8A.4.3 Collocated USDA and Other Federal or State Offices

Signs for USDA offices collocated with other Federal or State offices present unique challenges. These are not standard signs and their design needs to be coordinated with the regional sign coordinator. Figure 8A-8 shows examples of signs for multiagency collocations. These signs require the Forest Service shield as a part of the installation. The Forest Service shield and other agency shields or logos should be the same size.

Figure 8A-8—Administrative site signs for multiagency combinations.

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8A.5 Work Center and Other Permanent Facility Signs

3C.11.1, or a routed sign attached to the building if the facility is isolated. For

the Forest Service shield and the USDA credit line as a part of the installation.

Figure 8A-9—Major work center sign.

8A.6 Research Signs

These signs identify research stations and laboratories, technology and development centers, experimental stations, and supplemental study areas as part of the Forest Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The sign requires both the Forest Service shield and the USDA credit line as a part of the installation.

To identify research facilities and sites, use the rectangular urban design (figure 8A-2) or the research sign design (figure 8A-10). Research signs are specialized signs and do not have a sign number because of the variety of sizes and messages that are required. Their design needs to be coordinated with the regional sign coordinator.

When marking experimental areas and boundaries, use the program area signs shown in chapter 12.

W O R K C E N T E R

K I S A T C H I E

C a t a h o u l a

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U L T U R E

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8A.6.1 Research Station Signs, Research Laboratory, and Technology and Development Center Signs

Research station, laboratory headquarters, and technology and development center signs should include the name of the station, laboratory, or center.

The Forest Service shield and the USDA credit line are installed on the sign assembly as shown in figure 8A-10.

Figure 8A-10—Example of an administrative sign for forest laboratories and technology and development centers.

If the research station is a complex of several buildings, sign the principal building with the organizational identification. The remaining buildings may be signed with the name of the facility if needed. Garages, warehouses, greenhouses, and other auxiliary buildings are not ordinarily identified with signs.

8A.6.2. Experimental Forest Signs

Signing to differentiate between experimental forests and national forests requires careful planning and coordination of sign design and placement to

locations where these facilities can be easily recognized by the public.

8A.6.2a Inside National Forest

Service shield.

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8A.6.2b Outside National Forests

Service shield, and the USDA credit line.

8A.7 Human Resource Signs

Job Corps and Youth Conservation Corps signs relate to the human resources program. Unique site identification signs have been developed for each of these facilities as shown in figure 8A-11.

Figure 8A-11—Examples of Job Corps and Youth Conservation Corps signs.

The standard Job Corps and Youth Conservation Corps symbols and logotypes shall be used on all interior signs that are not traffic control devices.

symbol is used on signs, do not include the wording around the perimeter of the symbol.

Symbol artwork with color descriptions is available from the Washington Office, Human Resources.

Sign drawings are shown in chapter 8C.

F O R E S T S E R V I C E

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U L T U R E

C A M P N A M E

Y O U T H C O N S E R V A T I O N C O R P S

A N G E L J o b C o r p s C I V I L I A N

C O N S E R V A T I O N C E N T E R

OP E R A T E D F O R U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F L A B O R

B Y S I U S L A W N A T I O N A L F O R E S T

U . S . D E P A R T M E N T O F A G R I C U L T U R E

Job Corps

ANGEL

J o b C o r p s

CIVILIAN

CONSERVATION CENTER

O P E R AT E D FO R U . S . D E PA R T M E N T O F L A B O R

B Y

S I U S L AW N AT I O N A L FO R EST

U . S . D E PA R T M E N T O F AG R I C U LT U R E

Job Corps