Cedar Park seeks to differentiate from surrounding areas

"I think a lot of other cities in our area and in Central Texas Hill Country go for the more traditional stone look, which is nice and pretty, but I would like to see the city push the limit a little bit on design," Warneke said. "We have a lot of technology companies in the city, and we have some additional tech companies we would like to see come to the city."

Subcommittee member Mo Jahadi said the number and placement of the signs will depend on the cost of the signs.

Mayoral candidate Wayne Ruark said he does not believe the signs are a good use of 4B funds, and though there is not a concrete number attached to the project so far, he said there are other things he would prefer to see that money used for.

"There's been no price tag put on them, but I'm sure with the looks of them, there's going to be hundreds of thousands of dollars. There's so much else that money could go toward," Ruark said.

Warneke justified using 4B funds, saying it fits with the 4B board's mission.

"It's a good use of 4B funds because the city is looking as always to, for lack of a better word, for PR, but to promote itself, and the 4B money is for community development and part of that is community identification, and this falls under that category," Warneke said. "It's just a way for the city to be able to identify itself to visitors or businesses coming in that hey, you are in our great city."