City officials presented good news to Point Loma residents Monday, announcing that funding has been set aside to replace four stolen Sunset Cliffs Natural Park signs that symbolized pride and progress toward improving the park. District 2 City Councilman Kevin Faulconer and city Park and Recreation Department officials told members of the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Council that about $5,000 has now been allocated to replace the signs stolen in September, said Ann Swanson, chair of the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Council. According to city officials, the signs will cost about $1,600 each to replace and will be paid for by the city’s Park and Recreation Department. “The community is very pleased with the council office and Kevin Faulconer’s commitment to having those signs there. The community was very unhappy with the missing signs, so they are delighted that [city officials] are coming forward with funding,” she said. The signs were taken from around different points along Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and from near entrances to the park around mid-September. New signs are expected to be erected in December unless the original signs are found and put back. After neighbors discovered the signs were missing, community members angered by the thievery made a public plea for the return of the signs — “No questions asked.” They also offered a reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspects involved. The community has been working to implement the Sunset Cliffs Natural Park master plan since the plans approval in 2005, Swanson said. The large emblematic signs showed the community’s progress toward restoring the natural park. The council also recently received a $380,000 grant from the California Coastal Conservancy for design, environmental review and permit process to move the project forward, Swanson said. The Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Council meets the first Monday of the month at 6:45 p.m. at Cabrillo Recreation Center, 3051 Cañon St.