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2768 Rice Street— Suite B <br />Little Canada, MN 55113 <br />PHONE 651- 488 -2990 <br />FAX 651 -488 -0559 <br />EMAIL AFFENG@comcast.net <br />AFFORDABLE ENGZAviNG osa: AE SIGN SYSTEM S <br />DATE: 10 -13 -05 <br />TO LITTLE CANADA CITY COUNCIL, AND PLANNING COMMISSION <br />REGARDING THE MEMORANDUM SENT TO ME BY THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA <br />CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, PERTAINING TO THE INSTALLATION OF AN <br />ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTER AT MY BUSINESS LOCAION AT 2768 RICE STREET. <br />THE FIRST PART TALKS OF THE CONCERN THAT A FLASHING SIGN MAY BECOME A <br />VISUAL DISTRACTION TO DRIVERS. <br />THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAFETY BOARD AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE <br />STATED ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CENTERS THAT CHANGE TEXT AT CONSTANT <br />IN IERVALS ARE NOT CONSIDERED FLASHING SIGNS. <br />WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A FLASHING SIGN, WE ARE PROPOSING AN ELECTRONIC <br />MESSAGE CENTER THAT HAS A STATIC MESSAGE WHICH IS THE SAME AS TIME AND <br />TEMP'. SIGNS ALREADY IN USE IN LITTLE CANADA. THE ONLY DIFFRENCE IS- ALONG <br />WITH. THE TIME AND TEMP INFORMATION OTHER MESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED AT <br />INTERVALS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE. <br />AS FAR AS BEING A DISTRACTION TO DRIVERS, DRIVING A VEHICLE IS FULL OF <br />DISTRACTIONS. WEATHER IT IS SOMEONE STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, A <br />CHILD MISBEHAVING IN THE BACK SEAT, SOMEONE TALKING ON A CELL PHONE, OR <br />ONE OF MANY OTHER REASONS. A WELL DESIGNED SIGN, WHICH IS EASILY READ, <br />WILL NOT IN ANY WAY IMPEED TRAFFIC FLOW OR CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS <br />REGARDING TRAFFIC SAFETY. THIS IS A FACT AND IS NOT SPECULATION. <br />THE NATIONAL SIGN INSTITUTE RECENTLY SURVEYED THE TOP 9 LARGEST AUTO <br />INSURANCE COMPANIES. ALL HAVE RESPONDED AND SAID THEY HAVE NOT <br />RECEIVED ANY CLAIMS STATING AN ELECTRONIC SIGN CAUSED A TRAFFIC <br />ACCIDENT. <br />