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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 12, 2003 Upon motion by Blesener, seconded by Fahey, the public hearing was closed. LaValle asked if both sides of the Market Place pylon sign counted in the square footage calculation. The City Administrator reported that the City Planner has informed him that the square footage of the pylon sign counts in the signage calculation, but only one side of the pylon is counted. The Administrator reported that the signage plan still meets the ordinance criteria with the exception of a few instances as noted in his report. LaValle asked about Taste of Scandinavia's signage. The Administrator reported that Taste of Scandinavia is allowed one sign, but they have put up two. One sign is on the south side of the building and the other on the west. The Administrator reported that prior to the development of the Snyders store on the west side of the shopping center, the space occupied by Taste of Scandinavia would have been allowed two signs since it has frontage on two public streets. The Administrator indicated that his recommendation is to allow the two signs for Taste of Scandinavia. LaValle asked about allowing two signs for Curves. The Administrator reported that Curves has not submitted a proposal for two signs. However, given the location of the Curves space in the shopping center as well as from an aesthetic perspective, he did not recommend allowing Curves to have two signs. The Administrator reported that JiR's Powerhouse is subleasing space to two tenants, one is a nutrition center and the other is a taekwondo school. Each of these tenants would like to put up a sign. The Administrator noted his recommendations included the signage for JR's as well as the nutrition center. The taekwondo school would like 18 square feet of signage as well. The total signage for the three entities would fall within the total square footage allowed for this space. Anderson asked about the issue of uniformity of signage. The City Administrator reported that the City's architectural guidelines require that signage that is lit consist of individually lit letters. He pointed out that some of the signage at the shopping center has the individual letters affixed directly to the building and some are on a track system. The Administrator also pointed out that the color of most of the signage is red with gold trim, however, there is some green colored letters. The Administrator indicated that his recommendation did not address the issue of color. Montour stated that he would prefer to see some uniformity, and indicated that he would like to see all signage letters mounted directly to the