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Pl anni ng & Zo ni n g B o ar d <br />Mar c h 9 , 200 5 <br />Page 13 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />equitable. He stated staff di d not have the resources to be dealing with sign enforcement. <br />He stated they were trying to find a way to put checks and balances in place. He noted <br />the reason they chose a Friday with 17 days was to allow banners for three weekends in a <br />row. He stated they were not intending on hurting the businesses, but they needed to put <br />some sound solutions on the signage problems and make a recommendation to Council. <br /> <br />Mr. Wagner indicated it would make more sense to have th e permits be issued for one <br />month. He noted these Ordinances might scare away some of the small businesses <br />because they were not allowed to advertise. He appreciated the time the Board put into <br />this. <br /> <br />Mr. Tralle stated the businesses needed to get together and have a meeting to come up <br />with what was absolutely needed with respec t to signage. He noted the Board had done a <br />lot of work and now they needed the businesse s to do some work on their part. He stated <br />he did not like the trashy looks of signs and it was inexcusable to have the banners <br />looking bad, but he now understood that the banners were a vital part of the small <br />business. He asked the business owners to ge t them organized and come back with some <br />suggestions. He stated he was willing to work with the businesses and he had changed <br />his opinion about banners with the comments made tonight as long as the banners were <br />maintained. <br /> <br />Mr. Pogalz agreed with Mr. Tralle’s comments. <br /> <br />Chair Rafferty asked what were they doing tonight. Mr. Tralle stated he did not want to <br />talk any further about the banners and st ringers until the business owners had the <br />opportunity to come back with their suggestions. <br /> <br />Mr. Pogalz concurred. He noted they now had the busin ess owners’ attention and it <br />would be misguided to not address their concerns. <br /> <br />The remainder of the Board concurred. <br /> <br />Chair Rafferty noted he was not interested in looking at ba nners again, but he believed <br />the rest of the Board wanted review them agai n. He noted they had worked very hard on <br />trying to make some steps and move forward and to address banners again was a step in <br />the wrong direction. Mr. Laden agreed, but noted that banners were brought up as a <br />major topic and he wanted to share with the business owners where the Board was with <br />banners. <br /> <br />Jim Gemlo asked how many businesses were in the City two years ago versus how many <br />businesses were in the City now. He stated to not go back was jumping the gun <br />considering how many more businesses were now in the City and he asked them to <br />reconsider this. <br /> <br />Mr. Tralle stated he was willing to go back and re-look at this because of what he heard <br />tonight, but if the business owne rs were not willing to meet and help the Board with this, <br />he would not be willing to look at this again. He indicated he has been one of the biggest <br />opponents of banners, but he wanted to see the businesses succeed.