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From: Cindy Carlson <ccarlson@western-banlc.com> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 5:10 PM To: Heidi Heller Subject: RE: Proposed City Code amendment for ground signs Hi Heidi The proposed changes seem reasonable to me, particularly given existing signs would not be affected unless they become severely damaged. Thanks for soliciting my opinion. Cindy Carlson I Vice President - Commercial Banking u`..1 :a ......, r" ..., d r. _S..'; bB�C2Y'11-Y}a{}iC.CGY'Y; i iaCetiudi:�i �E lrJ:i;'te7 j�Lii v:(ed to i sUe ruL,. Disclaimer: The information in this email message is intended for personal and confidential use of the designated recipients. The message may be a bank customer communication, and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender by replying to this message or calling 800-219-9894, and then delete it from your system. Further, no employee of Western Bank is authorized to make a binding commitment to lend via e-mail. This E-MAIL MESSAGE IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, AND IS NOT, A CREDIT AGREEMENT, OR COMMITMENT TO EXTEND CREDITOR LENDING SERVICES ON BEHALF OF WESTERN BANK. Any federal tax advice contained in this message should not be used or referred to in the promoting, marketing or recommending of an entity, investment plan or arrangement, and such advice is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties under the internal revenue code. Thank you. ..... _.._._.._..... .. ..__.._ . .. ....__. ...__.___... ..._._.. ,,._. From: Heidi Heller[mallto:heidi.heller@ci.mounds-view.mn.us] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 4:43 PM To: Heidi Heller Subject: Proposed City Code amendment for ground signs Dear Mounds View Business Community, One of the Mounds View City Council's priorities for 2013 is the County Road 10 corridor. They asked the Planning Commission to work on changes to the City Code to help promote development and improve the aesthetics of the Corridor. One of the changes that the Planning Commission came up with is to change the requirements for ground signs. Since this change would most affect the businesses, we wanted to let you know about what is being reviewed and give you a chance to offer comments. The trend for new grounds signs has been monument style signs that are lower to the ground. The Commission felt that ground signs are much easier to see when they are closer to the ground versus being elevated 30 feet in the air, and that the sign base should include some masonry and not just be a pole. There is currently an ordinance before the City Council that would change a few requirements for ground signs. The proposed changes would lower the allowed height limits of grounds signs to 16 feet, but they coup be placed closer to County Road 10. Other changes would be to require the signs to include masonry materials (brick, stone, etc.). The allowed amount of square footage for signs would not change. This change