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<br />Item No: 11B(2) <br />Meeting Date: April 23, 2012 <br />Type of Business: Reports <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: James Ericson, City Administrator <br />Item Title/Subject: Administrative Updates & Report <br /> <br /> <br />1. At the April 9th Council meeting, I indicated that Chapter 1008 of the City Code <br />regarding dynamic display signs is not clear as to where a dynamic display sign may be <br />located. Presently there are specifications for what’s allowed on a monument sign, but <br />Code is silent about specs for such signs mounted on buildings. I indicated that staff <br />interprets this to mean that dynamic signs are NOT allowed on a building, but one could <br />realistically argue that the reverse is true. The City Council suggested that the Planning <br />Commission review the Code and provide a recommendation regarding the ambiguity. <br />The Planning Commission reviewed the Code on April 18th and approved a resolution <br />with recommended revisions. Their resolution is attached for Council review. My <br />question is this: Would the Council like to review & discuss the proposed revisions at <br />its work session on May 7 or should the revisions, straightforward as they are, be put <br />into ordinance format and be presented for first reading on May 14? <br /> <br />2. The following items are scheduled for review at the May work session: <br /> <br />• Presentation by MN Department of Transportation on Area Project <br />• Cable Franchise Negotiations Update (Cor Wilson, NSAC/NSCC Exec Director) <br />• Five year financial plan review <br /> <br />3. The Allina Open House is scheduled for Tuesday, April 24, 2012, from 4 pm to 7 pm. <br />The formal ribbon cutting will occur at 5 pm. Mayor Flaherty has been asked to say a <br />few words of welcome at the event. We’ve posted a quorum for this event in case more <br />than two Council members attend. <br /> <br />4. The updated Lease Agreement between Medtronic and Clear Channel has been <br />executed, and Clear Channel has been issued the building permit to replace the <br />billboard at the northeast corner of the Medtronic property with a dual face dynamic <br />sign, per City Code and lease allowances. With BOTH faces converted to dynamic <br />display, the City will begin to receive $60,000 in annual lease revenue, being the <br />assignee to the lease agreement. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />James Ericson <br />City Administrator <br />