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Mounds View City Council September 26, 2011 Regular Meeting Page 7 1 Council Member Stigney asked if the .3 foot candle requirement was being measured by the City 2 on all signs. He recommended this be made a part of the sign installation process. 3 4 Mayor Flaherty agreed. 5 6 Mr. McCarver stated the larger the sign the more ambient light that would be given off by the 7 sign. He indicated he would be more than willing to comply with suggested sign installation 8 process assuring that .3 foot candle requirements were being met. 9 10 Council Member Stigney recommended a two to one ratio be written into the code to ensure that 11 signs were not one foot in height and fifty feet in length. City Administrator Ericson did not feel 12 this had to be discussed within the Dynamic Display Code as it was addressed within the Sign 13 Ordinance. He suggested the sign ratio be addressed instead. 14 15 Council Member Stigney did not feel a dynamic display sign should front a neighborhood or 16 residential area. He expressed concern that the revisions to this code would lead to more 17 dynamic display signs within the City. He would rather see billboards within the community 18 decreased. 19 20 Council Member Stigney recommended the Ordinance be revised and reviewed by the Council 21 before the Second Reading. 22 23 Mayor Flaherty thanked Council Member Stigney for his research on this Ordinance. He 24 requested Staff discuss the revisions further with Council Member Stigney. 25 26 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 27 28 E. Resolution 7831, Authorizing Stantec Consulting Services Inc. to Perform 29 Engineering Design Services and Prepare Bidding Documents for Area E of 30 the Street and Utility Improvement Program. 31 32 Public Works Director DeBar stated Area E of the Street Improvement Project is scheduled to be 33 constructed in 2012. The design work would need to be completed yet this winter. In August, 34 the Council authorized Bonestroo to complete the topographic survey for Area E. Staff has been 35 negotiating the scope of services and scheduled fee for this area for the past several months. 36 37 Public Works Director DeBar explained that Bonestroo merged with an international firm early 38 in September and was now named Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Several of the engineers 39 with experience working on City projects, including Joe Rhein, have left Stantec. For this 40 reason, Staff felt it would be a good time to solicit fee proposals from Bolton & Menk as well as 41 Stantec Consulting Services Inc., as both firms now had engineers that have experience with the 42 project. 43 44