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Mounds View City Council October 24, 2011 <br />Regular Meeting Page 8 <br /> <br />neighborhoods. City Administrator Ericson clarified that these dynamic display signs could only 1 <br />be amber in color. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Council Member Stigney recommended the display hold time within Item 5 should be eight 4 <br />seconds. 5 <br /> 6 <br />FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Stigney/Hull. A motion to change the display hold time within 7 <br />Item 5 from four seconds to eight seconds. 8 <br /> 9 <br />City Administrator Ericson indicated the Council could be more restrictive to the hold time on 10 <br />display signs in residential areas. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Mayor Flaherty stated that eight seconds was not quick enough for people to read display signs 13 <br />where the four seconds did. This current language would provide increased safety throughout the 14 <br />City. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Council Member Gunn agreed. 17 <br /> 18 <br />AMENDMENT VOTE: 19 <br /> 20 <br /> Ayes – 1 Nays – 3 (Flaherty, Hull and Gunn) Motion failed. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Council Member Stigney stated he was opposed to light trespassing onto private property. This 23 <br />was the standard across the country. He recommended the City address the size requirements for 24 <br />dynamic display signs. He did not want to see 50 square foot dynamic display signs throughout 25 <br />the City. City Administrator Ericson reviewed the current language with the Council. 26 <br /> 27 <br />Mayor Flaherty recommended that the language read the signs could be 30% of one dimension 28 <br />and 70% of the other dimension. City Administrator Ericson indicated the dynamic portion of a 29 <br />sign could be no more than 50% of a total sign size. 30 <br /> 31 <br />FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Stigney. That no more than 25 square feet of sign area be allowed 32 <br />to be used for dynamic display. 33 <br /> 34 <br />The motion failed for lack of second. 35 <br /> 36 <br />City Attorney Riggs reviewed the section of the City Code addressing trespassing light. He 37 <br />stated this issue was addressed within the Code and would have to be enforced by the City. 38 <br /> 39 <br />ROLL CALL: Hull/Stigney/Gunn/Flaherty. 40 <br /> 41 <br /> Ayes – 3 Nays – 1 (Stigney) Motion carried. 42 <br /> 43 <br /> 44 <br />F. Resolution 7846, Authorizing the Issuance of a General Obligation 45