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Mounds View City Council May 24, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 7 applicant will need to submit a letter of intent and letter of permission from the property owner to 1 the City each year before the start of the farmers market. 2 3 The Planning Commission unanimously approved Resolution 926-10 on May 19, 2010, 4 recommending approval of the conditional use permit for a farmers market. As with all planning 5 applications, the City Council may recommend approval of the request, recommend denial of the 6 request or table taking action. In this case, staff is recommending approval of the request. 7 8 Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 8:42 p.m. 9 10 Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 8:43 p.m. 11 12 Council Member Gunn asked what types of vendors were lined up for this year. Amaya 13 Basumatary, the applicant stated this would be a true farmer’s market, with locally grown fruits 14 and vegetables. 15 16 Council Member Mueller questioned how signage would be handled for the farmer’s market. 17 Planning Associate Heller stated each vendor could have a sign at their booth advertising their 18 wares. Two larger signs would be placed at the entrances to the movie theater advertising the 19 farmer’s market. Six additional temporary signs could be placed throughout the City and would 20 be put up Saturday morning and removed shortly after the close of business. 21 22 Council Member Stigney asked if the City wanted to allow the temporary signs throughout the 23 City. He indicated he was not in favor of placing temporary signs throughout the City. Planning 24 Associate Heller stated garage sale signs are allowed on a temporary basis, which would be 25 similar to the farmer’s market. 26 27 Council Member Hull clarified that the six small signs would only be up on Saturdays during the 28 hours of operation. 29 30 Council Member Mueller was in favor of the farmer’s market signs as it would direct traffic to 31 the new event. 32 33 Mayor Flaherty felt this was a difficult situation as other businesses were not allowed to place 34 temporary signs throughout the City. Planning Associate Heller indicated the applicant could be 35 required to ask permission before placing temporary signs in private property. 36 37 Council Member Mueller asked how important the temporary signs were. Ms. Basumatary felt 38 the signs were crucial to getting information out about the farmer’s market, especially for the first 39 year. Additional informational flyers would be handed out to local restaurants and businesses. 40 41 Community Development Director Roberts stated the City did receive a letter of support from 42 Moe’s. 43 44 Mayor Flaherty asked if the Council was in support of the six temporary signs throughout the 45