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Mounds View City Council July 24, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 10 Mr. Hall stated that the billboard needs to be at a height of 45 feet so Mr. Kopas does not have 1 obstruction and Clear Channel can sell the billboard. He stated he would like the billboard to be 2 passed tonight at the 45-foot height. 3 4 Councilmember Stigney responded to Mr. Hall’s comment and that he does not believe the 5 billboard is positive. He stated the deprecation factor is not for Coups’ business, but it is a 6 depreciation factor for the entire City. 7 8 Isabelle Hanson, 2320 Lambert Ave., stated her opposition tot he billboard. She stated she 9 believes the billboard will degrade County Road 10. 10 11 David Jahnke, 8428 Eastwood Road, stated his concerns are the reasons the Planning 12 Commission denied the IUP and variance. He stated the Council must consider the reasons 13 closely. He asked if any business can put up a billboard and if the cost of the billboards will be 14 Medtronic’s. 15 16 Gary Stevenson, 2870 Arden Avenue, Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, 17 explained the vote to deny the variance. He stated the vote to deny was based primarily on the 18 fact that the Planning Commission does not want billboards on County Road 10. He stated the 19 vote was not to deny the billboard at the Mermaid, but to deny any locations along County Road 20 10. 21 22 Mr. Stevenson stated that if the Council decides to relocate the billboard to the Mermaid site 23 from the Medtronic site, the vote would be different had they just considered the variance. He 24 stated he believes the vote would have been to approve the 45-foot height had the council 25 determined the Mermaid site as the best. 26 27 Mr. Stevenson stated that the Planning Commission voted against the billboard because in years 28 past, the Planning Commission had limited any billboards on County Road 10 to the one at 29 Wallgreens. He stated that the Planning Commission decided against any billboards for future 30 developments. 31 32 Mr. Stevenson stated the Council has the right to override the Planning Commission because of 33 the agreement to relocate the billboards from Highway 10. He added that if the billboard must be 34 relocated to County Road 10, the Planning Commission has no opposition to the Mermaid site. 35 36 Rich Sonterre, 5060 Red Oak Drive, stated that speaking as a resident, he has a concern with the 37 Staff Report, which includes a portion of an e-mail not included in any other Staff Report. He 38 stated that his objection is because there is no name and address included in the e-mail. 39 40 Mr. Sonterre stated that anyone or any group could inundate the City with anonymous e-mails of 41 one opinion or another and that there are no checks or balances that ensure one person is not 42 expressing their opinion more than once. He stated that he believes all input must include a 43 name or address. 44 45