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Mounds View City Council February 14, 2000 Regular Meeting Page 14 Commission’s final say on the matter. He advised that it would be more appropriate to have the Planning Commission examine the matter, prior to this action. Golf Course Director Hammerschmidt stated the Planning Commission would review the matter on Wednesday, and the lease agreement would be negotiated within the next two weeks. He explained that staff was not attempting to rush this matter through, but rather, to maintain a good timetable. He advised that the sunset provision is already built into the lease, and each day they do not have the billboards represents approximately $1,800 lost revenue, therefore, there is some impetus to construct the signs as quickly as possible, since they have decided to proceed with this proposal. Council Member Stigney inquired if he was correct, therefore, in his understanding that staff was simply gathering preliminary lease agreements, prior to the Planning Commission review, and prior to the matter coming back before the Council. Golf Course Director Hammerschmidt stated in his understanding, the actual lease agreement would not go before the Planning Commission for consideration. City Administrator Whiting advised that there were two matters occurring in tandem with each other. He explained that the Interim Use Permit must be put together, and in order to do this, the City would have to have something from Eller Media suggesting what the nature of the signs would be, and whether or not this is what the City desires. He indicated that when making the final decisions on both of these matters, he was uncertain which should come first. City Attorney Long stated the City would have to obtain an Interim Use Permit to place billboards on City property, regardless of which vendor is selected, and therefore, they must make application under Ordinance 644, which gives the authority to have billboards as an interim use. He advised that if a lease is negotiated or entered into, it would have as a condition that it would only be valid if the vendor were able to obtain the necessary State permit. He explained that this second permit is required in order to place billboards on, or adjacent to a State highway. City Attorney Long explained that there were four steps in this process. He indicated the first step is he consideration currently before the Council, which is to authorize working with a vendor. The second step would be to negotiate a lease, which contains the condition pertaining to a State permit. The third step would be for the City, as the owner of the property, to obtain the Interim Use Permit, and the fourth step would be for the vendor to actually obtain the State Highway permit. He advised that the Planning Commission is technically not the applicant for any of these items, but rather, their involvement would be in terms of reviewing the Interim Use Permit. Council Member Stigney inquired at what point in this process would the public hearing for residents’ concerns be held. City Attorney Long stated the public hearing would probably occur upon the granting of the Interim Use Permit. He explained that the Planning Commission would notice their review of the permit as a public hearing, after which, the matter come back before the Council, in order to grant the permit.