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Mounds View City Council September 26,2011 <br /> • Regular Meeting Page 7 <br /> Council Member Stigney requested several language changes on the Ordinance. In addition, he <br /> suggested signs that malfunction be made to go dark. Mr. McCarver discussed with the Council <br /> how the signs are controlled remotely and stated upon notification a sign could be made dark. <br /> Council Member Stigney asked if the .3 foot candle requirement was being measured by the City <br /> on all signs. He recommended this be made a part of the sign installation process. <br /> Mayor Flaherty agreed. <br /> Mr. McCarver stated the larger the sign the more ambient light that would be given off by the <br /> sign. He indicated he would be more than willing to comply with suggested sign installation <br /> process assuring that .3 foot candle requirements were being met. <br /> Council Member Stigney recommended a two to one ratio be written into the code to ensure that <br /> signs were not one foot in height and fifty feet in length. City Administrator Ericson did not feel <br /> this had to be discussed within the Dynamic Display Code as it was addressed within the Sign <br /> Ordinance. He suggested the sign ratio be addressed instead. <br /> Council Member Stigney did not feel a dynamic display sign should front a neighborhood or <br /> residential area. He expressed concern that the revisions to this code would lead to more <br /> 411 dynamic display signs within the City. He would rather see billboards within the community <br /> decreased. <br /> Council Member Stigney recommended the Ordinance be revised and reviewed by the Council <br /> before the Second Reading. <br /> Mayor Flaherty thanked Council Member Stigney for his research on this Ordinance. He <br /> requested Staff discuss the revisions further with Council Member Stigney. <br /> Ayes—5 Nays—0 Motion carried. <br /> E. Resolution 7831, Authorizing Stantec Consulting Services Inc. to Perform <br /> Engineering Design Services and Prepare Bidding Documents for Area E of <br /> the Street and Utility Improvement Program. <br /> Public Works Director DeBar stated Area E of the Street Improvement Project is scheduled to be <br /> constructed in 2012. The design work would need to be completed yet this winter. In August, <br /> the Council authorized Bonestroo to complete the topographic survey for Area E. Staff has been <br /> negotiating the scope of services and scheduled fee for this area for the past several months. <br /> Public Works Director DeBar explained that Bonestroo merged with an international firm early <br /> in September and was now named Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Several of the engineers <br /> with experience working on City projects, including Joe Rhein, have left Stantec. For this <br /> • reason, Staff felt it would be a good time to solicit fee proposals from Bolton &Menk as well as <br />