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