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Mounds View City Council May 8, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 12 Mayor Marty stated that there are some gray areas that potentially another billboard company 1 could come in and argue this. He stated there would be ten billboards but they might not all be 2 replacements for Clear Channel. 3 4 Councilmember Thomas noted that this could be solved by adding just the word “permitting” to 5 the language to the cap and replace. 6 7 Councilmember Flaherty stated that there is not an issue in regard to someone else coming in, but 8 the City could reach a snag if the City opens up the area south of Woodale, that three billboards 9 could be fit in the area, the City needs to change that so that cannot happen. 10 11 Director Ericson stated he is not suggesting the Council holds off on adopting anything tonight, 12 but not to add language that ties approvals to a future date in time. He stated he is not suggesting 13 doing this, but pointed out that the current language with the exception of adding in the phrase of 14 “or permitted”, is more than adequate given that the City Attorney did look at it. 15 16 Councilmember Gunn suggested adding the amendments that were voted on previously, 17 changing the distance, vote on the ordinance, and then work on the language with the City 18 Attorney if necessary. 19 20 Councilmember Stigney wondered what the rush is if the ordinance would be changed again. 21 22 Councilmember Gunn stated that instead of holding back the ordinance any longer, the ordinance 23 should be voted on and the additional language needed to be reviewed by the City Attorney can 24 be added at a later date. 25 26 Director Ericson stressed that the City Attorney has reviewed the ordinance and is fine with the 27 current language. He stated that Clear Channel presently is not able to relocate billboards in the 28 community because the code does not allow it. He explained that the code should be changed so 29 that Clear Channel can move forward with the relocation process. 30 31 Councilmember Stigney stated he is trying to avert a potential problem because it could be fairly 32 significant. 33 34 City Administrator Ulrich stated his preference is that the ordinance comes back for a final 35 reading at the next meeting. He stated there is a distance requirement, but a number has not been 36 established yet. He stated there is a desire to restrict it to one billboard if along Highway 10. He 37 stated that the other language could also be added about reducing the number of billboards in the 38 future. 39 40 Councilmember Thomas stated that would be a waste of time and the Council needs to act on this 41 item. She stated the Council does not need to worry about the lease language at this time. She 42 stated it can be a complete and usable ordinance that probably will never have to be touched 43 again. She pointed out the ordinance can be brought forward to be amended in the future if 44 necessary. 45