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3 1 Chair Wagner opened his presentation by conveying the Planning Commissioners' holiday greetings to the Councilmembers. 3 Revised Signage Plan Approved for R. L. Johnson Building at 3055 Old 4 Highway 8 5 The Commission Chair then reported the following about the above 6 variance to the City Sign Code request which he indicated the sign 7 company representative was present to discuss: 8 *the variance was necessary for the free standing sign proposed to be 9 erected by R. L. Johnson Investment at the vacated Medtronic Building 10 at 3055 Old Highway 8 for which the investment company is seeking up 11 to four more tenants in addition to StrategiCare, Inc., major tenant 12 in the tower section of the building; 13 *the applicants had proposed a much larger sign in a location not 14 clearly identified during the Commission's November 15th public 15 hearing on the variance and had been directed to work with staff 16 on a more acceptable but effective sign for the building and to 17 provide more specifics as to its proposed siting; 18 *the sign and its base had been reduced to a 9 foot X 5 foot, 4 inch 19 with a 3 foot base (96 square foot) size, which the Commissioners were 20 more comfortable with than the originally proposed 118 square foot 21 sign which would have been almost 11 feet tall; ! *the sign would be lighted but the copy would have white letters 23 against a dark background which should not be as brilliant as dark on 24 white might be; 25 *the location had been specifically identified as providing at least 26 80 foot setbacks from the driving surfaces of both Old Highway 8 and 27 Highway 88, where it wouldn't interfere with any traffic flow; 28 *the Commissioners also perceived that although a variance for a sign 29 larger than the Sign Code allowed would be necessary, the proposed 30 sign presented a much more professional appearance to that building 31 and its environs than might have resulted if individual tenants were 32 allowed to put up the conglomeration of wall signage in all different 33 colors, sizes, lighted or unlighted, on all four sides of the 34 building; 35 *all current signage for the building would be eliminated and the 36 sign would be turned off by 10:00 P.M. 37 In his November 14th memorandum, Mr. Childs advised that he considered 38 the trade off of the downsized free standing sign to be a good one in 39 lieu of wall signs on the building, but recommended that point be 40 clearly stated with the Council's motion to avoid any future confusion 41 related to the number of signs on the building.