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2 <br /> • <br /> content . <br /> Staff Report <br /> Chair Madden pointed out that the Petitioner already has a <br /> wall sign which reads , "BN Metro Credit Union, Savings <br /> Account, Loan Service, Traveler' s Checks , Direct Deposit, <br /> IRA, Checking, Drive-up Teller . " <br /> Acting City Manager Vanderheyden informed the <br /> Commission that the Petitioner is allotted 150 square feet of <br /> signage. She stated that signage on the drive-through was <br /> chosen in lieu of a sign on Northgate Office Park Building, <br /> and such a variance was granted in October of 1986 . <br /> Chair Madden opened the public hearing at 7 : 37 p.m. <br /> Frank Stieve, Treasurer-Manager of Burlington Northern <br /> Community Credit Union <br /> Al Sterner, Attractive Sign <br /> Mr. Stieve stated that the Petitioner, a State-chartered <br /> credit union, had recently been authorized by the State of <br /> Minnesota to increase the size of their operations to that of <br /> a community credit union serving St . Anthony, Mounds View, <br /> New Brighton, Arden Hills , Shoreview, and most of Roseville. <br /> He explained that the sign referred to by Chair Madden is an <br /> obscure sign located on the night depository. He presented <br /> photocopies of the proposed signage to the Commission, and <br /> introduced Al Sterner from Attractive Signs , who has been <br /> commissisoned to make the new signage. <br /> Commissioner Franzese asked whether the <br /> dimensions of the individual letters would be increasing. <br /> Mr. Sterner responded that he believed the existing letters <br /> were ten or twelve inches high, and that to add the word <br /> "community" to the existing letters required two lines rather <br /> than one, resulting in increased square footage. He pointed <br /> out that the proposed signage will exceed 140 square feet <br /> because it is, in effect, a double-faced sign visible from <br /> both the north and the south. <br /> Mr. Sterner then indicated that the signage <br /> referred to by Chair Madden consists of individual vinyl <br /> letters mounted on the wall at the night depository. That <br /> lettering is the only lettering designating the Petitioner ' s <br /> occupancy of the premises . He stated that that lettering is <br /> not adequately visible, and that the Petitioner would like to • <br /> increase the visibility of signage designating its occupancy <br /> as well as represent its correct name to the public. He <br />