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6 1 *a meeting with Mr. DiSanto could be very beneficial for both• 2 parties as long as the owners' representative is able to propose 'some 3 sort of plan for providing further improvements , especially for 4 standardizing the center signage; 5 *the City didn't want him to spend a lot of money on expensive 6 layouts, but just wanted some concrete assurance that some real 7 improvements were in the works; 8 *even - though industrial development bonds can't be issued for 9 retail improvements , the City wants to work with the owner to get the 10 center upgraded so the vital businesses which are there will stay and 11 more will be encouraged to move into the center. 12 Councilmember Marks recalled how difficult it had been eight years 13 ago, when the Kenzie Terrace Task Force first started working on a 14 redevelopment project for the area, to get any cooperation from the 15 merchants or center management. He speculated that had the avenues 16 of communication been as open then as now, conditions might never 17 have been allowed to deteriorate to the point they are now. 18 Mr. Johnson promised to give the City ample notice of the upcoming 19 meeting with Mr. DiSanto. 20 Rapid Oil Sianage Approved 21 Commissioner Madden reported all seven Commissioners had been in 22 favor of the Council granting the variances to the City Sign Or- 23 dinance, which would allow three signs for the new Rapid Oil building 24 and a total signage area of 87-1/2 square feet where the Ordinance 25 only allows one sign per business and 80 square feet of total sign 26 surface. He indicated the Commissioners perceived Rapid Oil would be 27. making excellent use of a very difficult corner parcel which had been 28 reduced when Ramsey County- reconstructed that intersection and County 29 Road D. The Commission representative said the Commissioners had 30 been particularly impressed by the amount of green space the station 31 owners were proposing to provide with the new building. 32 Robert Mikulak, 3041-4th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Rapid Oil Project 33 Manager, told the Councilmembers demolition of the building would 34 start August 1st and construction should take about two months. This 35 should bring them well within the time frame for removing the 36 existing pylon sign the City was allowing them to keep up as 'a 37 business identification. 38 The Rapid Oil representative indicated all three signs would be lit 39 probably until around 10:00 P.M. and the site lighting would be 40 turned off around midnight. However, the site lighting is a new 41 technology designed to project no further than the property line so 42 it would not be apt to be an annoyance for the owners of the homes 43 across 37th Avenue.