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1 Mr. Sikora pointed to the slope of 10 or 12 feet between the proposled :) e 2 building site and Silver Lake Road where the ground is mounded up above 3 the street grade. He also said visibility of the building would be 4 blocked for all southbound traffic by all the structures like the gas 5 station and the apartment building on that side of Silver Lake Road and 6 for northbound traffic by Apache Plaza itself. Trees in the landscaped 7 area in front of the proposed building, "which Apache certainly doesn't 8 want to take down" would block the visibility of the Burger King sign 9 on the east side of the building. The Apache representative indicated 10 another "hardship" which should be considered would be the fact that 11 the existing building was beyond repair and in such condition that 12 Apache hasn't been able to keep tenants since the Sports and Health Club 13 moved out. He reiterated that "Apache perceived they could live with 14 a 6 X 6 foot sign, which meant there would only be a total of 109.7 15 square feet of signage on a building for which the City Ordinance 16 allowed 150. 11 Mr. Sikora told the Council all the monument sign would 17 indicate would be that there was a drive-up service at the restaurant 18 and no attempt would be made to list specials like "Whoppers" on the 19 sign. 20 As further justification for an Apache monument sign along- Silver Lake 21 Road', the Apache Project Manager related the past history of free 22 standing signs for the center, including a 20 foot long sign facing 23 both north and south, which identified Apache as "the Gateway to St. 24 Anthony" and which called it the "Center of the Community" . He also 25 pointed out that at one time there had been three 100 foot flag poles 26 with Apache flags on them on the property. 27 Townhome Association President Suggests Moving the Sign Closer to the 28 Main Entrance 29 The tone of the whole -discussion changed when Chester wondered 30 whether the sign might be more effective next to the signalized entrance 31 at 39th Avenue. 32 Councilmember Enroo indicated he could see some merit in doing that 33 because he perceived if Apache was going to depend on 20% of Burger 34 King's patronage coming from the impulse reaction of drivers along 35 Silver Lake Road, a sign would probably be much better in the suggested 36 location because next to the service road, by the time the northbound 37 traf f ic sees the sign, it would be too late to turn into the center and 38 the sign's visibility for southbound traffic would be less obstructed by the structures north o'f the service road in that location. The 40 Commissioner also commented that the drivers would have more time to see 41 the sign while stopped for the signal and it would certainly be a lot 42 easier for them to get into the center through the main entrance. 43 Mr. Cavanaugh agreed with this assessment, saying by utilizing the main 44 entrance to get to the restaurant, the drivers would be continuing the 45 existing traffic flow patterns through the parking lot. The Rein 46 President then stated that he would be willing to go along with putting 9