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8 1 Sharon-lee Clarke, 3305 Edward Street NE, finding that the 2 request does not meet the three statutory requirements for a 3 variance ; that the request is for an unspecified time in the 4 future; and that one neighbor appeared in opposition to the 5 request . 6 7 Motion carried unanimously. 8 9 10 VERNON BERGGREN, FOR 2508 - 38th AVENUE NE (APACHE COUNTRY 11 STORE) , SIGN VARIANCE 12 13 The hearing was opened at 8 : 25 p.m. with no one present 14 reporting failure to receive the notice of hearing or 15 objecting to its content . 16 17 Assistant VanderHeyden reported that Vernon Berggren is the 18 recent new owner of the Country Store and is in the process 1.9 of renovating the store . Part of that renovation includes 20 installing a new outdoor sign 881 . 5 square feet in size and 21 a 28 square foot entrance sign, which require a variance to 22 the sign ordinance . The new signage will be 17 . 5 square 23 feet smaller than the existing signage , but will greatly 24 exceed the permitted square footage of 150 square feet . The 25 smaller size of the outdoor sign is due to some rounding of 26 square corners . Assistant VanderHeyden suggested to the 27 Commission that they could consider the entrance sign as 28 part of the total signage or consider it separately. 29 30 Commissioner Hansen asked why the existing large sign was 31 originally permitted. No one present had a specific 32 recollection, but there was some speculation that it had 33 been grandfathered in. Assistant VanderHeyden then informed 34 the Commission that City staff is working with Mr. Berggren 35 and his sign company to put together a proposal for matching 36 signage at the SAVII liquor store , and that proposal will be- 37 submitted to the Commission when it is complete. 38 39 In response to a question by Chairman Madden, Mr . Berggren 40 informed the Commission that C .G . Rein is the owner of the 41 building which houses Country Store and SAVII . He then 42 introduced Kaj Reiter of LeRoy Signs and Lloyd Johnson of 43 Super Valu, with whom he is working on various aspects of 44 the store renovation. Mr . Berggren described changes to thel 45 store, including redecorating of the interior, improvement 46 of merchandise , and lowering of prices . Mr . Berggren said 47 that he had been working with former Mayor Sundland and 48 Assistant VanderHeyden on plans for remodeling the store ' s 49 exterior , and that his plans are in conjunction with their 50 requests .