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J I� CITY OF ST. ANTHONY COUNCIL MINUTES February 24 , 1981 The meeting was called to order by Mayor Haik at 7 :30 P.M. Present for roll call: Letourneau, Ranallo, Haik, Sundland and Marks. Also present: Jim Fornell, City Manager; Ron Berg, Administrative Assistant; William Soth, City Attorney; and Carol Johnson, Clerk/Treasurer. Motion by Councilman. Sundland and seconded by Councilman Marks to approve as presented the minutes for the Council meeting held February 10 , 1981. Motion carried unanimously. As the minutes for the February 11th meeting of the Kenzie Terrace Task Force were being considered, the Mayor reported her appointment of Art Kuross, Manager of J. C. Penney 's and the new President of the St. Anthony Shopping Center Merchants Association to replace Jerry Ballot on the Task Force. The actions taken and recommendations of the Planning Commission made during their February 17th meeting, as reflected in the minutes of that meeting, were reported by Richard Enrooth. He said the Com- mission viewed the removal of the large non-conforming sign on the north side of the building recently vacated by Sibley as a "good tradeoff" for the variance requested by LaBelle 's which will permit them to reuse the existing signage on the east and west sides of that building. Motion by Councilman Sundland and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to follow the recommendations of the Planning Commission to grant a 175 square foot variance to the City Sign Ordinance requirements which will permit the existing 445 square feet of signage on the west and east sides of the building at 2.500 38th Avenue N.E. to be retained for store identification by LaBelle 's Catalog and Showrooms, Inc. , as proposed, subject to their removal of the existing 60 feet by 12 feet north facing sign and framing, finding that granting the variance not only meets all criteria set by .City policy for sign variances , but achieves the goal of the City to decrease the signage on this building. Motion carried unanimously. The Planning Commission representative told the Council the requested alterations of the existing signage at 3909 Silver Lake Road will make it more in conformance with the proposed sign ordinance require- ments for the monument type signs being developed by the Commission. Craig Morris, owner of the barber/beauty shop which the sign identifies , was present but did not speak.