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-6- The meeting was recessed from 10:15 P.M. to 10 :25 P.M. Thereafter, consideration was given to the request from Red Owl for. an additional 280 square feet of signage to the 304 square feet they now have on the Country Store at the Apache site. Bruce McKeever, 6800 Zenith Avenue .South, representing Red Owl, told the Commission his firm felt they needed identification of the store on the south side for traffic traveling east on 37th Avenue. However, .he is in the construction department and the sign request had originated with the retail department and he-was-not able to say whether traffic._studies had been made to justify the signage-. He also stated, the size of the sign is dictated by the size of .the letters which are uniformly used in Red Owl signage. - When construction of the loading dock is completed, the painting of the exterior of the building will be coordinated with that for the Sibley store which is in the same building, Mr. McKeever said. He was not able to give further- specifics.- as to.:the ,agreement with Sibley, however. Mr. Berg had provided the City's action regarding the original signage at the site and the .Chairman asked Mr. McKeever whether he was aware that when the existing sign was approved by the City April 25, 1978; the Red Owl representative had assured the City the sign on the east side of the building "will be the only signage required" and a large concession had been made then not to include the facade of the sign in the variance granted which would have made • that figure excessive. Mr. McKeever :acknowledged Mr. Berg had informed him of that action. Mr. Bjorklund then told of the complaints he has personally made, as a neighbor of the Country Store, about - the ,"deplorable condition" of the area to the south of the store where bakery pallets, paper, bottles and other trash are left laying about the loading dock with no attempt Trade to screen the area from the residential area to the south. He then' stepped down as Chairman relinquishing the Chair to Mr. Sopcinski so he could more fully involve himself in the discussion. Mr. McKeever said a written complaint rather than a verbal''chastisement would probably have been more effective towards getting action but assured Mr. Bjorkli..nd his complaints would be referred to a source where they would recei,;,e immediate action. Some of the debris mentioned, however, is con- struction material which will be removed as soon as the loading dock is completed. Mr. Jones assured Mr. McKeever that the City is very, pleased with their presence in that spot but he questioned whether the sign location would really be effective for Red Owl and whether signage on the west side might identify the store for. more drivers on Stinson and 37th than positioned as it would be in the dock ?irea. He suggested Red Owl might want to do.:further research to determi��e the location which will be best for signage. Motion by Mr. Jones and seconded by Mr. Bjorklund to recommend Council denial of the- variance for 280 square feet of additional signage for the Country Store at 2508 38th Avenue N.E. at this time, because this would greatly increase the total signage on this building;