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-6- 1 case, referred .to that signage as only "temporary" . Commissioner 2 Jones indicated he saw the need for proper identification of the 3 townhomes now that they were completely built and said the City had 4 constant problems with Mr. Morris ' sign since it was installed. 5 6 Chester Krumm, 4005 Silver Lake Road, indicated he was present on 7 behalf of the St. Anthony Court Homeowners Association and that the 8 Association believed they needed the two 22 inch by 5 foot long 9 signs on both sides of the main entrance to the townhomes because 10 there are no street signs on Silver, Lake Road between 39th Avenue 11 N.E. and Silver Lane and visitors keep getting their roadway confused 12 with the road around Midwest Federal and Apache. Mr. Krumm told 13 Commissioner Bjorklund that the Association members had not been 14 told by Mr. Johnson there were any special sign restrictions on their 15 property. 16 17 Craig Morris of Craig & Co. Hair Designers , whose shop is just south 18 of the townhouses , recalled the difficulties he had getting the 19 signage under the PUD and conceded that "from the very first, the 20 sign had always been considered 'temporary ' , except at the very end 21 when my fencing went in, I was granted a variance for the sign in 22 front of my shop and for the front of the building" . Mr. Morris said 23 when this came for final approval to the Council , "Bob Sundland kept 24 mentioning ' temporary, temporary ' . How can he do business on a 25 temporary basis? He knew at the time I was going in there , the rest 26 of the PUD was planned, and the Council knew the townhomes were coming • 27 in and ---- they could request a variance on their own" . _ 28 _ 29 � Mr. Morris indicated :that he had . just left a meeting with his attorney 30 where they -were trying to.locate the- minutes which supported the re- 31 - collection that "it had- been Bob Sundland.' s recommendation that the 32 � sign be made permanent, since the townhomes would need their own vari- 33 ' ance for signage" . The hair design shop owner's recollection of the 34 date of that meeting conflicted with the dates of the meetings Mr. 35 . Childs had included in the agenda packet and he was requested to get 36 back to the Manager with the correct date. 37 The hearing was closed at 8: 45 P .M.38 39 Motion by Commissioner Franzese and seconded by Commissioner Wagner 40 to table action on the St. Anthony Court sign variance request to 41 give staff time to research further for Commission and Council 42 minutes which made reference to the PUD signage requirements as they 43 related to Craig Morris ' sign and future signage for the townhomes . 44 45 Before the vote was taken, Commissioner Bjorklund observed that the 46 two signs on the front of the townhomes, "which are just double pylon 47 signs on legs" would never meet the standards established "over years 48 and years of hard labor" to assure quality signage for the City and 49 he made an amendment to the motion to table , which would request staff 50 to meet with the homeowners association representatives to make them 51 aware of the standards which would be expected for any identification • 52 of their property. He added that a recent poll of residents found 53 most of them are looking for "quality" in St. Anthony. 54 55