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-7- • 1 City to be not in conformance with the* City Sign Ordinance and, because of the 2 controversy surrounding that sign,, the Manager had suggested Mr. Jaeger first _3 discuss his plans with .the Commissioners in an attempt to develop a sign which 4 would be acceptable to them. 5 6 Mr. Childs told Commissioner"Franzese it was, his understanding that the signage 7 would no longer .be restricted by the Hedlund P.U.D. because the general consensus 8 of all concerned seemed to be that any business which replaced Craig & Company 9 in that, buildi.ng .would have' to have identification. 10 11 Mr. Jaeger reported that -on October 24th, Gordy Hedlund had called him to indicate 12 the property .was for sale and. when he had made the decision to open his shop at 13 that location, he had anticipated using the same signage which he has on his other 14 three ,shops in Fridley, Blaine and Coon .Rapids. When Commissioner Jones told the 15 applicant he found the sign depicted in the agenda packets, . "offensiv.e and not the 16 quality desired for the City., Mr. Jaeger responded by saying that sign was- inferior 17 to the one identifying his Blaine shop which had been -reproduced, in what he per- 18 ceived to be an attractive manner, . in a stain glass window on that facility. He 19 said he .had already paid a large sum for the graphics and had hoped to utilize 20 them again for this shop. 21 22 Commissioner Bjorklund told .the shop proprietor he hoped Mr. Jaeger realized the 23 only reason' he was being considered for a free standing sign was because that type 24 of sign. had been grandfathered in by the sign which originally stood in that 25 same location, which the Commissioner added, had offended many in the community 26 because it. had been lit all night and was -perceived' to be too large after it was • 27 once built. Commissioner Jones suggested.Mr. Jaeger might get more community 28 support for his business by putting'.,up a sign which more closely resembled some 29 of the more tastefully .designed, , substantially constructed monumental type signs 30 in that same area, and make sure his signage is turned off whenever the shop is 31 closed for business. 32 33 Mr'. Jaeger was told the only reason Twin City Federal 's sign can be lit all night 34 is because they have a 24 hour banking service out of that building. 35 36 Although his shop is -located across from -Apache, Commissioner Franzese reminded 37 the beautician.that he is also'.surrounded by residential dwellings and the type of 38 signage which had .been developed -for the townhomes just north of him as well as 39 the signs for the real estate office and Goodyear Tire and Rubber in the same 40 vicinity were suggested as models for his sign. Although there appeared to be a 41 general: feeling of, dislike for-the faces depicted on the sign in the agenda packet, 42 it was agreed .the City could, not control the signage 'to that extent. 43 44 Mr. Jaeger was asked to work with the -City staff in designing the sign which could 45 be brought back .to the Commission for final consideration during their next meet- 46 ing December 11th. Commissioner Bjorklund suggested it might be advantageous 47 for staff to photograph some of the more acceptable free standing signs around 48 the community and put them in a brochure which could be presented to future sign 49 applicants. . 50 51 Motion by Commissioner Jones and seconded- by Commissioner Hansen to table the 52 application for signage for the Hair Station at 3909 Silver Lake Road until the 53 applicant -is ready to present a firm proposal for that signage. 54 55. Motion carried unanimously.