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-4- 1 the heavily travelled Foss Road. (_The minutes of that meeting reported the Mayor • 2 had told Mr. Miller, "It might be a good idea to encourage the Health Center staff 3 to do that. ") Mr. Childs said he would ask the developer to discuss that point 4 when the Council adopts the Tax Increment Plan. 5 6 The Manager then took several suggestions from the Commission members related to 7 the wording of the Plan itself. He said he perceived the Redevelopment Agreement 8 would require the project to be commencedand completed in 18 months. Mr. Childs 9 agreed B-1 , under "Objectives", should be restated since the proposed building 10 would be almost five stories high at one point. Commissioner Bjorklund commented 11 that to call a vacant lot in "C-2" in the same classification, "underdeveloped", 12 might not be altogether accurate. 13 14 Commission Jones wanted the architect's design for .the connection between the nurs- 15 ing home and apartments given careful consideration so the end .product doesn't. 16 look like the Crestview nursing home/residence complex in Columbia Heights . 17 18 The Manager reported no negative reaction to the Plan from either the school 19 district or county. He said he would expect the Council to approve the plan at 20 their October 8th meeting. 21 22 Another matter had come up, the Manager said, on which he needed Commission guid- 2 3 ance. George Deschene, who has operated a beauty shop in the St. Anthony Village 24 Shopping Center, had come in to request he be permitted to retain the same signage 25 which had been allowed his predecessor for the vacant beauty shop building across 26 from Apache. The sign Mr. .Deschene proposed, would be 24 square feet, internally • 27 lit, and timed to shut off at whatever hour the City desired, and the Manager said, 28 he personally considered this request to be the most reasonable made for this site 29 because the applicant appeared to have the financial resources necessary to make 30 this business go and he gave the impression of wanting to cooperate with the City 31 and its regulations. The beauty shop owner had said he had a Contract for Deed 32 with Gordon Hedlund; intended to replace the fence on the north side of the 33 property; understood he couldn't rent out any portion of the building for resi- 34 dential use; and was ready to make all the necessary improvements to upgrade the 35 appearance of the property. 36 37 Commissioner Jones said he personally liked externally lit signs like that in front 38 of the St. Charles Church but agreed the proposed sign would closely match several 39 signs in the same area. He said this might be the right candidate for that build- 40 ing because he has already established a successful business in the community. 41 42 Motion by Commissioner Wagner and seconded by Commissioner Madden to recommend the 43 Council let the variance to the Sign. Ordinance stand as granted December 18, 1984 44 for the sign in front.of 3909 Silver Lake Road and to permit George Deschene to 45 put up the sign he proposes, under the provisions of that variance. 46 47 Motion carried unanimously. 48 49 Motion by Commissioner Madden and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to adjourn the 50 meeting at 9:25 P.M. 51 • 52 Motion carried. unanimously. 53 54 Respectfully submitted., 55 Helen Crowe, Secretary