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1 Acting City Manager VanderHeyden informed the Commission that the Wpetitioner is allotted 150 square feet of signage. She stated that signage on the drive-through was chosen in lieu of a sign on Northgate 4 Office Park Building, and such a variance was granted in October of 5 1986. 6 Chair Madden opened the public hearing at 7:37 P.M. 7 Frank Stieve, Treasurer-Manager of Burlington Northern Community Credit 8 Union 9 Al Sterner, Attracta Sign 10 Mr. Stieve stated that the petitioner, a State-chartered credit union, 11 had recently been authorized by the State of Minnesota to increase the 12 size of their operations to that of a community credit union serving St. 13 Anthony, MoundsView, New Brighton, Arden Hills, Shoreview, and most of 14 Roseville. He explained that the sign referred to by Chair Madden is 15 an obscure sign located on the night depository. He presented 16 photocopies of the proposed signage to the Commission, and introduced 17 Al Sterner from Attracta Signs, who has been commissioned to make the 18 new signage. 19 Commissioner Franzese asked whether the dimensions of the individual 20 letters would be increasing. Mr. Sterner responded that he believed the 21 existing letters were ten or twelve inches high, and that to add the 22word "Community" to the existing letters required two lines rather than W3 one, resulting in increased square footage. He pointed out that the 24 proposed signage will exceed 140 square feet because it is, in effect, 25 a double-faced sign visible from both the north and the south. 26 Mr. Sterner then indicated that the signage referred to by Chair Madden 27 consists of individual vinyl letters mounted on the wall at the night 28 depository. That lettering is the only lettering designating the 29 petitioner's occupancy of the premises. He stated that that lettering 30 is not adequately visible, and that the petitioner would like to 31 increase the visibility of signage designating its occupancy as well as 32 represent its correct name to the public. He proposed that the sign be 33 brown or bronze letters on an ivory background panel. 34 Chair Madden restated Commissioner Franzese's question regarding the 35 dimensions of the individual letters. Acting City Manager VanderHeyden 36 responded that the size of the old and the new letters is twelve inches 37 in height, and indicated that the increased height results from the 38 background panel. Mr. Sterner explained that he had figured that square 39 footage by measuring the amount of space the letters themselves would 40 take up without the background panel, and suggested that cutting the 41 background panel down to size would spoil the aesthetics of the sign. 42 Commissioner Hansen suggested that the word "Community" would in fact 43 fit on the same line with the existing words in the sign. He questioned 44 whether the intent of the petitioner was not only to correctly identify • 2