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Planning Commission Page 7 1 Commissioner Faust suggested the Commission might want to 2 recommend that the Council and particularly Councilmember 3 Wagner, who is working with the Merchants Association and C.G. 4 Rein, should sit down with those parties and try to implement 5 some of the Planning Commission concerns and suggestions into 6 future planning for the center . 7 8 Mr . Cavanaugh was asked about the signage which he was 9 proposing for the theater. He said he had talked to the City 10 Manager about that eventually as well as a comprehensive sign 11 plan for Apache. The center manager admitted such a plan was 12 long overdue and said he would be all for it to avoid future 13 situations like the one he is in because the only vehicle for 14 getting signage is a variance at this time. He reminded the 15 Commissioners they were all dealing with a 30 year old center 16 and a center sign which is almost as old. In reference to the 17 proposed marquee, Mr. Cavanaugh said he would expect the sign 18 would have to be a modified pylon more like a large monument 19 sign. It would have to be freestanding on Silver Lake Road and 20 large enough to feature titles of movies which could be read 21 from all directions . Since the City Sign Ordinance has no 22 provision for a marquee at this time, marquees would probably 23 have to be addressed in a sign plan for the center, with which, 24 he said he would be willing to cooperate. 25 26 Commission Recommendations 7 8 Motion by Brownell, seconded by Gondorchin, to recommend the 29 Council initiate the development of a comprehensive sign plan 30 with the C.G. Rein Company and the Apache Merchants Association 31 for Apache Plaza . 32 33 During the discussion which preceded the vote on the motion, 34 Commissioner Werenicz questioned how a sign plan could be 35 developed for a shopping center for which there was no 36 assurance of who the tenants would be. He said he perceived 37 the City had gotten a lot of misdirection from Apache 38 management as to where they wanted to go. 39 40 Commissioner Murphy agreed developing a plan would be very 41 difficult with the current situation, but he perceived it would 42 be better to at least look for some consistencies in sign 43 styles and sizes . 44 45 Commissioner Faust indicated he thought the Commission was only 46 trying to foster some cardinal direction. He said he was 47 certain the Merchants Association who have become more 48 proactive, if they perceived they had more input, would come up 49 with something to help the Commission act on eliminating the 50 hodge podge, hit or miss, planning in existence now. The 51 Commissioner said the City is now being forced to react to 52 exceptions rather than planning .