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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes August 19, 2003 • Page 2 1 Chair Melsha stated that Commissioner Hanson has indicated that he would be available to 2 attend the next City Council meeting on August 26, 2003. 3 4 VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 5 8.1 St. Anthony Shopping Center, LLC, 2900 Pentagon Drive, Amend Comprehensive Sign 6 Plan. 7 8 Chair Melsha opened the public hearing at 7:04 p.m. 9 10 Susan Hall stated that the St. Anthony Shopping Center recently signed leases with two tenants 11 that have a regional and national scope: Bumper to Bumper and Subway. She stated that both 12 tenants have developed a logo with uniform signage to promote their stores and that according to 13 the petitioner the current comprehensive sign plan does not provide sufficient flexibility for sign 14 design to accommodate regional and national tenants. She explained that this is the reason that 15 the tenants are requesting an amendment to the St. Anthony Shopping Center's comprehensive 16 sign plan. She further explained that the petitioner has stated that they would help to facilitate 17 these and future regional and national tenants. 18 19 Ms. Hall stated that the petitioner has outlined the criteria for the signage and reviewed with the 20 Commission. She noted that the petitioner also included sign plans for Subway and Bumper to 21 Bumper for review. She mentioned that staff recommends approval of the comprehensive sign 9 plan amendment for the St. Anthony Shopping Center. 24 Dan Lee, St. Anthony LLC representative was available for questions. 25 26 Chair Melsha closed the public hearing at 7:07 p.m. 27 28 Commissioner Hanson asked if there is an ordinance that designates the hours that the sign could 29 be lit. Chair Melsha stated that he was not aware of an ordinance that designates a timeframe. 30 31 Motion by Vice Chair Stille, second by Commissioner Steeves, to recommend approval of the 32 proposed amendment of the St. Anthony Shopping Center, LLC Comprehensive Sign Plan as 33 presented. 34 35 Motion carried unanimously. 36 37 IX. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION. 38 39 9.1 Preliminary Sketch Plan Review of Planned Unit Development PUD) for the Northwest 40 Quadrant (Apache)Redevelopment. 41 42 John Shardlow, Dahlgren, Shardlow and Uban, Inc., stated that this is the first step in the 43 development review and approval process for the proposed Village at St. Anthony PUD. He stated that the information submitted by the development team at this time is consistent with the level of information required for the Preliminary Development Plan stage, as defined by the 46 PUD ordinance. He noted that a copy of the new PUD ordinance was included as reference for 47 the Commission. He reviewed the planning process timeline with the Commission stating that