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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 27, 2011 Page 2 1 Councilmember Roth requested further information regarding the location of the bike racks as 2 part of the Cooperative Agreement with the City of Minneapolis. 4 Interim City Manager Hartman advised that the bike racks will be spread throughout the City's 5 park facilities, including Emerald Park, Central Park, the tennis court area, the skate park, and 6 Tower Park. 7 8 Motion carried unanimously. 9 10 IV. PU13LIC HEARING. 11 12 None. 13 14 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFb" (BRIAN HEINIS, PLANNING 15 COMMISSIONER, PRESENTING). 16 17 A. Resolution 11-058• Approving the Proposed Comprehensive Sian Update for the St. 18 Anthony Shopping Center, 2900 Pentagon Drive. 19 20 Planning Commissioner Heinis presented the proposed comprehensive sign plan for the St. 21 Anthony Shopping Center which includes a request to amend the sign plan to allow storefronts to 22 have 3 SF of sign area per lineal foot of frontage. He stated that the Planning recommended 23 approval of the request and asked that the architect provide the City Council with a drawing 24 depicting the size of current signs as well as the proposed size of 3 SF per lineal foot of frontage. 25 26 Mr. Greg Kozulla, Kozulla & Associates, appeared before the City Council on behalf of the 27 shopping center owners and stated that the proposal requests that the City allow 3 SF of signage 28 per lineal foot of tenant space which is I SF larger than currently allowed in the Ordinance. He 29 indicated that the drawing prepared for the City Council shows a dash line depicting the 30 maximum signage that would be allowed for a 4' maximum sign letter height. He advised that if 31 a tenant decides to stay with signage that uses a smaller size letter, the sign plan would allow 2' 32 letters stacked above each other which would maximize their footage to 3SF per lineal foot of 33 tenant space. He provided an example of the Fitness Crossroads and O'Reilly signs which have 34 larger than a 4' letter, but the signage does not exceed the criteria of 2 SF of signage per lineal 35 foot. He indicated that they propose to grandfather in the existing signs on the building and re - 36 install the signs following completion of the fagade project, while new tenants will be subject to 37 the new criteria of 3 SF per lineal foot of frontage and the sign must be lit. 38 39 Councilmember Stille asked if the sign plan includes future ground signs. He noted that the 40 Planning Commission focused on the square footage per lineal foot of frontage, but actually 41 there are nine changes proposed to the sign plan according to the staff report and one of the 42 changes relates to a future ground sign. 43 44 Mayor Faust stated that if future ground signs were not discussed at the Planning Commission 45 level, the City Council cannot consider the issue. 46