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bxiw of Report Number INVAW Agenda Section BRKA-UM the city that works for you the Meeting Date REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION 09-201 VI -4 August 25, 2009 ITEM DESCRIPTION: Consideration of a Special Use Permit to allow an amendment to the Civic Campus Comprehensive Sign Plan governing allowed signage at the Public Safety Center, City Hall, and the Family Service Center. DEPARTMENT HEAD'S APPROVAL: Grant Fernelius, Community Development Director CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL: No comments to supplement this report sic? Comments attached 15.99 Deadline: Not applicable, city -initiated request Recommendation: Adopt the attached Resolution, approving the amended Civic Campus Comprehensive Sign Plan. Legislative History: September 27, 2005: City Council approval of the original Civic Campus Comprehensive Sign Plan (copy of which is provided in the attached Planning Report). August 18, 2009: The Planning Commission held a public hearing and considered the requested sign plan amendments. No public testimony was given. The Commission specifically discussed two items related to the amendment, those being: 1) the temporary signage requests of the FSC, and 2) dynamic signs. The Commission recommended a permanent structure be allowed for displaying temporary signage needs of the FSC recognizing the facility has unique needs and that an additional Special Use Permit be required prior to construction of any electronic/dynamic sign. These recommendations have been included in the attached revised Civic Campus Comprehensive Sign Plan. Financial Impact: None Explanation: The City of New Brighton is requesting a Special Use Permit to allow an amendment to the existing Comprehensive Sign Plan governing allowed signage at the Public Safety Center (PSC), City Hall, and the Family Service Center (FSC). This request includes the following: • Allowance of signs that were erected unknowingly in violation of the 2005 plan, and • Addresses future signage needs (primarily with the FSC). This issue of civic campus signs in violation of the Comprehensive Sign Plan was a topic of discussion at a Council work session in June. Following that work session, the City Manager directed staff to resolve the issue. Staff then met to discuss which signs were in violation and how they came to be constructed. The FSC staff also discussed sign planning efforts they have been considering already and decided to include those in this amendment so that a future amendment wouldn't be necessary. Thus, not all signs allowed under the proposed amended Comprehensive Sign Plan have been constructed or will be constructed in the immediate future. Rather, the proposed amended plan is a holistic approach that addresses both current and future needs.