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PLANNING COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS 0 Regular Meeting — August 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. Present: Commissioners James Alvey, Larry Baker, Steve Danger, Bruce Howard, Norm Schiferl, and Paul Zisla. Absent: Council Member David Phillips Also Present: Sharon Doffing, Council Member, and Janice Gundlach, City Planner. Agenda Review: Agenda was approved. Minutes: Minutes for July 21, 2009 were presented and approved with a minor change to the final vote. Council Action: Council Member Doffing reported that she has approached the Council regarding placing some of the vacant City owned lots up for sale in the south end of the town, which would increase the revenue for the City by placing the properties back onto the tax role. The Council has agreed to this proposal and the community should see properties for sale soon. The 35W railroad bridge by Transoma will be removed starting September 11, 2009 and should be completed in two weeks. The City will be holding an election for two Council seats and the Mayoral seat this November. The filing date is August 25th, for more information please go to the City's website. Howard asked Council Member Doffing to explain the timeline regarding filling the vacant Planning Commission position. Council Member Doffing replied that applications will be reviewed at the end of the month for the position and it is anticipated that the seat would be filled at that time. Public Hearing: SP2009-003 Special Use Permit to allow an amendment to the existing Civic Campus Comprehensive Sign Plan governing allowed signage at the Public Safety Center, City Hall, and the Family Service Center 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 are constructed or plan to be constructed in the immediate future. Rather, the proposed amended plan is a holistic approach looking into future needs. Schiferl asked staff to clarify where the electronic signs would be located for the Family Service Center. . Gundlach replied that if funding was found, the electronic sign would be placed on the east side of the property to gain visibility along the freeway. Schiferl inquired if the sign would have come back before the Planning Commission and Council. Gundlach replied that it would not come back before them if it was approved in this amendment. Schiferl voiced concern over having an electronic sign on the freeway.