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<br />ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES <br />NOVEMBER 26, 2001 <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant stated he was not opposed to the illumination of a cross on a <br />church, <br /> <br />Mayor Probst stated he was comfortable leaving the language "as is" and moving <br />forward, <br /> <br />Mr, Filla stated there is federal law to preclude a city from discriminating against <br />religious symbols, He noted he was confused by the need to distinguish between <br />institutional or public buildings, He added if the city intended "institutional <br />buildings" to mean churches, the language sbouldjust be "church buildings". <br /> <br />Mayor Probst asked ifthe change should read "religious symbols attached to church <br />buildings", <br /> <br />Mr. Parrish stated that "institutional" was added to address Bethel College, <br /> <br />Mayor Probst asked why not refer to symbols attached to buildings, <br /> <br />Councilmember Larson stated he was comfortable with deleting "public", <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant asked if a church desired to put a cross above the church would . <br />it have to meet the sign ordinance. Mayor Probst responded yes, He stated it would <br />not be exempted automatically, <br /> <br />Councilmember Aplikowski stated that other residents have been bothered by lights <br />and the Council did not have to address the issue. He noted the complaints were <br />about ground signs and signs on the side of the building, <br /> <br />MOTION: <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion <br />to extend the meeting time to 10:30 p.m, The motion carried unanimously (5-0), <br /> <br />Mayor Probst stated the language is important to be here. He noted that without it the <br />ordinance would exempt all religious symbols without going through some process, <br /> <br />MOTION: <br /> <br />Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion <br />to approve in Case #01-23, the second reading and adoption of Ordinance #333 <br />adopting sign regulations for the City of Arden Hills, subject to deletion of "and <br />public" in section 4, C, and to approve the Ordinance Summary for Ordinance <br />#333 as recommended by Staff. The motion carried unanimously (5-0), <br /> <br />B. <br /> <br />City Hall Construction Project <br />1. Pay Request #13, Architectural Alliance <br /> <br />. <br />