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<br />James Lehnhoff <br /> <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To: <br />Subject: <br /> <br />lars@ccbr.umn,edu <br />Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:39 PM <br />James Lehnhoff <br />ARDEN PLAZA PUD <br /> <br />Dear James and Planning Commissioners, <br /> <br />I can not be at your hearing on 3 October, but wanted to write you about <br />the Arden Plaza PUD. Since the last Planning Commission hearing on this <br />PUD, I accepted an invitation from the development company to discuss my <br />concerns about the project with them. Some have been addressed in recent <br />design changes made to the proposed Walgreens store at the intersection of <br />County Road E and Lexington Avenue. <br /> <br />However, one item remains in the proposal that I hope you will eliminate - <br />the monument sign at the intersection. Arden Plaza currently has two <br />monument signs, one at the intersection and one at the Lexington Avenue <br />entrance to the shopping center. The Walgreens proposal has a monument <br />sign at the intersection, plus one at each of the two shopping center <br />entrances, for a net gain of one. <br /> <br />Given all the Walgreens signage on the exterior of the building and inside <br />the corner tower, and the elimination of existing/new trees that would <br />screen the site in the future, there is no need for the corner sign. <br />Apparently Walgreens would like a sign that has a changeable message. <br />However, such a sign is not essential to the identification or viability <br />of the store. <br /> <br />I know that the Commission and Council are sensitive to the overall look <br />of our only "downtown" area and do not want County Road E to resemble <br />Concord Street in West St. Paul. There are already too many signs on <br />County Road E. With this PUD, we can at least hold the line on one more <br />new sign and the idea that every bit of unused space is a wasted marketing <br />opportunity. <br /> <br />Thanks, <br /> <br />Gregg Larson <br />3377 N. Snelling Ave. <br />Arden Hills <br /> <br />Gregg Larson <br />Coordinating Centers for Biometric Research <br />University of Minnesota School of Public Health <br />2221 University Avenue, Suite #200 <br />Minneapolis, MN 55414-3080 <br /> <br />Phone: 612/626-9030 <br />Fax: 612/624-2819 <br />E-Mail: lars@ccbr.umn.edu <br /> <br />1 <br />