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T lire' r Beindor <br />From: <br />Paul Palzer <br />Serum <br />Tuesday, July 1, 2017 :5 <br />To: <br />Mike Ericson <br />Cc: <br />Kurt Glaser,Teresa <br />Subject, <br />Banners <br />Hello Mike — <br />1 contacted three companies; Northern Lights Display, Mainstreet Designs and Advantage Signs & Graphics, <br />Inc. Two have replied with the quotes in emails. In speaking with the vendors, MNDOT rules require a 13'-6" clearance <br />to the bottom of banners. Our light poles have 15' height to the base of the lamp, so we cannot hang over the street <br />with banners & brackets. After walking the site, I identified several problems with banners on the light poles. First, 7 <br />poles on the south side of Main Street are 10"-16" from the back of curb, making any bracket off of them overhanging <br />the street. The banners could be placed on the sidewalk side of the poles but then the second issue arises with the trees <br />and covering over the view of the banners. Between the intersections may not be as bad for line of site due to the <br />slower speeds for the stop sign, but could be a distraction from watching for pedestrians. <br />The brackets are good for only banners or flags, not both. Mainstreet Designs also has another bracket for their <br />seasonal displays, making 3 separate brackets required for those 3 displays. The cost to install brackets by a contractor <br />runs about $100.00 per pole. Also I noticed the school placed banners on their light pole near the building. The <br />brackets are 36" and the banners are 24"x 60" for comparison of look on our poles. The city does not have a bucket <br />truck to erect the brackets or change out banners. The banners come with warranties from 3-5 years and companies are <br />willing to send out samples for review. <br />Paul <br />