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Attachment 4 <br />Member McGehee asked about the light difference between the City's current static signs and <br />the digital ones in light emissions at different times of day. <br />Ms. Gundlach indicated she did not know if the City had any recent foot candle <br />measurements of the existing billboards. <br />Member McGehee asked if the City had any regulations regarding the standing signs. <br />Ms. Gundlach explained that the City's code contains some base regulations about foot <br />candle measurements at property lines. <br />Mr. Paschke did not think the City had any one regulation in place in the code related to <br />billboards and the lighting of static signs. <br />Member McGehee asked how often the static sign images change. <br />Mr. Paschke indicated he did not know, but the representative from Clear Channel was at the <br />meeting and could probably answer that question. <br />Mr. Matthew Weiland, Clear Channel Outdoor, indicated he would be happy to answer any <br />questions the Commission had. <br />Member McGehee explained she would like to know if Mr. Weiland had any information <br />about the current light emission from a standard static sign, whether he had it on any of the <br />five signs in the City, or if he had the information for other signs. <br />Mr. Weiland indicated he did not, and these are two different things. Our current, existing <br />static signs are lit and have LED lights that shine on them, and then they reflect out, whereas <br />Dynamic Digital signs are internally illuminated and shine out. Still, they are regulated, as <br />we talked about. Just some more clarification on the nits and the standards Commissioner <br />Bjorum, you discussed the reason many cities put that in there; the 250, at a certain 250 feet <br />less than point three candles difference, was that it's a more straightforward measurement <br />than measuring nits. Because you can use a light meter now, you have to have a light meter <br />to do that, and it's a study we do have, or we can order engineers to do that study. But it's just <br />a measurement, an easier way to show that we're in compliance, which, again, our job was, <br />and our number one job was to ensure we operate these things safely. You mentioned the <br />freeze and all that stuff. We constantly monitor these with cameras in front of the signs we've <br />beenoperating since 2006. We operate them safely. <br /> <br />Mr. Weiland explained that their design has improved, as everything was continually <br />updated, and we put new signs in every 10 years. We don't have a lot of issues with them. <br />You're not going to see a lot of signs down as you drive around. We currently have 83 of <br />them in the market, many close to your City. We don't have a lot of issues with them, which <br />was a top concern for us. We don't want them blinking; we don't want them shut off. We <br />need them running to do our primary job: sell advertising for local businesses, and we only <br />get paid if the signs are up. So we take that all very seriously, including how these operate, <br />and we want to ensure they're done safely. We don't want them to be a distraction. We knew <br />we couldn't manage them if that were the case. <br /> <br />Qbhf!95!pg!363 <br /> <br />