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Attachment 4 Chair Pribyl asked if there were any other questions. Member Bjorum thanked Mr. Weiland for the clarification. I appreciate that. Mr. Weiland indicated his only clarification, speaking of clarification, was on the height. This, the main sign, probably the only sign they would be looking at doing was on a hill. It's only 35 feet tall. But if rereading your ordinance, if it's 30 feet, 35 feet from the grade of the road, and I'm on a hill, I will be higher. Mr. Paschke indicated it was great for one of the signs. Mr. Weiland indicated that was great, and he was fine with that. Then he didn't have a question, so that's the only clarification. But yes, they are. It was only 35 feet tall, correct? Member Aspnes asked about the free-standing billboards; the two Clear Channel requests to be upgraded today because Clear Channel owns four. Ms. Gundlach thought it was number three that Mr. Weiland was immediately interested in. Mr. Weiland indicated that Ms. Gundlach was correct; it would be number three. That was the main one Clear Channel was focused on right now. Member Aspnes thought they were considering allowing two, but at this point, number three was optional. Mr. Paschke indicated that Clear Channel wants to do all of them once the code is in place. The Commission was not looking to review and approve any of the numbers. We're just making text changes so they can all be converted. Staff reviewed the sign locations with the Commission and Mr. Weiland. Member Aspnes indicated these signs are seen everywhere. She noted she mainly sees them on Interstate 35, which was pretty high and far off the road. You see him on the big interstate, and she has caught herself looking at the sign as approaching it; you are doing 55, the speed limit there, and as you approach it, you take a quick look, and as it changes, it was mildly distracting, not any more so than all the other things that go on. But as it changes, you catch yourself going, what was that? You know? Was that something I cared about, and now I can't see it again because I won't go around? She noted the only one that would concern me in that respect was number five, the one by Brown Wilbert because Hwy 36, the traffic was a nightmare there all the time, and they do not need any more distractions on Highway 36. She was less concerned about these other three signs because they are on the more significant freeway, with more opportunities for people to stop being distracted by them. Member McGehee understood what Member Aspnes was saying. Still, she thought where sign four was located was a lousy area, where it looked like it was correct at the interchange, where Cleveland comes in, or where 35W and 35W got three lanes going this way. Then there's a way to get on 280, but there's always a problem with people who got on from 35W, and they are trying to get over, and you've got another lane of 280 coming in there, so there's five lanes of traffic. Qbhf!96!pg!363