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Attachment 4 Member McGehee asked if Clear Channel could turn them off at night. Mr. Weiland indicated Clear Channel could, but that's not how we operate the signs. With the signs we have now, the existing static signs are lit all night long. The other thing he added was that he did have a lot of thoughts on some of the issues raised that have come up before in our industry. Dynamic signs have louvers, and plastic louvers direct the light towards the road and what needs to be seen. So they do reduce light as you look above them, as you get to the side of the signs or above them, you don't see anything, much like a TV screen, but yeah, they'll get to a point when you're too the side of my sign, it's entirely on. It's going to look black to you because of the way the louvers are, and as you get above them, it's going to look like the signsare not even on because of the louvers in with the LEDs. Member McGehee asked if Mr. Weiland knew of any data regarding bird migration that could be looked up. Mr. Weiland indicated he did not. He explained that Clear Channel operates the same signs across the country, but he was not aware of any information regarding that. Mr. Paschke noted that at the interstates where these signs are located, all are heavily lit, blending in with that. He understood the extra light noise, if you will, and those types of things. And then, as it relates to only starting with one out of the five, the code doesn't preclude any other business from having a dynamic sign. And so, I'm not sure limiting the billboards was necessarily advantageous. The amendments to the code for dynamic signs must be much more dramatic than just the billboards if the City wants to limit or reduce noise or light pollution. Member McGehee indicated she remembered the City getting a lot of complaints when the dynamic sign on County Road C went in—speaking of dynamic signs on County Road C, between Rose Lawn and B, for the church there. Mr. Paschke indicated he did not remember getting a lot of complaints on that sign. He remembered getting complaints from the one on Larpenter Avenue, which used to be North Como, now its New life Presbyterian. There were some complaints from the residents on that one, which mostly had to do with them not getting the setup correct. And so it took them a while to work with the light company and not have people tinker with the light and other things for the electronics that monitor and regulate the sign. And then I believe there was another sign-off of Cleveland Avenue further south, where we had a similar issue, but that Qbhf!98!pg!363