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l�'�, <br />Jy <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Department Approval: <br />�� <br />DATE: 12/07/2009 <br />ITEM NO: 7.e <br />City Manager Approval: <br />Item Description: Approval of temporary banners for Metro Transit's park and ride <br />facility <br />1.O REVIEW OF REQUEST <br />1.1 As City Council members may be aware, the recently completed park and ride facility at <br />Iona Lane and Mount Ridge Road will be officially opening on December 14, 2009. To <br />get the word out, Metro Transit is seeking to install two temporary signs on the facility — <br />one on the west side of the facility (22 feet by 4 feet) and one on the south side of the <br />facility(13 feet by 3 feet). <br />1.2 Section 1010.03A3 (Governmental Signs) states: Except for traff c related signage, all <br />permanent city, school, or othergovernmental unit signage, including flags, must be <br />approved by the City Council. <br />1.3 In addition the requiring City Council approval to install the signs, it should be noted that <br />the material being proposed, an all-weather, durable vinyl banner is being sought for <br />installation, which type of sign is prohibited. <br />1.4 The City Council annually approves temporary signage for certain events throughout the <br />year that are conducted on City or other governmental property. These include events <br />such as the Fire Department's booya, the HRA's home and garden fair, Schultz and <br />Stitches to name a few. It is worth noting that the majority of these temporary signs are <br />either prohibited by Section 1010.02C or installed in locations not supported by the <br />Code, such as off-site signage. <br />1.5 The Metro Transit signs sought for approval would be installed for no more than 20-days <br />(consistent with code allowance) and be a vinyl banner material that is cost-effective, all- <br />weather, durable, and can be re-used from job to job by overlying and updating the text. <br />1.6 Metro Transit larger effort is to reduce congestion along the 35W cooridor and as such <br />the temporary signs placed on the new park and ride facility must be visible from <br />Interstate 35W. Metro Transit also states that the requirement of a rigid type sign is <br />inflexible and difficult to transport and install. <br />1.7 Under the current Code requirements, temporary sign requirements do not allow of <br />flexible or non-rigid material and did not necessarily anticipate the large signs like that <br />proposed by Metro Transit. The Planning Division supports the use of this type of sign, <br />specifically because of the ability to reuse it and the intent of the sign is to be temporily <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />