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MINUTES <br /> PEQUOT LAKES PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> MAY 20,2010 <br /> 7:00 PM <br /> PRESENT: Bill Habein, Deb Brown,Tom Adams,Tom Woog,Scott Pederson,John Derksen, <br /> Cheri Seils, Mark Hallan(arrived at 7:55pm) <br /> ABSENT: None <br /> CITY PLANNER: Ben Oleson,AICP <br /> ZONING ADMINISTRATOR:Absent <br /> gg <br /> CITY COUNCIL LIASIONS: Craig Nagel and yan <br /> T <br /> 07 <br /> The meeting was called to order by Chairman W` t 03 p <br /> l�fl <br /> PUBLIC HEARINGS {sz; <br /> APPLICANT: City of Pequot Lakes �z <br /> Ordinance Atnendmez i ,tqfiallow Digital Signs '� 9 <br /> City Planner Oleso ed ,Staff had prepard two 6p ns for the Council to amend the <br /> ordinance.The first� , E� n would- A w for digital signs,but only those that change no more <br /> often than once per houxi ,ie sec option would ban digital signs by clarifying that the <br /> existing ban on"intermltt� 1 � s"inc I' des digital signs. <br /> I , <br /> � � 1 <br /> �� <br /> Chairman Woog ask e pub they ha rnments on this application.There were <br /> none. j ti z Yr . <br /> Bill Habein preferred the option all digital signs,stating that it would still not allow <br /> flashing signs d would not be xouch d1ent than signs where the text can be changed <br /> manually. <br /> Deb Brown stated sho�w,s congerned where the amendment will take the City. <br /> Tom Adams said he had been lilting toward allowing digital signs,but has rethought it. He <br /> suggests that we leave the language as it is since the City has already spent a lot of time on <br /> signage. <br /> Chairman Woog agrees that the City has already done visioning and that people didn't want <br /> Pequot Lakes to be like Baxter.Woog doesn't feel that digital signs create the right image. <br /> Scott Pederson stated that his thoughts might be surprising,but that he recently drove through <br /> Hackensack and Cromwell,MN and that he felt their digital signs were not attractive. He would <br /> Minutes 1 <br /> Pequot Lakes Planning Commission <br /> April 20, 2010 <br />