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MINUTES <br /> �. PEQUOT LAKES PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING <br /> MARCH 15,2012 <br /> PRESENT: Tom Adams, Deb Brown, Bill Habein, J. J. Levenske, and Cheri Seils. <br /> ABSENT: Scott Pederson and Scott Snyder. <br /> CITY PLANNER: Justin Burslie, Community Growth Institute <br /> ZONING ADMINISTRATOR: Dawn Bittner <br /> CITY COUNCIL LIAISON: Jerry Akerson and Nancy Adams. <br /> The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Adams at 6:00 p.m. <br /> Planning Discussion, Sign Ordinance: <br /> Vice-Chairman Adams explained the request from the City Council to make a <br /> recommendation at this meeting regarding digital gas prices and to begin a thorough <br /> review of the Sign Ordinance. <br /> Mr. Burslie presented a short PowerPoint presentation which outlined the following <br /> objectives: review existing sign ordinance; review Pequot Lakes examples; review <br /> surrounding community examples; review examples in packets and provide feedback to <br /> Staff. <br /> Council Member Akerson stated that Pequot Lakes competition lies within our neighbors, <br /> Crow Wing County and the State. We need to make our ordinance easy for people to <br /> understand. <br /> Planning Commission members offered the following comments: <br /> • Uniform sizes and colors; <br /> • Quaint; <br /> • Be informative; <br /> • Technology changing—look to the future and be more sophisticated; <br /> • Keep signs on equal playing field for all businesses; <br /> • Do not need glitz and glam in Pequot Lakes; <br /> • Could be more progressive <br /> Stakeholders need to be invited to attend future meetings and should include the <br /> Economic Development Committee and the Business Groups. <br /> Vice-Chairman Adams opened the Public Hearings: <br /> MINUTES 1 <br /> Pequot Lakes Planning Commission <br /> March 15, 2012 <br />