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Planning Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />April; 10, 2014 <br />Page 10of 37 <br />Moline says in line with the same questioning Rice had, he hasn’t been out to the CTC <br />to look at signs. Would you describe this proposal as consistent with whatever else is <br />going on out there? <br />Robinson says yes, he would say it is fairly consistent. The main monument sign <br />complies with the standards. Some other projects have been approved with larger <br />directional signs, and the third sign is in lieu of the wall sign. It fits in with the overall <br />development. <br />Applicant Presentation: <br />Jim Baldwin, CEO of Community Food Share, 650 South Taylor. We have been in the <br />building since August 2013 and been operating without signage which was difficult <br />because of the flood in September. Fortunately, we were in our larger facility and we <br />were able to respond to the need in the community, but it was challenging giving <br />directions not knowing the address on the building. We are ready to put appropriate <br />signage on the property. Obviously, the main monument sign identifies the property with <br />no issues there. The directional signage is critical for us to be able to direct nonprofit <br />agencies that are coming to pick up food from us as well as deliveries of large quantities <br />of food being delivered to our facility. The last monument sign that could have been a <br />wall sign is being dedicated to the donor that donated $2.5 million to the purchase of the <br />building. We thought it would be more than appropriate to provide a nice monument <br />sign dedicating that building. <br />Commission Questions of Applicant: <br />None. <br />Additional Questions of Staff: <br />None. <br />Public Comment: <br />None. <br />Closed Public Hearing and discussion by Commission: <br />Russell has no comments and supports it. <br />Rice says his comments were implicit in his comments and wanted to understand how <br />the process works. It seems to him that this is being done in accord with the way things <br />ought to be done when an applicant wants to put up more than one sign. He thinks the <br />signs are quite attractive. He supports the proposal. <br />O’Connell has no comment. <br />Tengler has no comment. <br />Brauneis has no comment. <br />Moline has no comment. <br /> <br />