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6.4 Section -Claims and Warrants <br />A. Approve warrants dated through April 23, 2007 and usual and necessary payments <br />through May 7, 2007. MINUTE ORDER 07-067 <br /> <br />7. PUBLIC HEARING <br />A. Amendment to Chapter 3 of the Municipal Code regulating Advertising and Signs - <br />The public hearing was closed at the March 26, 2007 City Council Meeting. <br />Principal Planner Jany presented the staff report and summarized past events over <br />the last few months. He stated that thousands of different signs within the City <br />would be regulated by proposed sign ordinance. Planning Analyst Kelly provided <br />further definition nuances of nonconforming signs. There are currently eighty-eight <br />nonconforming signs and six are historic signs. <br />Legal Counsel Randall Morrison briefly reviewed past city practice on signs and <br />clarified what is and is not a billboard, how they may be used/advertised as a legally <br />distinct class, and explained the basic concepts on how the courts regard property <br />rights in regards to signs and people's rights to express themselves. <br />Council Members questions included clarification on message substitution, the <br />possibility of reverting or switching back and forth between noncommercial and <br />commercial billboard use, clarification of standard billboard sizes, the interplay and <br />differences between local, state, and federal regulations, amortization rules, what <br />other cities have sign incentive and improvement programs, and how many cities <br />have similar sign ordinances. <br />M/S Foust/Ira to reopen the public hearing. The motion passed by unanimous <br />voice vote by those present. <br />Public Comment: <br />Clem Molony, environmental safety manager from Lyngso Garden Materials, stated <br />that he thought staff took a wise approach to the proposed ordinance and sees it as <br />a clean up of older legalistic issues from the 1999 ordinance. Representing Lyngso, <br />he stated that the main objective is to encourage signs that are functional, <br />proportional in scale, and architecturally compatible with adjacent structures. <br />Dennis Zell, Law Office of Fogarty & Zell, LLP (Nano Maldonado, gave his time to <br />Dennis Zell), representing Nano Maldonado a lifelong resident of Redwood City, <br />stated their concerns about how the proposed sign ordinance will effect his client's <br />ability to post any offsite commercial messages on his billboard at his warehouse, <br />which is located along the 101. Currently, Mr. Maldonado can only post an onsite <br />JOINT CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD AND APRIL 23, 2007 <br />PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING MINUTES PAGE 8 <br />