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3) RTC Il Master Planning (:ommunity Development Director Trudgeon reviewed that the Council authorized the Master [)lanning of the second and third tiers sun'ounding the Ramsey Town Center last month. A group of consultants representing different specialties were authorized to proceed, led by McCombs Frank Roes Associates, Inc. Staff has been working for the last month with the Master Planning 'l'eam. The focus has been with Pulte Homes at this time. Staff met with The Tinklenberg Group today about this area. }Ie presented the draft plan to the Council and requested input if there is anything the Council sees as missing. Councilmembcr Elvig inquired how the City can work with developers regarding areas for big box rclail. Community Development Director Trudgeon replied this has been discussed with some of the property owners in this area over the years. The zoning is in place and the City may want to start discussing the possibilities with some of the property owners. City Administrator Norman indicated staff would like to keep reviewing this with the Council as they proceed. I. Ic requested Council to contact staff if there is anything the Council would like to cliscuss regarding this area. 4) RTC Project Financing & Fiscal Impact Moved 'up Ih'st in thc agenda. 5) Sign Policy I'ublic Works Director Kapler reviewed that, prior to the 2004 election season, staff discussed wilh (',ouncil the anticipated handling of campaign signs within the right-of-way. A policy was created and tbllowed for the campaign season, although Council directed staff to follow up to include all signs in right-of-ways and to review the sign ordinance. Community Development has conducted research regarding how other communities handle signs in the right-of-ways. t IRA I';xccutivc Director Frolik indicated staff feels they are ready to begin enforcement of signs on utility poles, which has been a staffing problem before. Regarding signs in the right-of-ways, the Council previously agreed that the business signs and signs such as Lose Weight Fast signs should bo removed from the right-of-way. There was some desire to allow the residential signs and temporary real estate signs, which promote the community, to remain. Staff contacted some other corn munitios to see how they handle the real estate signs, and found other communities turn their heads to real estate signs. Public Works Director Kapler advised from the public safety aspect the number one concern is thc public safety of roads and the blocked vision at the intersections. He indicated he would promote educating thc contractors that place the real estate signs about the placement of the signs, which would likely eliminate 80 percent of the issues. City Council Work Session/March 29, 2005 Page 6 of 8