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3.2 HANDOUT at 7/` /—q " Leeseberg, Chris ` ' ' From: Annie Deckert <annie @decklangroup.com> Sent: Tuesday,July 09, 2013 1:19 PM To: Carlton,Zachary Cc: Leeseberg, Chris; Huebner, Debbie; Tim Dolan Subject: Granite Shores, letters of support Attachments: GC Sign- letters of support.pdf Hi Zach, Chris told me you would be presenting the staff report this evening to the BOA regarding the Appeal of Zoning for the Granite Shores sign. Attached you will find letters of support for the sign from the following businesses: • SOUL, Kacey Bottineau • Representative Nick Zerwas, DIstrict 30A • Pik-UR-Flik, Jennifer Wagner • Elite Media&Design, Sean Peck • Antiques Downtown • Downtown River's Edge Business Association, Fred McCoy • Avalon Salon, Tamara Ackerman • Edward Jones, Sandi Yeado • Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce, President Ben Bauman We also anticipate having a few more to bring to the meeting this evening. Would you please pass these along to the BOA? Or would you rather we bring copies to the meeting? Please let me know. Look forward to meeting with you tonight. Thanks Annie B Deckert, MPA, EDFP, President 812 Main St. NW, Suite 250 Elk River, MN 55330 w ww.decklanaroup.con 612.564.0795- office 763.568.9498 -cell E FIL-, a is 1 • z 318 .Ta('kt;oii . y?(' NNV El k River, s 3 3f) 763.567. 1!):10 1!)>3f3 ' rh ,r 7/2/2013 City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE:Proposed Sign-Granite Shores Freestanding Sign To Whom It May Concern, Granite Shores is proposing to construct an elect rorlic message board sign in front of their building located at 633 Main Street, Elk River MN. This sign will be utilized to advertise available space in the building,as well as businesses(within Granite Shores). In addition,Mr.Soderberg, owner of the Granite Shores property, is offering to utilize the sign (up to 20%of the time)to advertise community events downtown,including,but not limited to,Thursday concerts in River's Edge Commons,all Elk River Parks& Recreation events(Chalk-it-Up, Kidstock, Movies in the Park), Farmer's Market, Elk River Area Arts Alliance events,Reading Frenzy events, Downtown River's Edge Sidewalk Sales,Trick-or-Treat and Santa in the Park and McCoy's Annual St. Patrick's Day 5k for CAER. • The City of Elk River has already invested a considerable amount of time and money into . byµ; downtown Elk River which include,but are not limited to the following;, numerous TIF districts, reinvestment through Microloans(Nicole's Salon,Daddy-Os; Blue Egg Bakery,Waterfall Salon, Olde Main Eatery,Diamond City Bread,Sweet P's Candies E. Ice Cream,Nicole's Salon Pompeii Pizzeria,etc.), River's Edge Commons Park and recently Main Street Parking Plaza(includes acquisition/demolition of two buildings,and construction of new parking lot) . Not only has there been extensive public and private investment,but city staff,outside consultants and businesses and downtown Elk River businesses have spent considerable time to ensure downtown Elk River thrives, Recent city studies have concluded that with recent and future changes to US HWY 10/169,the downtown is in need of new ways to draw people to the core of downtown Elk River through festivals,events,existing and new businesses. The proposed sign will assist in drawing people into downtown Elk River to patronize local businesses,and support community events, This letter indicates my/our FULL support for this project. Denying this sign is going against all the time and money the City has invested thus far into the downtown and various community plans throughout the years. It also gives the impression the City does riot support local business and has a negative impact on any pro-business atmosphere the City is trying to achieve. x.z Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Kacey BottineauV �� mar mind body one ) ' | 3 City of Elk River 13O6S Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE:Proposed Sign-Granite Shores Freestanding Sign To Whom It May Concern, Granite Shores is proposing to construct an electronic message board sign in front of their building located at 633 Main Street, Elk River MN. This sign will be utilized to advertise available space in the building, as well as businesses (within Granite Shores). In addition, Mr. Soderberg,owner of the Granite Shores property, is offering to utilize the sign (up to 20Y6 of the time)to advertise community events downtown, including, but not limited to,Thursday concerts in River's Edge Commons, all Elk River Parks & Recreation events(Chalk-it-Up, Kidstock, Movies in the Park), Farmer's Market, Elk River Area Arts Alliance events, Reading Frenzy events, Downtown River's Edge Sidewalk Sales,Trick-or-Treat and Santa in the Park and McCoy's Annual St. Patrick's Day 5k for CAER, The City of Elk River has already invested a considerable amount of time and money into downtown Elk River which include, but are not limited to the following:, numerous TIF districts, reinvestment through Micro loans (Nicole's Salon, Daddy-Os, Blue Egg Bakery, Waterfall Salon, Olde Main Eatery, Diamond City Bread, Sweet P's Candies & Ice Cream, Nicole's Salon Pompeii Pizzeria, etc.), River's Edge Commons Park and recently Main Street Parking Plaza (includes acquisition/demolition of two buildings, and construction of new parking lot) Not only has there been extensive public and private investment, but city staff, outside consultants and businesses and downtown Elk River businesses have spent considerable time to ensure downtown Elk River thrives. Recent city studies have concluded that with recent and future changes to US HWY 10/169,the downtown is in need of new ways to draw people to the core of downtown Elk River through festivals, events,existing and new businesses. The proposed sign will assist in drawing people into downtown Elk River to patronize local businesses, and support community events, in addition to promoting available vacant space downtown. This letter indicates my full support for this project. Denying this sign is going against all the time and money the City has invested thus far into the downtown and various community plans throughout the years. It also gives the impression the City does not support local business and has a negative impact on any pro-business atmosphere the City is trying to achieve. Thank you for your time. Respectfully ^'f /�T� . - - ---- Represeive Nick Zerwas, District 30A *6 erWaps 612.74111S 7r48 Nein St Sae Li I City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: Proposed Sign-Granite Shores Freestanding Sign To Whom It May Concern: Granite Shores is proposing to construct an electronic message board sign in front of their building located at 633 Main Street, Elk River MN. This sign will be utilized to advertise available space in the building, as well as businesses (within Granite Shores). In addition, Mr. Soderberg,owner of the Granite Shores property, is offering to utilize the sign (up to 20% of the time)to advertise community events downtown, including, but not limited to,Thursday concerts in River's Edge Commons,all Elk River Parks&Recreation events (Chalk-it-Up, Kidstock, Movies in the Park), Farmer's Market, Elk River Area Arts Alliance events, Reading Frenzy events, Downtown River's Edge Sidewalk Sales, Trick-or-Treat and Santa in the Park and McCoy's Annual St. Patrick's Day 5k for CAER. The City of Elk River has already invested a considerable amount of time and money into downtown Elk River which include, but are not limited to the following:,numerous TIF districts, reinvestment through Microloans (Nicole's Salon, Daddy-Os, Blue Egg Bakery, Waterfall Salon, Olde Main Eatery, Diamond City Bread,Sweet P's Candies & Ice Cream, Nicole's Salon Pompeii Pizzeria, etc.), River's Edge Commons Park and recently Main Street Parking Plaza (includes acquisition/demolition of two buildings, and construction of new parking lot) . Not only has there been extensive public and private investment, but city staff, outside consultants and businesses and downtown Elk River businesses have spent considerable time to ensure downtown Elk River thrives. Recent city studies have concluded that with recent and future changes to US HWY 10/169, the downtown is in need of new ways to draw people to the core of downtown Elk River through festivals, events, existing and new businesses. The proposed sign will assist in drawing people into downtown Elk River to patronize lac businesses, and support community events. -4 66 er 612741,1919 16/4,. ATaln Suits ; I 5 VA:3 This letter indicates my FULL support for this project. Denying this sign is going against all the time and money the City has invested thus far into the downtown and various community plans throughout the years. It also gives the impression the City does not support local business and has a negative impact on any pro-business atmosphere the City is trying to achieve. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, • 40 / 417 /UIN J-nnifer L Wag er Owner& President Pik ur Flik, Inc. Open Reel Media, Inc. VftV"- 4 , ;>.• ivcc.,04 City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: Proposed Sign-Granite Shores Freestanding Sign To Whom It May Concern, Granite Shores is proposing to construct an electronic message board sign in front of their building located at 633 Main Street, Elk River MN. This sign will be utilized to advertise available space in the building,as well as businesses (within Granite Shores). In addition, Mr. Soderberg,owner of the Granite Shores property, is offering to utilize the sign (up to 20%of the time)to advertise community events downtown, including, but not limited to,Thursday concerts in River's Edge Commons,all Elk River Parks & Recreation events (Chalk-it-Up, Kidstock, Movies in the Park), Farmer's Market, Elk River Area Arts Alliance events, Reading Frenzy events, Downtown River's Edge Sidewalk Sales, Trick-or-Treat and Santa in the Park and McCoy's Annual St. Patrick's Day 5k for CAER. The City of Elk River has already invested a considerable amount of time and money into downtown Elk River which include, but are not limited to the following:, numerous TIF districts, reinvestment through Micro loans (Nicole's Salon, Daddy-Os, Blue Egg Bakery, Waterfall Salon, Olde Main Eatery, Diamond City Bread, Sweet P's Candies & Ice Cream, Nicole's Salon Pompeii Pizzeria, etc.), River's Edge Commons Park and recently Main Street Parking Plaza (includes acquisition/demolition of two buildings, and construction of new parking lot) . Not only has there been extensive public and private investment, but city staff, outside consultants and businesses and downtown Elk River businesses have spent considerable time to ensure downtown Elk River thrives. Recent city studies have concluded that with recent and future changes to US HWY 10/169,the downtown is in need of new ways to draw people to the core of downtown Elk River through festivals,events, existing and new businesses. The proposed sign will assist in drawing people into downtown Elk River to patronize local businesses, and support community events. This letter indicates my/our FULL support for this project. Denying this sign is going against all the time and money the City has invested thus far into the downtown and various community plans throughout the years. It also gives the impression the City does not support local business and has a negative impact on any pro-business atmosphere the City is trying to achieve. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, w / _-____-__- City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: Proposed Sign-Granite Shores Freestanding Sign To Whom It May Concern, Granite Shores is proposing to construct an electronic message board sign in front of their building located at 633 Main Street, Elk River MN. This sign will be utilized to advertise available space in the building, as well as businesses (within Granite Shores). In addition, Mr. Soderberg, owner of the Granite Shores property, is offering to utilize the sign (up to 20%of the time)to advertise community events downtown, including, but not limited to,Thursday concerts in River's Edge Commons, all Elk River Parks & Recreation events (Chalk-it-Up, Kidstock, Movies in the Park), Farmer's Market, Elk River Area Arts Alliance events, Reading Frenzy events, Downtown River's Edge Sidewalk Sales, Trick-or-Treat and Santa in the Park and McCoy's Annual St. Patrick's Day 5k for CAER. The City of Elk River has already invested a considerable amount of time and money into downtown Elk River which include, but are not limited to the following:, numerous TIF districts, reinvestment through Micro loans (Nicole's Salon, Daddy-Os, Blue Egg Bakery,Waterfall Salon, Olde Main Eatery, Diamond City Bread, Sweet P's Candies & Ice Cream, Nicole's Salon Pompeii Pizzeria, etc.), River's Edge Commons Park and recently Main Street Parking Plaza (includes acquisition/demolition of two buildings, and construction of new parking lot) . Not only has there been extensive public and private investment, but city staff,outside consultants and businesses and downtown Elk River businesses have spent considerable time to ensure downtown Elk River thrives. Recent city studies have concluded that with recent and future changes to US HWY 10/169,the downtown is in need of new ways to draw people to the core of downtown Elk River through festivals, events, existing and new businesses. The proposed sign will assist in drawing people into downtown Elk River to patronize local businesses, and support community events. This letter indicates my/our FULL support for this project. Denying this sign is going against all the time and money the City has invested thus far into the downtown and various community plans throughout the years. It also gives the impression the City does not support local business and has a negative impact on any pro-business atmosphere the City is trying to achieve. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, ` / ---ri/ , , 4,yifia/ei C, , , f , i (2„, , . ir 04,0/-7;1,-747/1 s - 1, -( , i ., . ' . ^ / J «U | / 7 U 5 City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River. MN 55330 RE: Proposed Sign-Granite Shores Freestanding Sign To Whom It May Concern, Granite Shores is proposing to Construct an electronic message board sign in front of their building located at 633 Main Street, Elk River MN. This sign will be utilized to advertise available space in the building, as well as businesses (within Granite Shores). In addition, Mr. Soderberg, owner of the Granite Shores property, is offering to utilize the sign (up to 20%of the time)to advertise community events downtown, including, but not limited to,Thursday concerts in River's Edge Commons, all Elk River Parks& Recreation events (Chalk-it-Up, Kidstock, Movies in the Park), Farmer's Market, Elk River Area Arts Alliance events, Reading Frenzy events, Downtown River's Edge Sidewalk Sales, Trick-or-Treat and Santa in the Park and McCoy's Annual St. Patrick's Day 5k for CAER. The City of Elk River has already invested a considerable amount of time and money into downtown Elk River which include, butane not limited to the following:, numerous TIF districts, reinvestment through Micro loans (Nicole's Salon, Daddy-Os, Blue Egg Bakery,Waterfall Salon, Olde Main Eatery, Diamond City Bread, Sweet P's Candies& Ice Cream, Nicole's Salon Pompeii Pizzeria, etc.), River's Edge Commons Park and recently Main Street Parking Plaza (includes acquisition/demolition of two buildings, and construction of new parking lot) . Not only has there been extensive public and private investment, but city staff, outside consultants and businesses and downtown Elk River businesses have spent considerable time to ensure downtown Elk River thrives. Recent city studies have concluded that with recent and future changes to US HWY 10/169, the downtown is in need of new ways to draw people to the core of downtown Elk River through festivals, events, existing and new businesses. The proposed sign will assist in drawing people into downtown Elk River to patronize local businesses, and support community events. This letter indicates my/our FULL support for this project. Denying this sign is going against all the time and money the City has invested thus far into the downtown and various community plans throughout the years. It also gives the impression the City does not support local business and has a negative impact on any pro-business atmosphere the City is trying to achieve. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, '- ' � / / / ` ' ' e `\ ~~^ � , / , ' valon Salon 706 Main Street NW Elk River,MN 55330 763-441-4142 City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Avalonsaloncom Elk River, MN 55330 RE: Proposed Sign- Granite Shores Freestanding Sign To Whom it May Concern, Granite Shores is proposing to construct an electronic message board sign in front of their building located at 633 Main Street, Elk River MN. This sign will be utilized to advertise available space in the building, as well as businesses (within Granite Shores). In addition, Mr. Soderberg, owner of the Granite Shores property, is offering to utilize the sign (up to 20% of the time) to advertise community events downtown, including, but not limited to, Thursday concerts in River's Edge Commons, all Elk River Parks & Recreation events (Chalk-ft-Up, Kidstock, Movies in the Park), Farmer's Market, Elk River Area Arts Alliance events, Reading Frenzy events, Downtown River's Edge Sidewalk Sales, Trick-or-Treat and Santa in the Park and McCoy's Annual St. Patrick's Day 5k for CAER. The City of Elk River has already invested a considerable amount of time and money into downtown Elk River which include, but are not limited to the following:, numerous TIF districts, reinvestment through Micro loans (Nicole's Salon, Daddy-Os, Blue Egg Bakery, Waterfall Salon, Olde Main Eatery, Diamond City Bread, Sweet P's Candies & Ice Cream, Pompeii Pizzeria, etc.), River's Edge Commons Park and recently Main Street Parking Plaza (includes acquisition/demolition of two buildings, and construction of new parking lot) . Not only has there been extensive public and private investment, but city staff, outside consultants and businesses and downtown Elk River businesses have spent considerable time to ensure downtown Elk River thrives. Recent city studies have concluded that with recent and future changes to US HWY 10/169, the downtown is in need of new ways to draw people to the core of downtown Elk River through festivals, events, existing and new businesses. The proposed sign will assist in drawing people into downtown Elk River to patronize local businesses, and support community events. This letter indicates my/our FULL support for this project. Denying this sign is going against all the time and money the City has invested thus far into the downtown and various community plans throughout the years. It also gives the impression the City does not support local business and has a negative impact on any pro-business atmosphere the City is trying to achieve. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, / L11i 7, iLWr L--7 . ^ City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 RE: Proposed Sign-Granite Shores Freestanding Sign To Whom It May Concern, Granite Shores is proposing to construct an electronic message board sign in front of their building located at 633 Main Street, Elk River MN. This sign will be utilized to advertise available space in the building, as well as businesses (within Granite Shores). In addition, Mr. Soderbere, owner of the Granite Shores property, is offering to utilize the sign (up to 20% of the time)to advertise community events downtown, including, but not limited to, Thursday concerts in River's Edge Commons, all Elk River Parks & Recreation events (Chalk-it-Up, Kidstock, Movies in the Park), Farmer's Market, Elk River Area Arts Alliance events, Reading Frenzy events, Downtown River's Edge Sidewalk Sales, Trick-or-Treat and Santa in the Park and McCoy's Annual St. Patrick's Day 5k for CAER. The City of Elk River has already invested a considerable amount of time and money into downtown Elk River which include, but are not limited to the following:, numerous TIF districts, reinvestment through Microloans (Nicole's Salon, Daddy-Os, Blue Egg Bakery, Waterfall Salon, Olde Main Eatery, Diamond City Bread, Sweet P's Candies& Ice Cream, Nicole's Salon Pompeii Pizzeria, etc.), River's Edge Commons Park and recently Main Street Parking Plaza (includes acquisition/demolition of two buildings, and construction of new parking lot) . Not only has there been extensive public and private investment, but city staff, outside consultants and businesses and downtown Elk River businesses have spent considerable time to ensure downtown Elk River thrives, Recent city studies have concluded that with recent and future changes to US HWY 10/169,the downtown is in need of new ways to draw people to the core of downtown Elk River through festivals, events, existing and new businesses. The proposed sign will assist in drawing people into downtown Elk River to patronize local businesses, and support community events. This letter indicates my/our FULL support for this project. Denying this sign is going against all the time and money the City has invested thus far into the downtown and various community plans throughout the years. It also gives the impression the City does not support local business and has a negative impact on any pro-business atmosphere the City is trying to achieve. 'Ihank you for your time. Sin �- . ■ ( - - - _ __ ^ y�� ` -��_--�_ /��1� � � '° - ' .��-�' / . . ~�J ) JO��kV'�KL� � � / . ~ � • , _ ir tlko' ELK. RIVER AR_EA June 18, 2013 Chamber of Commerce N. -- RE B; City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 City Council Members: Over the past 18 months, the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce has extensively studied the current City of Elk River sign ordinance. Our concerns about the sign ordinance include the following: • Some inconsistencies due to updates over the years that may not have filtered throughout the entire ordinance making it difficult to understand and more difficult to enforce. • Numerous requests for variances and conditional use permits suggest that the sign ordinance needs modifications so that there are fewer exceptions to the rules needed to conduct business • New technologies have changed the landscape of signage and the current ordinance needs updating especially around the use of digital (changeable-copy) signs Our recommendations have been forwarded to City staff, Jeremy Barnhart and Cal Portner. It is our understanding that staff is working on its review of the City's sigr ordinance this summer with help of their new intern. We are anxiously awaiting their results. Recently we have been approached to recommend support of the proposed sign request from Granite Shores. The sign that Granite Shores is requesting fits with our recommended changes to the current sign ordinance which indicates that "pylon, monument or free standing signs should be allowed in the downtown district for multi-tenant buildings". The purpose of signage is to help identify businesses for customers and vendors both current and prospective. In a multi-tenant building it is often difficult to identify which businesses are present. For this reason we believe it is in the best interest of continued economic development and general business promotion to allow signage that is easy to find and that identifies the tenants of the building to the public. We believe that the request from Granite Shores accomplishes this objective. This recommendation is supported by the Elk River Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Sincerely, Ben Bauman Board Chair Cc: Annie Deckert, Decklan Group Jim Soderberg, Granite Shores Jeremy Barnhart, City of Elk River Cal Portner, City of Elk River ELK.RIVER AREA CHAMBER or COMMERCE 509 HIGHWAY 10 ELK RIVER MN 55330 WWW.ELKRIVERCHAMBER.ORG VOCE (763)441-,3110 FAX (763) 441-3409 ERACC àELK.R1VERCHAMER,ORG