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UPTOWN FACADE BOARD

Board Meeting Minutes

September 17, 2007



A meeting of the Uptown Facade Board was held in the Council Chambers on the

Plaza Level of the Columbus Consolidated Government Center, September 17, 2007.



Members Present: Sonya Eddings David Serrato

Mark Renner

Cheri Sanders



Members Absent: John Lester Elizabeth Barker, Ex Officio

Garry Pound

Brenda Price



CALL TO ORDER:



Meeting was called to order by Mark Renner, Chair. A quorum was present. The

Minutes of the August 20, 2007 Meeting were approved as presented.



Case Reviews:



115 12th Street Application was presented by Denise Sticklney for Sumo to Go ?

Go. The request was for the addition of signage to the storefront fa?ade. The

Board reviewed and discussed the application. A motion was made by Sonya

Eddings to approve the application as presented. David Serrato seconded the

motion. The motion passed.



1237 1st Avenue Application was presented by Kathy Kay for Hoffman Vance, LLC.

The request was for the installation of signage on an existing pole mounted

sign structure. The new sign would be a non back lit sign panel. The Board

reviewed and discussed the application. It was noted that the change being

requested had already been made without the Board?s prior review/approval. A

motion was made by David Serrato to approve the application as presented.

Cherie Sanders seconded the motion. The motion passed.



1100 1st Avenue Application was presented by Ryan Clements for First

Presbyterian Church. The request was to replace all the existing plain glass

windows. The proposed new windows would be a metal clad, true divided lite,

window. The Board reviewed and discussed the application. A motion was made

by Cherie Sanders to approve the application as presented. Sonya Eddings

seconded the motion. The motion passed.



1324 Veterans Parkway Application was presented by Ron Wright for AT&T. The

request was to replace the existing signage with new signage. The Board

reviewed and discussed the application. A motion was made by David Serrato to

approve the application as presented. Cherie Sanders seconded the motion. The

motion passed.



1104 Broadway Application was presented by Bill Brooks for WLGA TV. The

request was for the addition of an awning, signage on the storefront glass and

the use of a neon sign. The applicant amended the application by submitting a

different color choice for the awning. The Board reviewed and discussed the

application. The Board?s discussion focused on the various types of signage

being proposed and the size of the proposed neon sign. A motion was made by

David Serrato to approve the awning, the signage on the storefront and the use

of the neon sign. The neon sign is not to exceed 4 square feet in size.

Cherie Sanders seconded the motion. The motion passed.



1029 Broadway Application was presented by Gary Daswani for Suit City 2 For

$99. The request was for changes to the existing primary sign. The Board

reviewed and discussed the application. It was noted that the changes being

requested had been made without the Board?s prior review/approval. The Board?s

discussion focused on whether the existing sign and other signage was actually

two (2) primary signs for one business location. The applicant presented

documentation verifying that there was in fact a separate business in that

location. A motion was made by David Serrato to approve the changes to the

existing sign as presented. Cherie Sanders seconded the motion. The motion

passed.



1510th Street The applicant for this request was not in attendance at the

meeting. However, since the request had been previously reviewed by the Board

of Historic and Architectural Review (BHAR) and the Board had no concerns about

the request it felt it could proceed with voting on the application. A motion

was made by Cheri Sanders to approve the request to replace the existing second

floor wooden doors with a solid pane window that would fit into the existing

opening. David Serrato seconded the motion. The motion passed.



Old/New Business



The Board reviewed and discussed the status of the applications approved at the

April 2007 Meeting for compliance with the Board?s rulings.



The Board reviewed the final draft of the proposed LED Sign policy. A motion

was made by David Serrato to approve the amendment to the Design Guidelines for

LED signage. Cheri Sanders seconded the motion. The motion passed.



The Board had previously tabled (August 2007) a request for an LED sign at 1408

Veterans Parkway until a policy on this type of signage could be adopted. A

motion was made by David Serrato to approve the request for an LED sign at 1408

Veterans Parkway as presented. Sonya Eddings seconded the motion. The motion

passed.









Board Chairman Mark Renner announced to the Board that due to increasing work

responsibilities he intends to resign as a Board Member at the end of December.









Adjourn:



There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.



Respectively submitted by:



_______________________________________

Mark Renner, Chair



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Mark S. McCollum, Secretary

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