Crew presented the town with a letter of intent June 11th and the report was finished June 15th and on the agenda June 21st. That is a FAST turn around!
A four day turn around for a report is unheard of in the world of municipal politics. This I would know because I am continually asking for timelines on reports. I hope all of our residents and businesses going forward get this red carpet treatment.
I do think this new amendment is something we could have, and Crew should have done a long time ago. Hours of staff time and energy have gone into this file, we discussed this at council at least 4 times and at the end of the discussion we took it to court because the illegal sign went up despite being against our bylaw. Hopefully Monday we can come to an agreement and move forward. Finally there is a light at the end of our tunnel, just for once it is not a digital media light.
Here is a summary of the report, full for full report click the link below.
“It will be noted that the proposed sign does not include an electronic media sign (EMS)
component, unlike the current sign. That will be removed and replaced by a static sign, as
shown, showing advertising and business information. The dimensions of this static sign are
similar to that of the EMS sign it replaces. The entire sign will be lit by floodlights, while the
information component and the existing business identification component, will be mounted
on the same existing structure, as shown on the sign dimensions plan.
The increase in height and sign face area (the actual area of the sign on which words an
images can be displayed, exclusive of the frame, decorative and structural components) is
relatively minor. The height increase is necessitated by the CREW logo placed in the curved
extension at the top of the sign, which is considered to be a complementary element, and the
desire to match its height with the new sign component (like the previous EMS). The increase
in sign face area is the result of size matching the EMS replacement sign section with the
existing business identification sign.”
https://townofessex-pub.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=4071
