3/20/2018 DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE Minutes

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whatever you like. Jonathan said the issue here is the Town Bylaw. Jonathan said the Town just turned down the Mobil Gas Station because no moving/flashing signs are allowed so how can we say "yes" to this proposal—the Town is suppose to set the example. Bob Messier said he set up a model of the proposed sign in the parking lot at Town Hall to give the Committee an idea of what the message and background colors look like, what the message board can do, and the exact size of the sign. He said Daktronics is very well known in the message board sign industry; and he said to keep in mind that this is a safety/emergency town message board. He said one of the biggest concerns they see with other signs is the dimming at night. With Daktronics, as it get dark the sign will automatically dim down but other signs don't do that. Jonathan said the Bylaw says no flashing; no switching; that sort of thing. Patty DeBoer commented that perhaps we ought to change the Bylaws. At this point everyone left the meeting room and walked outside for a very brief view of the model sign that was set up in the parking lot. Upon returning inside, the discussion continued. Mike Mendoza asked whether any other communities have such message boards. The group responded "yes". Mark Hurley named: Bourne, Harwich, Dennis-Yarmouth High School, and Monomoy. Mike asked if any of these had similar bylaw restriction in force. Mark said "yes" Dennis-Yarmouth went to their ZBA for a variance. Jonathan asked for measurement of current sign. They said they think the proposed sign is 4' more, but message board is about the same size but they added additional panel. They said proposed sign is 8X8. Mike asked if the School Department has been before the Board of Selectmen. Patty said they will be at the upcoming Selectmen meeting with this proposal. Evan Lehrer, Town Planner, commented that he wants to touch upon the interpretation piece of the Bylaw that will hold this up from rendering a decision and that would be the "moving" language part of the sign. He said he believes that was meant to be a sign like a barber shop sign that rotates. So if a condition were put in that the sign is not physically moving but has the capability to have message flashing...this is not a physically moving sign. Mike Mendoza said while he is not a voting member of Design Review he would recommend this go before the ZBA where conditions could be placed on it such as limitations of timing for message display, flashing, etc. Mike said if it goes to ZBA, the Town Planner has the opportunity to submit documentation either "for" or"against". Jonathan said the question is how long does it stay stationary. Bob Messier said typically see 10 seconds as a minimum stationary. He said Mass Highways; Feds; DOT came up with 10 seconds—no flashing. Mike said that's 2