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Will Berg
From: Jennifer Veatch
Sent: Tuesday. June 26. 2007 5:08 PM
To: Will Berg; Sharon Smith; Machelle Hill; Tara Green
Subject: Primerica appeal tonight (AP-07-005)
This is a letter in opposition of Primerica's appeal to retain their sign. Please enter it into the file records.
Thanks,
Jen.rw. CVeatclt
Assistant City Planner
Meridian Planning Department
660 E. Watertower Lane, Suite 202
. :Meridian, ID 83642
208.884.5533
208.888.6854 (fax)
y~atchi@meridiancity.org
From: Brandon Caldwell [mailto:bibsweb@gmail.com]
sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 3:21 PM
To: Jennifer Veatch
Cc: Cody Caldwell
Subject: Re: BIBS sign
Jenny,
I wish I could be there but I have to work and I am not sure Cody will be off work in time, so I guess the
most I can offer is a revised letter.
Bibs was original given a new sign hung below Primerica as agreed upon as new tenants. That sign was then determined to
be unapproved and was taken down the next day by our landlord. We are now six months in business with absolutely no
storefront signage in place. The last discussion we had with our landlord is that he is not supporting us and will be backing
Primerica J 00% to keep there existing signage in place. He said he will work with us for an alternate solution but only after
the Primerica situation is resolved. His recomendation is that we your go for approval to put as large as lettering as possible
on the building columns on each side of our storefront. Tf"this is our only option then we will work with that. The other option
we suggested is left of the existing Primerica sign, but my concern is the singnage will be misleading and customers of both
busineses will most likely attempt to enter the incorrect suite based on sign location. We really have only one goal and that is
to grow our business and our number one customer complaint is they can'tfind us because we have no visible sign. We were
not happy with the previous sign, but at least it was a sign. By the City Code, and under the Planned Sign Program, we are
allowed to have a wall sign above our business (at the least). We have appliedfor this and been approved by the City. To
summarize, the intent of this letter is to state my oposition to the Primerica sign remaining in place if we are offered no
reasonable alternative like signage down the columns or above the primerica suite.
Thank you,
BIBS management.
On 6/26/07, Jennifer Veatch <y.e1!tyhj@meridiancity.org> wrote:
Brandon and Cody,
I shared your letter with the director of the Planning Department who will be introducing this case to the City
Council. She said two things, one is that if you are going to submit this letter for City Council Review you need to
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clearly state that you are in opposition to Primerica's appeal to keep their sign where it is. Two, she said that your
presence at the hearing tonight would carry a lot more weight with the Council than the letter. This is the only
chance you get to state your case. By the City Code, and under the Planned Sign Program, you are allowed to
have a wall sign above your business (at the least). You have applied for this and been approved by the City.
Your agreement with the landlord is a civil matter, and Primerica's sign is illegal (off-premise and no sign approval
from the City).
The meeting starts at 7 pm at City Hall. Primerica's appeal is number 18 on the agenda so you could come a little
later. I strongly urge one of you to go and perhaps a representative from Preferred Physical Therapy too.
Please call if you have further questions.
JeJlJ7!I. CV eateh
.Assistant City Planner
Meridian Planning Department
660 E. Watertower Lane, Suite 202
Meridian, ID 83642
208.884.5533
208.888.6854 (fax)
veatehj@meridianeit;y.org
From: Brandon Caldwell [mailto: bibsweb@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:06 AM
To: Jennifer Veatch
Cc: Cody Caldwell
Subject: BIBS sign
Hi Jenny,
Cody asked if could shoot you over an email explaining our concerns with the ongoing sign issues at our
building.
We signed our lease with a gentlemen's agreement from our landlord that we would not have a sign
directly above our storefront because the Primerica was already in place. We then worked with the
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landlord to get a small box sign installed just below the existing Primerica. That sign was then
determined to be unapproved and was taken down the next day by our landlord. We are now six months
in business with absolutely no storefront signage in place. The last discussion we had with our landlord
is that he is not supporting us and will be backing Primerica 100% to keep there existing signage in
place. He said he will work with us for an alternate solution but only after the Primerica situation is
resolved. His recomendation is that we your go for approval to put as large as lettering as possible on the
building columns on each side of our storefront. If this is our only option then we will work with that.
The other option we suggested is left of the existing Primerica sign, but my concern is the singnage will
be misleading and customers of both busineses will most likely attempt to enter the incorrect suite based
on sign location. We already get a very negative feel from our Primerica neighbors and I am sure that
will not help the situation. The bottom line for us I guess is that we feel we continually are dismissed
when we try to get any type of signage and really have only one goal and that is to grow our business
and our number one customer complaint is they can't find us. We were not happy with the previous sign,
but at least it was a sign.
I hope this is the information you are after. Please feel free to call me with any questions.
Thank you,
Brandon Caldwell
440-4775
6/26/2007