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been adequate. The Council voted to direct the Planning Commission to schedule a public hearing to consider revocation of the Variances. Mrs. Stratton stated the Planning Commission held a public hearing on September 24, 1991, to reconsider the Adams Variances. After testi- mony from various individuals, the Planning Commission adopted a reso- lution upholding the Adams Variances and adding additional findings to those included in their original action. On September 30, 1991, two members of the City Council filed appeals of the Commission's decision to uphold the Adams Variances. Mrs. Stratton said the proposed lease agreement would compensate the City in the amount of $220,000 per year for ten sites. Staff applied to CALTRANS on behalf of Adams for the necessary permits, and was in- formed by CALTRANS that the 1970 Outdoor Advertising Act prohibits the City from placing signs on public rights-of-way. Two options are avail- able: (1) The City land could be parcelized and removed from the rights-of-way category, billboards may be placed on other City -owned property; or - (2) The land could be vacated, given or sold, to Adams. To date, neither of these options has been pursued. Mrs. Stratton stated if the Council wishes to uphold the Planning Com- mission resolution, reaffirming the Adams Variances, it may be appro- priate to also reconsider the lease agreement. Since Adams has already applied for five signs located on private property, the City is uncer- tain that they would agree to withdraw those applications and locate all of their signs on City property. Legal counsel informs us that we cannot make this a condition of the Variances. Mrs. Stratton advised Adams Advertising is proposing to pay the City $1,482 per month for each billboard located on City property. If the lease is not approved, none of the signs will be on City property and there will be no compensation to the City. None of the five sites which are currently in plan check are on City property. Mrs. Stratton concluded the City Council may choose to adopt one of two resolutions regarding the Adams Advertising billboard sign Variances, either revoking the issuance of advertising sign variances to Adams Advertising, or, denying the revocation of advertising sign variances to Adams Advertising. Mrs. Stratton said if the Council adopts action upholding the Planning Commission's action, they may wish to reconsider approval of the pro- posed lease agreement. If so, the action would be authorizing the City Manager to execute the lease agreement with Adams Advertising for up to ten public sites, subject to City Attorney approval as to form, and direct the Community Development Director to initiate the process to parcelize the appropriate public right-of-way sites. 4 00V 1 J 19W