Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201700067 Correspondence 2017-07-14 Margaret Maliszewski From: Margaret Maliszewski Sent Friday,July 14, 2017 1:04 PM To: 'Jeremy Walters' Subject: RE:Albemarle Square freestanding-signs application Thanks for the revisions,Jeremy, I will take one last look to make sure all is OK for the ARB. There are others who review sign permits and whose sign-off you'll need.They include zoning review, building/electrical, Service Authority, and preliminary zoning inspection.When a sign application is received for a property in the Entrance Corridor, intake staff separate it into two.They send part to me, and the other part is routed through all the reviewers in turn.Those reviews are in process. From:Jeremy Walters [mailto:jwalters@jonessign.comj Sent: Friday,July 14, 2017 11:10 AM To: Margaret Maliszewski<MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Subject: Re:Albemarle Square freestanding signs application Margaret - Revised drawing attached. I adjusted the size of the Fresh Market letters to 4-3/8" (down from 4- 7/8"). The dimensions for that panel have been revised on the drawing as well. That should give us the ample space you were looking for. I also added the note you requested below to the electrical layout page on sheet 3.0 of the drawings. I do have one more question you mentioned below that this would resolve all issues identified on your part of the review. Can you tell me what the next step in the process is? Are there others that need to review prior to approval? Let me know if there is anything else I can do to help. Thanks for your help! Jeremy Walters I Project Manager Jones Sign Your Vision. Accomplished. Office: 804-325-1154 Cell: 757-636-0091 Ashland, VA Office www.jonessign.com On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 6:59 AM, Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewskiaalbemarle.org> wrote: Thanks,Jeremy.Yes,that will work.We also need the standard LED lighting note on the drawings: The level of illumination provided by the LED lights will not exceed the illumination produced by a single stroke of 30 milliamp (ma) neon. That will resolve all issues identified in my part of the review. 1 Margaret From:Jeremy Walters [mailto:jwalters@jonessign.com] Sent:Thursday,July 13, 2017 5:39 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski<MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Subject: Re:Albemarle Square freestanding signs application Does this look a little better? That gives us about 3 or 4 inches of clear space on each side. If it looks ok, I will update the drawings fully and shoot them back over to you. TIE FRESH MARKET p• Jeremy Walters I Project Manager Jones Sign Your Vision.Accomplished. Office: 804-325-1154 Cell: 757-636-0091 Ashland, VA Office www.ionessign.com On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 5:29 PM, Margaret Maliszewski<MMaliszewski@a albemarle.org>wrote: 2 Jeremy,The "Fresh Market" letters WC extending out very close to the edge of the panel. It looks like there is maybe only 1" of clear space from the end of the letter to the edge of the panel. Can that clear space be increased? Margaret From:Jeremy Walters [mailto:jwalters@ionessien.com] Sent:Thursday,July 13, 2017 2:26 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski<MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Cc:Jim Plotkin<jim@dumbartonproperties.com> Subject: Re:Albemarle Square freestanding signs application Margaret - Left you a voicemail earlier, but thought e-mail might be easier for you. Just checking to see if there are any updates on the Albemarle Square signage ARB review. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help the process along. Thanks! Jeremy Walters I Project Manager Jones Sign Your Vision.Accomplished. Office: 804-325-1154 Cell: 757-636-0091 Ashland, VA Office www.ionession.com On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org>wrote: 3 Thanks,Jeremy. From:Jeremy Walters [mailto:iwalters@!onessign.com] Sent: Friday,July 07, 2017 11:50 AM To: Margaret Maliszewski<MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Cc:Jim Plotkin <jim@dumbartonprooerties.com> Subject: Re:Albemarle Square freestanding signs application Margaret - Just went online to pay the fee. The Fee Receipt is attached with Notes added specifying the payment as ARB review Fee. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Jeremy Walters I Project Manager Jones Sign Your Vision.Accomplished. Office: 804-325-1154 Cell: 757-636-0091 Ashland, VA Office www.ionession.com On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski(%i albemarle.org> wrote: Jim, The fees previously paid cover the building, zoning and electrical review fees—not ARB review. The $129 will cover ARB review of both signs. Jeremy, Thanks for your phone message. I tried to return your call, but there was no answer and no opportunity to leave a message. 4 From: Jim Plotkin [mailto:jim@dumbartonproperties.com] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 11:28 AM To: Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Cc: Walters Jeremy<iwalters(u@ionessign.com> Subject: Re: Albemarle Square freestanding signs application Margaret: Answers to your questions are below, in ALL CAPS. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 6, 2017, at 5:36 PM, Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> wrote: Hello, Jim. I've received your application for the two new freestanding signs at Albemarle Square and I've looked over it quickly to determine if it is complete. I have a comment and A few questions. 1. The ARB review fee of$129 was not paid but is required. SO THEN THE TWO FEES PREVIOUSLY PAID UPON SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE THE ARB FEE WHICH IS SEPARATE EVIDENTLY? 2. Can you confirm that the note regarding aluminum faces applies to all of the tenant panels? YES -NOTE APPLIES TO ACAC, THE FRESH MARKET,AND ALL FUTURE TENANT NAME PANELS. 3. A note indicates that"Albemarle Square," "ACAC," and "The Fresh Market"text is to be black dual-color film. The "Albemarle Square"text is rendered white on the drawing. Can you clarify? YES - THE NAME OF THE SHOPPING CENTER IS INTENDED TO BE NON-PERFORATED WHITE-TO DISTINGUISH THE CENTER NAME FROM THE TENANT NAMES. Also, can you confirm that the unspecified text for the other tenant panels is to be the black dual-color film? YES -THEY WILL BE THE BLACK DUAL-COLOR FILMS, CONSISTENT WITH THE ACAC AND THE FRESH MARKET NAME LETTERS. MARGARET, THIS IS GOING TO JEREMY WALTERS AT JONES SIGN, SO HE CAN CONFIRM THAT THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT. 5 THANK YOU, JIM Thanks for your help. Margaret Margaret Maliszewski , Chief of Planning/Resource Management • Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3276 mmaliszewski@albemarle.org 6 Margaret Maliszewski From: Jeremy Walters <jwalters@jonessign.com> Sent: Friday,July 07, 2017 11:50 AM To: Margaret Maliszewski Cc: Jim Plotkin Subject Re:Albemarle Square freestanding signs application Attachments: ARB Fee Receipt.pdf Margaret - Just went'online to pay the fee. The Fee Receipt is attached with Notes added specifying the payment as ARB review Fee. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks! Jeremy Walters I Project Manager Jones Sign Your Vision. Accomplished. Office: 804-325-1154 Cell: 757-636-0091 Ashland, VA Office www.!onessign.com On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org>wrote: Jim, The fees previously paid cover the building, zoning and electrical review fees—not ARB review. The $129 will cover ARB review of both signs. Jeremy, Thanks for your phone message. I tried to return your call, but there was no answer and no opportunity to leave a message. From: Jim Plotkin [mailto:iim@dumbartonproperties.com] Sent: Friday, July 07, 2017 11:28 AM To: Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Cc: Walters Jeremy <iwalters@ionessign.com> Subject: Re: Albemarle Square freestanding signs application Margaret: Answers to your questions are below, in ALL CAPS. Sent from my iPhone 1 On Jul 6, 2017, at 5:36 PM, Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> wrote: Hello, Jim. I've received your application for the two new freestanding signs at Albemarle Square and I've looked over it quickly to determine if it is complete. I have a comment and A few questions. 1. The ARB review fee of$129 was not paid but is required. SO THEN THE TWO FEES PREVIOUSLY PAID UPON SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATIONS DO NOT INCLUDE THE ARB FEE WHICH IS SEPARATE EVIDENTLY? 2. Can you confirm that the note regarding aluminum faces applies to all of the tenant panels? YES -NOTE APPLIES TO ACAC,THE FRESH MARKET, AND ALL FUTURE TENANT NAME PANELS. 3. A note indicates that"Albemarle Square,""ACAC," and"The Fresh Market"text is to be black dual-color film. The "Albemarle Square"text is rendered white on the drawing. Can you clarify? YES - THE NAME OF THE SHOPPING CENTER IS INTENDED TO BE NON- PERFORATED WHITE - TO DISTINGUISH THE CENTER NAME FROM THE TENANT NAMES. Also, can you confirm that the unspecified text for the other tenant panels is to be the black dual-color film?YES -THEY WILL BE THE BLACK DUAL-COLOR FILMS, CONSISTENT WITH THE ACAC AND THE FRESH MARKET NAME LETTERS. MARGARET,THIS IS GOING TO JEREMY WALTERS AT JONES SIGN, SO HE CAN CONFIRM THAT THE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT. THANK YOU, JIM Thanks for your help. Margaret 2 Margaret Maliszewski , Chief of Planning/Resource Management Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3276 mmaliszewskic albemarle.org 3 1 ! Margaret Maliszewski From: Jim Plotkin <jim@dumbartonproperties.com> Sent: Monday,August 29, 2016 5:38 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski Subject RE:Albemarle Square Entry Signs Thanks, Margaret. I will review your comments as I am looking at the sign drawing to make sure I understand all that you have said. It looks like we need to choose between name letter colors as shown on the drawing (white for the shopping center name letters and dark for the tenant name letters) or introduce a choice of, for example the Fresh Market green for their name letters, perhaps white or dark for ACAC letters, and perhaps white or dark for the third and potential fourth tenant name letters (total of 3 different letter colors to choose from, in that example, green, white, and dark). I can get the name of the stone panel at the base; I thought that showed up on one or more of the renderings, but will get it shortly. I thank you for your support of the other aspects of the design. Jim From: Margaret Maliszewski [mailto:MMaliszewski@albemarle.org] Sent: Monday, August 29, 2016 4:46 PM To: Jim Plotkin Subject: RE: Albemarle Square Entry Signs Jim, • Regarding your summary of the background colors: I agree. • Regarding the letter colors:The letter colors could vary, but I think it would be difficult to have a different letter color for each panel (difficult to maintain a level of compatibility and coordination), and we'd need to approve the colors with the sign application.This would allow for some flexibility for tenants, but wouldn't necessarily get them their standard color.You would need to choose the colors you propose to use, and we'd need to see color samples to decide. I'm happy to review the colors if you'd like to send them along. • Regarding fonts: I'm not so worried about the fonts.When the colors are adequately coordinated,the font can vary from panel to panel. • Regarding graphics: I would just change the "tenant graphics to be approved or provided" note to say, "tenant graphics are subject to ARB review/approval". • Also, the stone material at the base should be identified on the drawing. As always, let me know if you have questions. Margaret From:Jim Plotkin Imailto:iim@dumbartonproperties.coml Sent: Friday,August 26, 2016 4:47 PM 1 To: Margaret Maliszewski<MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> - Subject: RE:Albemarle Square Entry Signs Margaret, Thank you for your thoughtful detailed response to the proposed entry sign designs to replace those at or formerly at Albemarle Square. I am glad we seem to be progressing with many elements that seem to be acceptable. To try to simplify this for everyone, I wonder if the following reflects your guidance: Background Colors of name panels: Leave the sign as designed, with uniform background colors for tenant name panels, and a different color for the background of the shopping center name panel, to set it off, as shown, per your comment #3. The 4 colors are reflective of the color scheme of the shopping center and are all natural and soft colors. Eliminating any one color would detract from the harmony of the proposed design, so we would like to keep them as shown on the plan. Letter Colors: Tenants are allowed to have different colors for the storefront letters in their storefront signs. Retailers seem to always want to have consistency between their store front signs and their road side signs, to benefit from brand awareness and identity established through signs. The present sign design shows only two colors for letters. Tenant name letter colors would not necessarily match any particular tenant's logo color. If ARB guidelines prevent other shopping centers from accommodating tenant branding or logo colors, then we would also live with that restriction obviously. Fonts: Can we start with the fonts as presently shown, but be able to appeal for use of a 4th font for the third anchor store when it is known? We would like for the font of the shopping center name to remain different from the tenant name fonts, and we would like Tenant name fonts to reflect the Tenant's brand fonts if possible, especially because it appears that we will not be able to allow them to match both name letter fonts and name letter colors. Graphics: We would like to be able to propose graphics only if it becomes an issue with an anchor tenant or a potential anchor tenant's name. Can we leave it that the ARB would have to approve any particular graphics use? That way, the ARB could ensure that graphics would "...be incorporated as an integral part of the sign and colors should be limited to three". Once we have your directions, we will add the landscaping to the base of the proposed sign and submit it for final approval. We are eager to replace the Route 29 and the Rio Road signs immediately upon ARB approval. The current sign design is attached for your convenient reference. Thank you Margaret. Jim James N. Plotkin, President Dumbarton Properties, Inc. Licensed Broker in the Commonwealth of Virginia 10313 West Broad Street Glen Allen, VA 23060 PLEASE NOTE NEW STREET and MAILING ADDRESS ABOVE Ph: 804.266.4969 2 Fax: 804.266.4977 '- jimadum barton properties.com From: Margaret Maliszewski [mailto:MMaliszewski@albemarle.orq] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 12:22 PM To: Jim Plotkin Subject: RE: Albemarle Square Entry Signs • Jim, A few thoughts: 1. The illustrated sign looks to be generally consistent with the EC Guidelines.The coordination with the colors and materials of the shopping center is a positive feature of the design. 2. The EC Guidelines recommend a maximum of 3 colors for signs.The ARB typically sets limits on the number of colors used in signs and expects some coordination in color among the tenant panels. 3. We have seen good results when the background color of the tenant panels is consistent, as shown in your illustrations. 4. There may be some ability to vary the color of the letters from one tenant panel to the next, but four different letter colors might be difficult, particularly considering there are already 4 colors proposed.A mock-up showing the different letter colors(even if two of them are speculative for now) might be useful. 5. Letters with varying colors during the day and consistent colors at night might be an option. 6. Please consider whether or not you will ask for graphics on the tenant panels. If multiple colors are wanted for graphics, a consistent letter color is more important.When graphics are used,they should be incorporated as an integral part of the sign and colors should be limited to three. Illumination of graphics has been limited in many cases. Margaret From:Jim Plotkin [mailto:iim@dumbartonproperties.com] Sent:Wednesday, August 03, 2016 4:47 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski<MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Cc: Bev Webb<bev@dumbartonproperties.com>; Michael Plotkin <michael@dumbartonproperties.com> Subject:Albemarle Square Entry Signs Dear Margaret, The Entry Signs have been redesigned and attached to this email. Would you please look these over and let me know if they are what the ARB can approve? 3 I am aware that landscaping is not part of what is attached, but it wi//be 111'1. oduced with the sign drawings for formal submittal once we get the sign itself right. The Fresh Market wanted to know if their name panel could incorporate the same green color as is on their store front sign. It would be desirable from our standpoint if the ARB would permit additional colors for the other tenant names on the signs, since ACAC and future anchor stores we would be likely to want their logo brand colors incorporated on the new monument signs, as well. Would you please comment on that? Thank you for looking at this at your earliest opportunity so we can move forward with the next steps. Jim James N. Plotkin, President Dumbarton Properties, Inc. Licensed Broker in the Commonwealth of Virginia 10313 West Broad Street Glen Allen, VA 23060 PLEASE NOTE NEW STREET and MAILING ADDRESS ABOVE Ph: 804.266.4969 Fax: 804.266.4977 iimOdumbartonproperties.com 4 7/7/2017 r • Payments AZ Item Amount i Your Payment c(0-f � WebsitePayment $129.00 Was Submitted � � '\4 Item Numbe0Dev0 Type: CommunityDevelopment y V Building Permits I A C J m,. Notes:ARB Review Fee for Albemarle 4_ r—i 1 Square Signs Package • Transaction ID: 09C86379CY3213604 I '� Transaction Fee $3.21 Transaction 07/07/2017 11:48 . /1 J�` Time: AM Total $132.21' Total Paid: $132.21 In GIB We will receive notification of your online payment at the time that it is made and we will credit your payment as of that day. However, you will not see the payment on your account for approximately 48-72 hours due to the time that it takes to get those funds into our bank account. https://www.albemarlecountytaxes.org/payments/default.aspx 1/1