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Home My WebLink AboutARB201600041 Correspondence 2016-04-28 Margaret Maliszewski From: Greg Kamptner Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 12:13 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski Subject: RE: Emergency messages Margaret- The answer is yes and I just posted my analysis and suggested condition language on the Legal Meeting sharepoint page. Greg Kamptner Deputy County Attorney County of Albemarle gkamptner@albemarle.org 434-972-4067 ext. 3268 From: Margaret Maliszewski Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 3:00 PM To: Greg Kamptner<GKamptne@albemarle.org> Subject: Emergency messages Greg, Are we OK to move forward with the concept of fire department emergency messages as government speech, making it OK for the ARB to allow colors and motion in that electronic message sign that would not typically be approved for signs with non-emergency messages? I'd like to be prepared in case this comes up at Monday's ARB meeting. Thanks. Margaret Margaret M. 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Margaret Maliszewski From: Thomas Loach <tcl4p@virginia.edu> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 8:58 AM To: Margaret Maliszewski Subject: CVFD Sign Proposal Attachments: CVFDSign.pub Margaret, I have put together another CVFD sign presentation using an updated scale drawing from our vendor. I have also made additional changes to the sign specifications as suggested in your notes from the ARB meeting. That said, there are several areas which are problematic. In your note number 8, "Clarify whether "low priority" messages are emergency messages". I believe this issue was discussed during the ARB meeting and the resolution was to accept the baseline background colors, "Red", "Amber" and "Green" for those messages that were specific to the health and safety of the community. Other then those colors I have added text in my submission that states the sign will default to a black black background with white letters. I believe this will also take care of number 9 in your document. The only other issue is number 14, which deals with an "integrated system" that manages the identification of daytime and nighttime nit levels. Again, I believe this issue was discussed during the meeting and addressed by the vendor. The luminance levels can be set by the software to meet the required nit levels for both daylight and night time levels and those levels will be changed by the fire department to meet seasonal changes. To that extent I have added a note that states those facts. Other then that I believe I have covered all the other issues you identified. Regards, Tom Now ,....of Margaret Maliszewski From: Margaret Maliszewski Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 2:32 PM To: 'Thomas Loach' Subject: landscaping at the base of a freestanding sign Tom, These revisions look good.The one outstanding item is the landscaping. Ground cover juniper is generally not considered sufficient for the planting at the base of a sign. I suggest that you mix in a taller growing shrub with a low- growing juniper. I can forgo a landscape plan if a detailed description is provided. I've copied below the landscaping that was approved for a new freestanding sign in the Pantops area. As an example, a description of this planting would be: "6 gray owl juniper, 18" high at planting, and 2 Buxus John Baldwin, 24" high at planting, in a circle around the sign. Buxus to be located at the ends of the base of the sign. Sign and plants in a circular mulched bed, approximately 12' in diameter." I'm not suggesting you have to copy this landscape plan; I'm just providing it as an example. Would you please update the sign drawing, under your landscape section, to provide a description of landscaping that resolves these issues? Thanks. Margaret 1 F� l tri�9 k'.dtiItle,. tttyt,.«. , Ii r ttetit a Ititttt"Ala , (1E11 11Rf`Os ttt'w t t',16lt A ht41(1P41$F(111011a,1ti t1("b '.tIIsIN. t6 'I'1'.t A.rkt'ti1t',1$7(4 ftC 1 — 1 _ ,-- �w. .. ,,4% Margaret M. Maliszewski,Principal Planner Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road,Charlottesville,VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3276 2 4 Margaret Maliszewski From: Thomas Loach <tcl4p@virginia.edu> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 12:28 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski Subject: Re: FW: landscaping at the base of a freestanding sign Attachments: CVFDSign.pub Margaret, I have updated the plan to incorporate the suggested changes you recommended. If there's anything else I have to do, please let me know. Regards, Tom On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> wrote: Tom, I'm forwarding this email in response to the message you sent last night asking about the status of the Crozet FD sign. There was one outstanding item with your last revision—the landscaping. Your response then indicated that you would make the required changes, but I haven't seen another revision. Please see my May 11 message, below, in which I offered an example on which you might base your landscape design. Thanks. Margaret From:Thomas Loach [mailto:tcl4p@virginia.edu] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2016 5:44 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski<MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Subject: Re: landscaping at the base of a freestanding sign Margaret, Thank you for your suggestions. We will be glad to make the appropriate changes and use the newly suggested plant materials. On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> wrote: Tom, These revisions look good. The one outstanding item is the landscaping. Ground cover juniper is generally not considered sufficient for the planting at the base of a sign. I suggest that you mix in a taller growing shrub with a low-growing juniper. 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