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Regular City Council Meeting <br />August 7, 2003 <br />Page 14 <br /> <br />Depending on the number of people who get on the sign the City of Paris could <br />see taxes of $350.00, $700 or perhaps $1,500 per year. <br /> <br />Mr. Kyle said he has over 50 merchants who have expressed interest in <br />advertising on this sign. He said the sign is 8'x 22" going up to 30' high. <br /> <br />Mayor Fendley called for opponents to appear, and Ray Banks, 3450 Robin <br />Road, was present stating that he has lived within view of that intersection for <br />over 20 years and that intersection has always been very dangerous. There <br />have been numerous accidents there with some fatalities. Mr. Banks disagreed <br />with Mr. Kyle that billboards make the streets safer. If that was the case every <br />freeway in Dallas would be covered with billboards, but he believes that <br />billboards are made to attract the attention of the traveling public and if you are <br />looking at a billboard, you cannot be looking at the road at the same time. Mr. <br />Banks said in regard to the taxes involved, one accident would be a lot more <br />tragic than the benefit that we might receive from the sign. Mr. Banks <br />requested that the City Council follow the Planning and Zoning Commission' s <br />recommendation and deny this request. <br /> <br />Rashmi Patel, Manager and President of the Victorian Inn, said he has been <br />managing Victorian Inns for about 14 years. He said that several of his <br />neighbors made a lot of comments against the billboard being placed at this <br />location. One of those was the Church of Christ and he made remarks <br />regarding the seniors getting confused at that intersection and standing still <br />while the other side goes green. Mr. Patel said he had comments previously <br />that this certainly, in his opinion, will take away from the Victorian Inn's <br />prospective to attract the business at the proximity, which is about 20 feet. He <br />said one of problems that he has is the lights from the billboard. When you are <br />going to choose a motel, you will choose one that looks peaceful and quite, not <br />where the lights are. Mr. Patel said this is an electronic sign and it could have <br />motors and moving parts and that would be clicking sounds coming from the <br />sign. Mr. Patel said he did not protest just for the fun of it, but he sees this <br />creating a situation for him by the lack of business meaning a devaluation of <br /> <br /> <br />