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Cyr � c <br /> avapat <br /> August 22, 2012 COLLEGE <br /> 1 12 <br /> TO: Mark Niepupski, Public Works Director <br /> CC: Tom Guice, Community Development Manager j A , f <br /> Marlin Kuykendall, Mayor <br /> CITY C!PR SCat'j " <br /> RE: Request for Variance to allow placement of Sign in City Right o <br /> And License Agreement <br /> As you know,Yavapai College is located at the entrance to Prescott, on Sheldon at <br /> the junction to Highway 89. For over 40 years,the College has made significant <br /> contributions to the community through its educational programming and facilities. <br /> With the completion of recent renovations,Yavapai College is proud to present a <br /> brand new Performing Arts Center (YCPAC),one where expanded programming will <br /> provide culturally-enriching experiences for people living throughout Yavapai <br /> County. <br /> The improved Yavapai College Performing Arts Center is an 1100 seat venue which <br /> brings in live performers from across the country to entertain and educate people <br /> from the greater Prescott area,as well as from surrounding communities,the state, <br /> and even from other states in our region. For example, demographic information <br /> from a recent concert held in June indicate that over 900 guests from outside of the <br /> Greater Prescott area attended the event—people who ate, shopped,and slept in <br /> Prescott,and generated sales tax revenues while visiting Prescott to see the show. <br /> Yavapai College is interested in better publicizing the many events that are <br /> scheduled at the YCPAC. Unfortunately, the Performing Arts Center is located well <br /> off of Gurley Street creating an"extreme hardship" for the commercial activities of <br /> the venue.Yavapai College believes it would be in the best interest of the City, the <br /> College, and our mutual constituents to have an electronic sign to help promote a <br /> variety of events both in the Performing Arts Center and throughout the College <br /> District. <br /> The City of Prescott has a right of way which extends along the entire border of the <br /> College property line. As such,we are asking the City Council to allow a variance to <br /> the city ordinance (per 8-6-3),and to establish a Licensing Agreement to allow <br /> Yavapai College the ongoing use of the property to allow for the placement of an <br /> electronic monument sign as outlined in the attached drawings. <br /> Best Regards, <br /> Clint Ewell,Vice President Finance&Administrative Services <br /> if ga <br /> exp 1100 East Sheldon Street,Prescott,Arizona 86301 928.445.7300 <br />