Amador County – The Sutter Creek City Council talked about a directional sign to help some downtown businesses Monday, then tabled the issue for more work. City Manager Rob Duke proposed a couple of locations for a sign that would point out the businesses on the Chaos Glassworks side of town. Duke said the corner of Main Street and Gopher Flat Road was an option, but he recommended the corner of Main Street and Hayden Alley. The need was because “businesses on Hanford Street need advertisement on Main Street in order to encourage pedestrians to continue around the corner onto Hanford Street.” They think “nobody knows where they are,” Duke said. He said the sign should be “put high enough so that a person can walk under it without smacking their head.” John Mottoros asked about businesses at the other end of Main Street and why they would not get a sign. He also asked who would be paying for the sign, the pole and the paint, the people or the businesses who want to be on it. Duke said businesses would pay for space on the sign and the funds would reimburse the city for the sign’s cost. Sharyn Brown said the Main and Gopher Flat was barely visible walking down the street, and “the planter is a much better place.” She also suggested locating it near the school crossing sign or on the stop sign. Duke said “those signs are already occupying that post.” Brown said Days Inn, Gray Gables, Chaos and many of the total 16 businesses on the north side of town want to be on the sign. Duke said if you put a sign at Main and Gopher Flat, people want to cross the road there. Mayor Gary Wooten said “you don’t want any visual obstructions and that is still one of our busiest intersections.” Planning Commissioner Frank Cunha said the discussion was evidence the city “sign ordinance needs to be redone.” He suggested a temporary sign until the ordinance is revised. Councilman Pat Crosby said “we can talk about this forever. Let’s just put up a sign where Rob says,” at Main and Hayden Alley, and “very soon we can find out whether it’s a good, bad or indifferent location.” Brown asked what she should tell the owners of Chaos Glassworks. Wooten said “tell them it’s not dead and we’re working on it.” Wooten said he liked the idea of the sign being illuminated and placed near a city parking area, so people can have the time to read it. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.