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Robinson Outdoor pitches digital billboard at Peoria and Eagle; council sends matter to committee
Summary
Danny Marler of Robinson Outdoor presented a plan for a double-sided digital billboard at 1230 Peoria Street, offered 760 daily impressions per side for city messaging and safety mitigations, and answered council questions; the council directed staff to discuss the proposal at a committee-of-the-whole meeting.
Danny Marler, a property-requirements specialist with Robinson Outdoor, told the Washington City Council on Jan. 5 that his company is proposing a double-sided, high-definition digital billboard at 1230 Peoria Street near the Peoria–Eagle intersection. Marler said the billboard face would be 8 feet by 16 feet, with roughly 21 feet of total height including a stone base, and that the company follows state rules requiring auto-dimming and prohibiting flashing or motion that could distract drivers.
The company offered a community-benefits package that, according to Marler, includes integration with Amber Alerts and a weather warning feed, space for law-enforcement notices, and a permanent allocation of city messaging equal to about 760…
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