Thumbnail photo: Crescent City Council | Photo by James Brooks Among the items discussed at Monday’s Crescent City Council meeting: Digital sign ordinance: Before he ducked out of the meeting early to go to his job, Councilor Jason Greenough cast the sole dissenting vote on new digital sign regulations. They’re unnecessary, counterproductive and “not business friendly,” he said. Introduced on Feb. 17, the ordinance restricts a digital sign’s size to 32 square feet and states that they are only allowed in the commercial zone along the city’s highway corridor. This includes L and M streets, U.S. 101 from 9th Street north to the city limits and Northcrest Drive and Washington Boulevard. Digital signs must also be 1,750 linear feet apart, according to the new ordinance. The new regulations will take effect in 30 days. According to City Manager Eric Wier, the digital sign that started the discussion at the Tsunami Lanes bowling alley is 32 square feet. The digital sign at the Del Norte County Fairgrounds doesn’t factor into the ordinance since it’s on state property, according to Wier. Mayor Pro Tem Candace Tinkler didn’t want any digital signs in the city, stating that she felt it was counterproductive to efforts to revitalize the downtown area. But she acknowledged the Planning Commission’s hard work and the compromise. Kamome Festival: Councilors authorized a budget transfer of $5,000 from the city’s sister city fund to help pay for the Kamome Festival. Celebrating Crescent City’s friendship with Rikuzentakata, Japan, the festival will consist of a series of events between April 11 and April 19. Highlights include a cardboard boat race, a Humboldt Taiko performance and a Taste of Japan event hosted by Del Norte High School’s Japan Club. The city will also host 21 delegates from Rikuzentakata as well as Consul General Kotaro Otsuki and Consul Takumi Kuroiwa, Recreation Director and Events Coordinator Kelly Feola said. Councilors also agreed to waive a pro-rated event fee for the Taste of Japan at the Cultural Center. The Kamome Festival commemorates the 2013 arrival of its namesake boat, a 20-foot fishing vessel that was swept away from Rikuzentakata during the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Lighthouse Cove restrooms: Councilors approved a $194,500 with RH Construction, the only bidder associated with a remodel of the restrooms and showers at Lighthouse Cove RV Park. The remodel is part of a larger project that will be paid for by a $835,000 California Coastal Conservancy grant. According to Public Works Director Dave Yeager, the city budgeted $258,600 of those grant dollars for the restrooms. Temporary restroom and shower facilities will be available to guests during the project at cost to the city of about $40,000. The $24,100 left in the remodel’s budget will serve as contingency, according to Yeager’s staff report. The Lighthouse Cove RV Park projects include a remodel of an upstairs apartment and the installation of two cabins along Elk Creek. According to Yeager, the apartment and cabins will be available for short-term rent, though only the cabins are ADA compliant. Staff plan to order the two cabins in May with their anticipated delivery date in September.