". >> Good Evening And Welcome To The March 27Th 2025 Meeting Of The Bloomington Planning Commission For An Overview For Folks Who Are In The Audience This Evening In Chambers And On Tv, The Planning Commission Is Made Up Of Seven Members. We Have Seven This Evening. Each Member Volunteers Their Time And Is A Bloomington Resident. Members Are Appointed By The City Council. The Planning Commission Is Advisory To The City Council For Most Items The Commission Makes Recommendations And The City Council Has The Final Decision Making Authority. There Are Certain Applications That The Planning Commission Can Approve Or Deny On Its Own Subject To The Appeal To The City Council. All Of Our Items This Evening Are Headed To Council For Each Item There Will Be A Staff Report That A Chance For The Applicant To Present Then A Chance For Any Member Of The Public To Provide Testimony And Then The Commission Will Close The Public Hearing And Discuss The Item Before Any Action Is Taken. Our First Order Of Business This Evening Is The Pledge Of Allegiance. Please Stand If You Are Able To Display Of The United States Of America Either A Public Or Which Stands One Nation Under God Indivisible With Liberty And Justice For All. All Right. Our First Item This Evening Does Have A Public Hearing. It Is A City Code Amendment For The Sign Code It Is A One Year Lookback Ordinance And Planning Manager Johnson, You Have The Staff Report. Thank You, Chair Albrecht Nice To See You. Members I'Ll Just Jump Right Into This One. We Did Review The Set Of Previous Study Session So I'Ll Try And Keep My Comments Relatively Brief And Not Go To Into Too Deep Of Explanations On Some Of These Unless Requested. So Just A Quick Agenda Slide. Just A Reminder On Why We'Re Doing This Provide An Overview Of The Ordinance Before You Talk A Little Bit About Our Outreach And Engagement Approach And Provide You The Next Steps. So As A Point Of Background Again The Sign Code Was Completely Overhauled And Adopted In February Of 2024 Was A Significant Project And As Part Of That Process The Staff City Council Planning Commission We All Kind Of Made A Continued Commitment To Review It One Year After Adoption Given The Significant Nature Of The Policy Changes Contained Therein. And So That'S What This Project Is Reflecting Is And Was Added To The Work Plan As Just That One Year Look Back How Did It Perform? What Adjustments Should We Make Over The Course Of 20 2466 Sign Permits Were Issued Through The Course Of Using The New Policy Staff Identified Various Issues And Opportunities For Improvement. A Couple Of Them Came From The Public As Well. Mostly I'M Working With Sign Installation Companies. All That Being Said I Would This Certainly Won'T Be The Last Or End Of Any Adjustments To The Sign Code. There'S Always Things That We'Ll Find In Future Years So Absent A Dedicated Project For That I Think You Would See Some Of These Any Potential Future Amendments To The Sign Code Into Miscellaneous Issues Ordin…