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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes October 8, 2015 Page 18 of 23 Moline says I hear Steve's comment about the sign and I appreciate that. I want to take this under consideration when we look at the whole signage question in a more comprehensive way. I am not necessarily ready to let something like that happen on this building at this exact time. I think Steve raises good points. It is something to be considered when we look at signage in general. I am in agreement with both comments Steve said. I am excited to see uses like this coming to CTC. I am in support. Rice says my problem is ad hoc decision -making on signs. I am not in favor of that. I don't think we should be deciding every sign differently, and then we don't create any expectations that people have about our signs. What I think we should do with signs is come back at it, take a look at it from all respects, and come up with some intelligent, reasonable sign guidelines. If they evolve from what we've done in the past, that is great. I don't like this incremental, one -of - a -kind of decision making because I don't think it is good for the planning process. Pritchard says I am in support of this. I like the architecture and it goes with my own personal style. I am not opposed to the use of xeriscape in our environment. On the issue of signage, I think Tom is right. The next item on our agenda this evening is talking about what we want to accomplish in the next year. We need to look at signage as a collective whole. Personally, don't have a problem with this signage. I did not have a problem when the Art Center wanted to do something similar. I see those along the same lines. Really, the signage in this particular case fits the building. I am not going to jump out and look at this one property. I think we do have to look at this as a collective whole on our guidelines both commercial and industrial. The applicant can talk with the Business Association and if they are committed to making a change, they can bring it back and we will listen. Right now, I agree with Staff. Brauneis says he appreciates the desire to have flexible guidelines in place and fully supports a community taking that on. I think we did do a great job of that for Downtown because it went on for quite a while. There are so many subjective issues at that point. We opened up this evening with a sign allowance. Pritchard says regarding the first item this evening, the issue was the sign's location on Highway 36 and the fact that the signage was inadequate for that building's location. I understand your point. I think we do need to have some continuity and we need to review the guidelines. Some cases are 15 plus years old or older and have probably served their purpose. A very thorough review of commercial and industrial guidelines probably needs to take place. Brauneis says we did not get a chance to discuss the manicured lawns in the IDDSG. I encourage us to look at that at some other point in time. Motion made by Moline to approve Resolution No. 32, Series 2015, seconded by Brauneis. Roll call vote. Name Vote Chris Pritchard Yes Jeff Moline Yes Ann O'Connell n/a Cary Ten ler n/a Steve Brauneis Yes Scott Russell n/a Tom Rice Yes I Motionpassed/failed: Pass Motion passes 4-0.