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The Bloomington Planning Commission will be conducting its next regular meeting in-person and remotely using Webex Event at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 14, 2021.

Members of the public can attend in-person, watch or listen to the Planning Commission meeting using the following methods:

Watch/listen: BTV (Comcast channels 859 or 14)
Watch online at blm.mn/btv-live or the City's YouTube channel blm.mn/youtube
Listen, via dialing phone number: 1-415-655-0001, and enter access code: 2464 635 1239 (phone charges can be avoided by using cell phones)
Attend virtually via computer: https://logis.webex.com/logis/onstage/g.php?MTID=e07df3ca329f8db0b001f2cd231a30704, Event Number: 2464 635 1239, Event Password: plan

Members of the public can submit testimony or comment on an agenda item by:

Testifying in-person
Sending an email to planning@bloomingtonmn.gov.
Leaving a voicemail at 952-563-8920.
Calling 1 (888) 742-5095; Conference Code: 8461001098 during the hearing to provide live verbal testimony. (phone charges can be avoided by using cell phones)
Public comment is not permitted on study items

To ensure City staff have adequate time to disseminate your email or voicemail testimony to the Planning Commission, please submit it by noon on October 14, 2021. Be sure to include the name of the specific agenda item you are providing testimony for.

Meeting information

Regular meetings are usually held on Thursdays at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Bloomington Civic Plaza, 1800 West Old Shakopee Road or by electronic means as provided by state law.

Live stream of regular meetings (if meeting is currently in progress) (study meetings are not streamed or televised)
Agendas, Webcasts and Documents
Past meeting documents

Duties

Chapter 2, Article V, Section 2.85.02 of the Bloomington City Code charges the Planning Commission with the following duties. Note that effective January 1, 2010, the Planning Commission assumed the duties of the Traffic and Transportation Advisory Commission.

Hold hearings, review applications and make recommendations as set forth in the City Code;
Review and make recommendations on variance and appeal applications where such review is required of the Planning Commission by the city code;
Review and make recommendations on proposed amendments to zoning, subdivision and transportation provisions of the City Code;
Review and make recommendations on proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and district plans; and
Review and make recommendations on transportation issues including transportation planning, street extensions and modification, street layout, on street parking, neighborhood traffic plans, transportation grant applications, transit systems, pedestrian way, and bicycle traffic.
Other duties as may be assigned by the City Council or by state law.
2021 Planning Commission Work Plan

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