Plan Commission (PC)
Regular MeetingZionsville, IN · February 16, 2021
Minutes
TOWN OF ZIONSVILLE PLAN COMMISSION MEETING RESULTS
Tuesday February 16, 2021
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III. Approval of the January 19, 2021 Regular Plan Commission Meeting Minutes and February 2, 2021 Special Meeting
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IV. Continuance Requests
V. Continued Business
Docket
Name Address of Project Item to be Considered
Number
Approved as presented
6 in Favor
Appaloosa
0 Opposed
Crossing -
2020-44-DP 3295 S. U.S. 421 Petition for Development Plan Approval of a Master Signage
Master Signage
Program for the Appaloosa Crossing Commercial Development;
Program
zoned Rural Professional Business (PB) and Rural General
Business (GB) and within the Michigan Road Overlay (MRO)
Approved as presented
21st 6 in Favor
Amendment – 0 Opposed
2020-48-DP Outlot I of 3295 S. U.S. 421 Petition for Development Plan Approval for a 12,500 sq. ft.
Appaloosa commercial building on Outlot “I” of Appaloosa Crossing which
Crossing is zoned Rural General Business (GB) and within the Michigan
Road Overlay (MRO).
VII. New Business
Docket
Name Address of Project Item to be Considered
Number
None at this time
VIII. Other Matters to be considered
Docket
Name Address of Project Item to be Considered
Number
None at this time
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Respectfully Submitted:
Wayne DeLong, AICP, CPM
Director of Planning and Economic Development
February 17, 2021
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Zionsville Plan Commission
February 16, 2021
In Attendance: Mary Grabianowski, George Lewis, Larry Jones, Sharon Walker, Chris Lake
Staff attending: Wayne DeLong, Roger Kilmer, Dan Taylor, attorney, Janice
Stevanovic.
A quorum is present.
Franz Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Start with the Pledge of Allegiance.
All Pledge of Allegiance.
Franz All right. Wayne, would you please take roll?
DeLong Certainly. Mr. Lewis?
Lewis Present.
DeLong Mrs. Grabianowski?
Grabianowski Present.
DeLong Mr. Fedor?
Franz He’s absent. He notified us of his situation so he’s excused.
DeLong Mr. Jones?
Jones Present.
DeLong Mr. Franz?
Franz Present.
DeLong Mrs. Walker?
Walker Present.
DeLong Mr. Lake?
Lake Present.
Franz So, we have six people. Any matter needs to have four votes to pass. In your
packet, you had—there was two sets of minutes, one from the January 19 regular
meeting of the Plan Commission. Are there any comments, additions, deletions to
those minutes? If there are none, is there a motion to approve?
Grabianowski So moved.
Franz Is there a second?
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Jones Second.
Franz All in favor, signify by aye.
All Aye.
Franz Opposed nay. Those minutes pass. There’s in—also in minutes are the February
2, 2021 special meeting. Is there any comments, additions, deletions to those
minutes?
Jones Nope.
Franz None? Is there a motion to approve those minutes?
Lake So moved.
Franz Is there a second?
Jones Second.
Franz All right. I will abstain since I was not present. All in favor, signify by aye.
All Aye.
Franz All oppose by nay. Motion carries, 5-0. Those are approved. On the docket are
two continuance requests. Both actually from December meeting. The first
number on the docket is 2020-44-DP Appaloosa Crossing Master Signage
Program 3295 South US 421 petition for development plan approval of a master
signage program for the Appaloosa Crossing commercial development zoned
Rural Professional Business PB and Rural General Business GB within the
Michigan Road Overlay MRO. Is the petitioner present?
DeLong Mr. Franz, before we jump in, I do want to create your opportunity to have the
public acknowledged.
Franz Yeah. Is there anybody in the audience who’d like to be acknowledged? I
actually have that written down today. I just missed it, so. If you do, please raise
your hand.
Kilmer Mr. Franz, Sally Zelonis has raised her hand and that is all.
Franz All right. Okay. Now, to the petitioner, please.
Price Yes, Mr. President and Members of the Commission, it’s Matt Price here today
on behalf of Harris FLP and Appaloosa Crossing for approval of our master
signage program. You may recall that this was initially heard back in November.
We received feedback on the proposal then and we’ve had it continued a couple
times since then, and are coming to you tonight with a different proposal for how
to initiate this program than what was originally proposed. You may recall that
originally we had provided a diagram that showed the anticipated locations of
each single-tenant sign as well as the multi-tenant signage. I think a good
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comment that was raised during that discussion was, you know, how can you be
that specific about that location of signs when you don’t have individual users for
each lot at this stage? So, we took that comment into account as well as other
comments, and are coming to you this evening with a modified proposal which is
to seek approval of our site, excuse me, of our sign designs both with respect to
our multi-tenant design and our single-tenant design but leaving the location
approval to the individual development plans that will come before you as
petitions are submitted and heard in the ordinary course of the project. Now, the
individual sign applications, as individual development plans come in, will still
be subject to the commitments that are of record with respect to the proposal. So,
it would still be reviewed against those individual commitments. What we’re not
seeking tonight is approval of the individual sign locations but rather just the sign
designs themselves. I’ll tell you what our intention is going forward as you frame
your comments and questions. What our intention is that we are developing a
packet of information that we give potential purchasers. Part of that packet that
we would like to include is an approved sign package that here is what your
individual signs need to look like. Right now, we’re doing that through a little bit
of a method of just individual conversations with each purchaser. In fact, Roger
Kilmer and I have corresponded within the last week or so about a specific sign
that’s going to be coming before you at next month’s meeting. We just think it
would be more efficient if we had an approved sign design with regard to size,
building materials, landscaping treatments so that we could tell our suitors that
this is the approved sign and that they need to conform their signs to that
approved design. I should mention that I have Rick Green with me this evening
from Axis Architects who’s the individual who developed the exhibit that shows
what our preferred sign design is. So with that, I’m happy to answer any
questions that you have and appreciate your patience in working with us over this
last couple of months. Thanks.
Franz All right. Thank you. At this time I’ll ask, is there anybody from the public
who’d like to make a comment on this matter? If so, please raise your hand. All
right. Being none, staff commentors? Have any staff comment on this one,
Wayne?
DeLong Thank you. Certainly, Roger Kilmer provided a very detailed report for your
consideration this evening. Certainly, it covers a lot of information. Certainly,
staff is supportive of the petition as it’s been submitted and is happy to answer
questions you may have.
Franz All right. At this point in time, I’ll open it up to any members of the Plan
Commission if they have any questions for Mr. Price.
Walker I was happy to see something like this because I was trying to figure out in my
mind and I’m not an engineer nor am I an architect, how you were going to
establish that without the business person having any input at all. So, I thought
this was better than what you presented at first.
Price Appreciate that.
Lewis So, I guess my question is the multi-tenant signs, will those be like individual
development plans for the multi-tenant signs and then the single-tenant signs
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would come in as part of the site development plan for a individual tenant type of
thing probably?
Price Right. Yes, so what we envision happening is, for example with the shops that
were approved back in late spring last year up in the northwest corner, that what
will happen is that the sign plan will need to be submitted for that individual
development. For example, if that was going to include a multi-tenant sign, then
that multi-tenant sign would be presented as part of the sign package for that
project. The same with the single-tenant properties either as part of the
development plan, comprehensive development plan where the entire package is
being presented or as part of the sign plan for that development plan. They would
come in with their individual sign for that lot.
Franz So, the buildings that are approved that are multi-tenant, I mean, where are
those—I mean, is that going to be a separate process to approve those locations
then?
Price It will be. The way we’re envisioning it and Mr. DeLong can certainly weigh in
if I’m misstating this, but what we understand the process will be is that we
would need to come in with a sign plan that would include the location of any
multi-tenant sign, for example for the shops. That step has not been completed
yet in connection with, for example, with the development of the shops in the
northwest section of the project. That’s a step that still needs to be completed
which would include the location of that sign.
Franz All right.
Price Then, we would be subject to the commitments with regard to the overall
number. We’re actually permitted more outlots than we are signs. There are
greater sign limitations than there are numbers of lots. So, we have to be, you
know, economical about our use of signs. So, we’ve not come in with individual
sign plans yet for the development plans for either our medical office building or
the shops. That is a step that we would be required to do before a sign could be
built.
Franz Okay. What you’re asking for today is basically approval of the design of the
signs?
Price That’s correct.
Franz All right.
Jones So what you’re asking for this evening is for us to approve the two types of signs
you have here, the multi-tenant and the single-tenant?
Price Yes.
Jones Now, what you haven’t confirmed yet is that whether you’ll need to use a multi-
tenant or a single-tenant sign on each lot because right now, you’ve got the multi-
tenant building up there at the northern end. Then, you’ve got a smaller multi-
tenant building down at the south end. Correct?
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Price That’s right. That’s right.
Jones Will the multi-tenant building at the south end need a multi-tenant monument
sign?
Price It could. Now—I think really this was part of the dialogue that I think we found
very helpful last when we talked about this back in November, I believe it was
November. It might subject to the commitments. I’ll tell you what the
commitments are which is that we are permitted two multi-tenant signs on 421
and one on 146th Street. There’s a further limitation on the signage along 421
which is that one of those signs can be in the General Business frontage and one
of those multi-tenant signs can be in the Professional Business. So, it’s possible
that the medical office building will need a multi-tenant sign. It would have to be
as it is. It would have to be in the Professional Business area and it would be
subject to a development plan filing to approve the location of that sign.
Jones Right. Then, what’s going to happen with the gas station? What are they going to
want? Right now, that is the sign actually that Roger and I have been
corresponding on. Right now, they have a single-tenant what I would call a
monument sign. It’s somewhat illustrative of the issue we’re confronting in
dealing with purchasers is that the sign, I would say, is similar to what our
preferred design is but it’s not identical. It’s not—to me, it’s something that does
not meet the standards of what the Plan Commission is going to be expecting and
frankly what we expect as well. So what we’re doing is, wanting to use this
approved sign plan as part of our package that here’s our Overlay Zone
requirements. Here’s our architectural theme that we develop. Then, the third tier
being here’s the approved sign package at least with regard to design. They still
understand they need to come in and get the actual locations approved.
? They also understand they need to comply with some of the approved design
details?
Price Right. Yes, we heard that message loud and clear during the, uh—I think that
was the December meeting. This is an outgrowth of those two meetings really
and trying to get ahead of this.
Franz Do you think you’re going to use all 11 of those single-tenant signs?
Price You know, it’s possible we’ll use fewer. I’ll tell you why. We have a user
potentially in the northeast corner of the project that actually takes more than one
outlot and I don’t think is going to seek or need two signs. So there, I think, there
will be some economy in terms of not needing necessarily all the signs that are
permitted.
Franz Okay. Is the residential component going to want any signage out on either 146th
or Michigan?
Price I’ve not heard that request. I do not believe they will. That is something that we
have in discussion now but there has not been a request for that to date, no.
Frankly, that would be an offsite signage for that project. I think for that to
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occur—I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself but I think that would
definitely require a collab with staff and probably a variance if that were sought.
So it’s not, but it’s not contemplated today.
Franz Anybody else have any other questions? If there aren’t any, would somebody like
to make a motion on this matter?
Walker I will. If I can see my paperwork here in my office, my light’s not too bright. I
move that Docket #2020-43-DP to allow for the development plan approval of a
master signage program for Appaloosa Crossing development as depicted in
Exhibit 4-C zoned Rural Professional Business BP and Rural General Business
GB and within the Michigan Road Overlay MRO be approved based on findings
of fact in the staff report and recommended and submitted be approved.
Franz All right. Is there a second?
Lake Second.
Franz Is there any further discussion? Wayne, would you please take roll? You’re on
mute.
Lake You’re muted, Wayne.
DeLong Hit the wrong button. Mrs. Grabianowski?
Grabianowski Yeah, aye.
DeLong Mr. Jones?
Jones Aye.
DeLong Mr. Franz?
Franz Aye.
DeLong Mrs. Walker?
Walker Aye.
DeLong Mr. Lake?
Lake Aye.
DeLong Mr. Lewis?
Lewis Aye.
Franz All right. Motion carries, 6-0. So, you have your approval. Thanks very much.
Price Thank you, Mr. President.
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Franz Onto the next matter on the Docket is Docket #2020-48-DP 21st Amendment
Outlot I of the Appaloosa Crossing 3295 South US 421 petition for development
plan approval for a 12,500-square-foot commercial building on Outlot I of
Appaloosa Crossing which is zoned Rural General Business GB and within the
Michigan Road Overlay MRO. Before I ask the petitioner to begin, we need to
have a motion to accept first-class mail for notification of this matter. Is there a
motion on that?
Grabianowski So moved.
Franz Is there a second?
Lake Second.
Franz All right. All in favor, signify by aye.
All Aye.
Franz Oppose by nay. Motion carries. Petitioner, please.
Ochs Good evening, Members of the Plan Commission, Tim Ochs here this evening on
behalf of the petitioner, 21st Amendment. As the Commission will recall, this was
before you back in December. At that time, really we, I asked a question which
was design following what I would call more traditional Zionsville theme or a
design that was consistent with the architectural theme that had been established
with Appaloosa Crossing based on the two development plans that had already
been approved for Appaloosa Crossing. I think it was rather clear, I don’t know
maybe even unanimous but very clear that the desire was that the building adopt
the architectural themes that had been established for the rest of Appaloosa
Crossing. Architect went to work on that. Because of the holidays, I believe it
took a little bit longer than we would have liked but he was able to accomplish
that. The building remains the same in terms of size which is 12,500 square feet.
There are certain aspects of the building that we were able to keep that actually
harken or give a nod to the Zionsville theme, almost a Colonial style in the sense
of a significant amount of brick, of masonry, of rectangular building symmetrical
as it faces Michigan with a pitched roof and gables. At the same time, we
changed—first, we changed the color palette to match the balance of the
Appaloosa Crossing and the colors that had been established. Then, we started
adding features and themes to tie it to the rest of Appaloosa Crossing that is the
board and batten and the gables. There’s metal roof on a portion of it to give it
kind of the Gregorian theme that was established. We think we’ve struck a very
nice balance so that this now does fit in well.
If you’ll look at the site plan as well, you’ll notice that there is parking that is
located on the south side of the building. That parking, we will propose that it not
be installed initially as is allowed in this zone of classification with the zoning
administrator’s approval but that should parking be needed that could be added.
If it is added, the parking ratios would meet the requirements of the zoning
ordinance. The other significant change that was made since the December
hearing which was clearly expressed is the front of the building, the front
entrance or front door if you will, is clearly facing towards Michigan Road. We
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made that very clear. So, with that, I’d be happy to answer any questions that the
Commission might have.
Franz All right. Thank you. At this point in time, is there any members of the public
who’d like to make a comment on this matter? If so, please raise your hand to be
recognized.
Kilmer There are no hands raised.
Franz All right. At this point, I’ll take staff’s comments on this. Wayne, would you
please do that?
DeLong Thank you again. An excellent report I provided to you by Roger Kilmer.
Certainly, the staff is supportive of this petition. Certainly, the one comment that
we’ve talked about certainly in the pre-meeting as well is the expectation of the
Board of Zoning Appeals related to the standardization of certain elements, the
building, the context of the building like has been discussed already. Certainly,
another component is the lighting, the height of the lighting elements, the style of
the lighting elements. Certainly, there is some room for a little bit of deviation
here and there given maybe a manufacturer won’t be available here in the future.
In that same breath, is color temperature and similarity across the palette of the
entire development. So that’s, I think, an item that’s still you know needs a little
bit more fine tuning in terms of the Plan Commission’s satisfaction with the
lighting elements as they’re proposed. I’m happy and certainly staff is prepared
to take any additional questions.
Franz All right. Thank you, Wayne. At this point in time, I’ll open up to Members of
the Plan Commission for any questions.
Jones This is more, once again, kind of general. One, I do like the look of the building.
It is a much better look, all four sides even though it’s going to have one rear,
kind of a flat surface but still I think it’s a better design than the previous. By
changing the roof profile to have it open in the center, kind of lowered the whole
overall look of it that I think will tie in nice. If we just got done with signage,
we’ve been talking about lighting. We know the overall plan is changing to add a
residential component. Has there been any discussions, and this might go back to
Wayne and Roger, about any kind of like either internal signage on the buildings
or some type of minor monument signage? Eventually, you’re going to end up
with a pretty long drive behind the building with multiple buildings on it. What
I’m seeing is, just no provision for once you’re on the internal Appaloosa Drive
to figure out what’s what. Does that make sense? I mean, so I drive down behind
Target and Home Depot and Kohls and Office Depot and all that stuff, and
there’s no signage back there. Thankfully, I’ve done it a hundred times so I can
usually remember but for the average person using that kind of drive, there’s just
nothing back there to figure out where you want to go. What’s the process
involving something like that? Does it—who makes that call?
DeLong I think what you’re touching upon is directional signage and that would certainly
be something that the developer could look to provide and certainly something
that‘s supported by the ordinance. I know that’s not Mr. Ochs’ charge this
evening but certainly the staff can explore that with the developer. It could be
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that the developer has no real desire to provide directional behind the buildings
because if there was they could end up leading folks into the residential area. So,
it might be purposeful that there is a lack of directional signage but we’re happy
to certainly explore that.
Jones Then, if the tenant, if 21st Amendment wants some sort of signage on the back of
their building on the east elevation, is that a separate request then? I mean,
currently they’re not really showing any signage on the front other than the beer,
wine, spirits piece.
DeLong So in the rural area, the signage ordinance is fairly helpful in terms of the amount
of signage that one can put on a building. Certainly, I think what you’re also
driving at, Mr. Jones, is back in the day, 2006 when this project was originally
approved, commercial signage on the back of the buildings may not have been an
issue because it was facing towards a commercial integrated center. Now, that
area is facing into a residential development and that light spillage might be
something that you’re touching upon in terms of the intrusiveness of the lighting
of the glowing signs and/or other issues. Is that what you’re touching upon?
Jones No, not so much lights, though. It’s just general, you know, what’s the word I’m
looking for? Way finding, just straight up good old-fashioned way finding. When
somebody is back there on Appaloosa Trail, you know, how are we going to be
able to tell what’s what from the backside of the building.
Walker You know, a lot of the stores over at Clay Terrace, they have printed on the door
in very nice printing what the buildings are what you’re entering for delivery
people. Not that I hang out at people’s backdoors a lot but there is printing on
those doors that looks nice.
Jones The only reason I’m thinking about this is we just got done talking about the, you
know, signage for the development as a whole, so. All right.
Franz Speaking of signage, has there been any discussion about where that single-
tenant signage is going to go? I mean, I realize we just approved the signage
language on the prior docket item but has there been any discussion on where the
monument sign is going to go for this single tenant here?
Ochs We’ve been waiting for the approval that just occurred before this hearing to help
determine that. We understand that if this is going to have us single-tenant
monument sign that that would require that we probably have to come back just
like the other two outlots that have already been approved. We have to go back
and have that conversation with the developer now that their package is
approved.
Franz All right.
Ochs We’re certainly willing to listen to suggestions but because that decision has not
yet been made.
Franz I mean, I don’t really have—I mean, I’ll let you guys decide that with the
developer and figure out how that stuff goes. I got a question about the—why, I
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mean, the lighting slightly different than what is being used by the other, I guess,
it’s the other two approved outbuildings. Is there a reason that it’s different and
not the same one?
Ochs The reason it was different was because these light standards date back to what
was originally I think anticipated by the developer and they haven’t been
changed. Assuming that there’s no significant cost increase on the lights, 21st
Amendment—these lights are not part of their branding. So assuming that there’s
not an appreciable cost increase, a significant cost increase, 21st Amendment
would be willing to use the same lighting, same height, same style, same color
temperature. That is not an issue for 21st Amendment.
Franz Okay. I want to, you know, echo with what Mr. Jones said. I do appreciate your
efforts to modify the building to something that fits better. So I appreciate that. It
does look quite a bit better, so thanks very much.
Ochs Thank you.
Franz Is there any other questions, comments from anybody else? If there are none, is
there a motion on this matter?
Jones I’ll go ahead and do it. I move that the waiver of architectural building design
requirements be approved based on the findings in the staff report Exhibit 6 as
presented. I move that the waiver of building materials be approved based on the
findings in the staff report, Exhibit 6 as presented. I move that Docket #2020-48-
DP to allow for the development plan approval of a 12,500-square-foot single-
tenant building on Outlot I, the 1.5 acre +/- within the Appaloosa Crossing
development zoned Rural General Business GB and within the Michigan Road
Overlay MRO be approved utilizing the design flexibility section of the
ordinance regarding parking spaces based on the findings in the staff report and
the staff recommendations submitted findings of fact and subject to resolution of
outstanding review items identified by the town engineer in Exhibit 5 of the staff
report and submitted of a compliant landscape plan.
Franz All right. So those are three separate parcels that require separate votes, correct?
Can we do that?
Jones We can do that. I’d agree to that.
Franz So, Dan, you’re on mute. So the first matter—we have to take separate motions.
This is separate motions, correct, Dan?
Taylor Yes.
Franz Okay. So the first motion is there a sec—is there a second on the first motion?
Lake Second.
Franz All right. Is there any comments, discussion? Being none, Wayne, would you
please take roll?
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DeLong Certainly. Mr. Franz?
Franz Aye.
DeLong Mrs. Walker?
Walker Aye.
DeLong Mr. Lake?
Lake Aye.
DeLong Mr. Lewis?
Lewis Aye.
DeLong Mrs. Grabianowski?
Grabianowski Aye.
DeLong Mr. Jones?
Jones Aye.
Franz All right. Then, motion carries, 6-0. Then, the motion on the waiver of building
materials, is there a second on that one?
Walker Second.
Franz All right. Any further discussion? Wayne, would you please take roll?
DeLong Mrs. Walker?
Walker Aye.
DeLong Mr. Lake?
Lake Aye.
DeLong Mr. Lewis?
Lewis Aye.
DeLong Mrs. Grabianowski?
Grabianowski Aye.
DeLong Mr. Jones?
Jones Aye.
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DeLong Mr. Franz?
Franz Aye. That motion also carries, 6-0. Then, on the motion to approve the
development plan, is there a second on that one?
Lewis Second.
Franz Is there any further discussion, comment? Wayne, would you please take roll?
DeLong Mr. Lake?
Lake Sorry. Aye.
DeLong Mr. Lewis?
Lewis Aye.
DeLong Mrs. Grabianowski?
Grabianowski Aye.
DeLong Mr. Jones?
Jones Aye.
DeLong Mr. Franz?
Franz Aye.
DeLong Mrs. Walker?
Walker Aye.
Franz That motion also carries, 6-0. So, you have your approvals. Thank you very
much.
Ochs Thank you.
Franz Good night.
Ochs Good night.
Franz At this point in time, is there any other matters to be discussed?
DeLong I can provide some very quick updates for you.
Franz Okay.
DeLong Some more stuff on the forum-based code, the town is moving through legal
review of the contract. So we look to have that taken care of fairly quickly. Your
Zionville gateway area, I don’t have a specific update related to any future timing
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but certainly the project continues to move through its iterations internally as we
fine tune and research and come though the data that’s come in. Certainly we’ll
have some output I would suspect in about 45-day give or take window for to
provide for you. Also, want to touch upon some email correspondence that came
to you through the email system related to the park. Certainly, the project was—
some questions were asked of the Plan Commission, certainly as staff and your
secretary, we responded and certainly I believe we copied you on that response.
In the meantime, some additional correspondence has been generated. So I
wanted to provide you an update to that as one of the questions was asked, is the
park coming back as any sort of amendment for your consideration in any future
iterations? The answer to that question is, staff does not have an answer to that
question. We have given the petitioner, the park developer, information related to
their secondary plat submittal that there is at least one component which is the
central water system that doesn’t match up with the preliminary plat that this
commission saw about 18 months, 16 months or so ago. If that is the plan and
that’s the plan that’s to be constructed, it would require the Plan Commission’s
approval. So that could be an amendment that you might see. The park, the
project might move forward with a central water system that meets the drawing
that you saw 16-18 months ago. So, I wanted to provide that update to you. Yeah,
the staff continues to correspond with interested parties. We do have a meeting
coming up virtually later this month to offer additional information. We’ll move
forward from there and provide additional updates as needed.
Franz All right. Thank you, Wayne. At this point in time, is there anything else? If there
isn’t, is there a motion to adjourn?
Lake So moved.
Franz Second?
Lewis Second.
Franz All in favor. Signify by aye.
All Aye.
Franz Oppose by nay. Oh, nobody said no, so good night everybody.
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