Zionsville Architectural Review Committee (ZARC)

Zionsville Architectural Review Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, May 26, 2015 Attendees: Committee Members: Mike Billig Tom Casalini Beth Casselman Eileen Davis Dave Rausch Mike Zeller Others: Janice Stevanovich President Dave Rausch opened the meeting at 7:37 am. A quorum was present. Beth Casselman made a motion to approve the Agenda. Seconded by Eileen Davis. Motion approved unanimously. Mike Billig made a motion to approve the minutes of April 28, 2015 as submitted. Seconded by Tom Casalini. Motion approved unanimously. Reports: No changes to the financial status. The available balance for the year remains at $71,885. Old Business: • 130 Hawthorne St (Chapel) – Work is underway. • 30-40-N. Main St (Greeks) – Construction is essentially complete and final paperwork is pending. • 99 N. First Street, (Price) – Construction is underway. A possible delay to completion will result from the need for a State variance. New Business: No new applications have been received. Other Business/Program Refinements: A motion was made by Beth Casselman to approve items 1, 2, and 4 of the 27 January 2015 Summary of Program Refinements Considerations as presented. Seconded by Eileen Davis. Discussion clarified that these items are intended to make the program more simple to understand and more efficient and effective for all parties involved. This motion was passed unanimously. Mike B and Beth will review the program documentation to make confirm that these items are reflected in the web site program description. To address item # 3 from the above document, Eileen Davis made a motion to implement a grant maximum for future projects of UP TO 40% with a total grant amount not to exceed $25,000. Seconded by Mike Billig. After discussion this motion was passed unanimously. It was agreed to hold on item #5 dealing with occupied and non-occupied buildings until more information becomes available. Possible special grant rules to deal with high visual impact trash and utility structures were discussed. There seemed to be general agreement that grants for these could be considered as separate from the building façade program. A grant of up to 40% of the cost, to a maximum total grant of $5000 (or double that for a shared facility) was agreed to in concept, but no motion was available. Eileen and Beth will work on specific language for a motion for a future meeting. President Rausch indicated he would not be attending the June committee meeting. With no additional business, Mike Zeller moved to adjourn at 9:02am. Tom Casalini seconded. Unanimous approval. Adjournment. Respectfully submitted, Mike Zeller