Zionsville Architectural Review Committee (ZARC)

Zionsville Architectural Review Committee - Meeting Minutes Location: Zionsville Town Hall Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 ATTENDEES: Committee Members Present: • Mike Billig • David Rausch • Todd Rottmann • Steve Herron • Carol Mullet • Tom Casalini • Steve Freeland Committee Members Absent: • Cara Weber Others: • Wayne DeLong Meeting was moved to Fanimation Room on first floor of Town Hall on account of unpleasant temperatures in the second-floor meeting room. President David Rausch opened the meeting at 7:40 am. A Quorum was present. MEETING AGENDA: An agenda was reviewed and a motion to adopt for the meeting was made by Steve Freeland and seconded by David Rausch. Motion was approved unanimously. MEETING MINUTES: A motion to approve the May meeting minutes was made by Todd Rottmann and seconded by Tom Casalini. Motion was approved unanimously. REPORTS: The ZARC Financials were reviewed. The 2018 budget was set at $50,000. No encumbered monies were carried over from 2017. Nothing spent or promised to-date. OLD BUSINESS: 1. No active projects 2. Discussions on dumpster enclosures and ZARC’s ability to get involved, as address in the May meeting, were not continued in this meeting. 3. The consideration of the ZARC Façade Grant program boundaries expansion was continued from our last two meetings. The team reviewed a new draft of a map (attached), prepared by David Rausch, outlining the proposed areas of expansion in addition to the known boundaries.  David spoke on topics addressing the ZARC mission statement, and the desires associated with enhancing the “entrances” to Zionsville. Wayne Delong noted that Staff would encourage contiguous boundaries for the program; however non-contiguous uses and businesses were discussed for ZARC to consider and propose if so desired. Boundaries and verbiage of said boundaries will be a continued topic of discussion in meetings to come, and David Rausch offered to prepare a written draft of the revised boundaries outlining discussions to date. Additional topics, such as landscaping, ancillary structures, and new construction were discussed as considerations as well to be added to future reviews. NEW BUSINESS: 1. 115 N. Main: • A new owner has acquired this site, since the recent owners approached ZARC with a plan to update the façade. Tom Casalini is in communication with this new owner, who may be interested in taking advantage of the program’s resources. More info will be provided at a future meeting. 2. 170 S. Main: • David Rausch recused himself as President of ZARC; Steve Herron stepped in as interim meeting leader. • Rausch studios is moving to this new location, with desired to spruce up the entrance of the studio space, located on Main street directly adjacent to Cobblestone. • Conceptual exhibits were provided for initial introduction and questions. • Painting the whole Main Street façade was discussed as part of the potential scope. The overall budget currently anticipated is between $15k- $20k • Rausch Studios will present more documentation in the next meeting, with anticipation of asking for and receiving a ZARC contribution to aid in the work. With no other new business, Steve Herron called the meeting to a close and made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Tom Casalini, at 8:40am. Motion was approved unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Steve Herron