Zionsville Architectural Review Committee (ZARC)

Zionsville Architectural Review Committee - Meeting Minutes Location: Zionsville Town Hall Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 ATTENDEES: Committee Members Present: • Mike Billig • Steve Herron • Todd Rottmann • Cara Weber • David Rausch • Tom Casalini Committee Members Absent: • Steve Freeland • Carol Mullet Others: • Wayne DeLong President David Rausch opened the meeting at 7:39 am. A Quorum was present. MEETING AGENDA and MINUTES: A new agenda and the September Minutes were reviewed and a motion to adopt both simultaneously for the meeting was made by Todd Rottmann and seconded by Cara Weber. 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. The question was asked, can we presume ZARC will be approved for the same $50,000 in 2019? It is presumed ZARC will be funded the same amount, per Wayne DeLong, Zionsville Director of Planning and Economic Development. OLD BUSINESS: 1. No active projects 2. ZARC Boundaries still to-be-discussed later – 2019 objective NEW BUSINESS: 1. 170 S. Main: • Application officially filed by Rausch Studios • The anticipated job cost is $20,000, with a grant ask of $8,000 o Final grant amount will be 40% of final façade upgrade costs • The goal of the applicant is to have final building colors decided upon by the November ZARC meeting • The building color selections will play a role in ZARC approval • A motion was made by Cara Weber to approve the application contingent only upon final color selections, seconded by Steve Herron. Motion was approved unanimously. 2. Lions Club – Zionsville • Application officially filed by the Zionsville Lions Club, Larry Harris as Director • The anticipated job cost is $45,000, with a proposed grant ask of $18,000 • The Elm Street façade is the only determined scope of the work and request of the grant monies, as determined by further communication with the applicant • The overall design was discussed by the ZARC members, with suggestions for further exploration of architectural styles, design concepts, and material selections o This feedback was to be communicated to the applicant by Tom Casalini and/or David Rausch • It is still evident that the applicant would like to encumber some of the available 2018 grant funds and ZARC is agreeable to working with the applicant to do so. • Tom C. was to continue communications with the Lions Club Members and see how best to advance this application and project details. DECEMBER MEETING DATE: It was discussed to consider a new date for the December ZARC meeting. December 11th was tentatively agreed upon and will be considered at the November meeting to set a final date. ADJOURN: With no other new business, David Rausch called the meeting to a close and made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Steve Herron, at 8:38 am. Motion was approved unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Steve Herron