Zionsville Redevelopment Commission (ZRDC)

ZIONSVILLE REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MEMORANDA FOR Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 6:30pm Zionsville Town Hall-Community Room 1100 West Oak Street Members Present: Mark Plassman, President, Brad Johnson, Vice-President. Luke Phenicie, Treasurer, Craig Anderson, Secretary, and Dax Norton. Also Present: Ed Mitro, Town Manager, Wayne DeLong, AICP, Director of Planning & Economic Development, Kim Blanchet, Town Attorney. A. Opening a. Call meeting to order – Mark Plassman called the meeting to order at 6:30pm b. Swearing in of Dax Norton (Dax Norton was sworn in and signed an Oath of Office) B. Old Business a. Update on the Micro-Loan Program: Luke Phenicie summarized the current applicant pool and indicated that a future presentation to local banks was planned. b. Update on Dow property purchase: Mark Plassman offered an update to the Commission and summarized the real estate closing that occurred on May 23, 2013. c. Update on projects within the Redevelopment Area: Wayne DeLong offered an update for projects occurring in the Redevelopment Area. C. New Business a. Discussion on restructuring the 2013 Budget for the Commission: Mark Plassman introduced the matter and Ed Mitro offered a summary of the Re-Appropriation Resolution that is scheduled to be heard by the Town Council and the effort to eliminate redundant line items and Luke Phenicie offered a presentation regarding a long term forecast for related to facilitating the Dow ownership. The Commission indicated no opposition to the draft Re-Appropriation Resolution. b. Discussion on the possible pay off of the Shell/Parking lot lease: Mark Plassman introduced the matter and indicated that Town leadership had requested that the Commission consider paying off the Shell/Parking lot in the near term. The Commission agreed to set a future agenda item to consider the payoff of the Shell/Parking lot. d. Z-App update: Mark Plassman introduced the matter and indicated that a recent meeting occurred with the developer of the Application, and Dax Norton indicated that the Application is not available on Android, only the iPhone. Concerns that were  expressed was that the mobile application need to be updated by the developer on a routine basis, and that additional content, if desired, needs to be identified. It was also noted that the Application is available in two formats for iPhone. Brad Johnson was identified as the Commission’s point person on the management of the Z-App, D. Boone Economic Development Commission Update (no update was provided) E. Other Business. Ed Mitro introduced Kim Blanchet as to the new Town Attorney. Brad Johnson shared a discussion point specific to the Zionsville Architectural Review Committee, and that the Committee may for the first time have more projects than it can fund, and encouraged consideration of identifying additional funding for the Zionsville Architectural Review Committee. Ed Mitro indicated that additional opportunities with the food and beverage funding source should be explored. Adjournment (the meeting adjourned at 7:37pm) The next meeting of the Redevelopment Commission is scheduled for June 24, 2013 at 6:30pm.