The Broad Ripple Village Association Land Use and Development Committee met for the regular meeting on June 25, 2013. The meeting was at the family center at Broad Ripple Park. There was a fairly small public turnout. About 25 were in attendance, including the committee and the petitioners. There were two items on the agenda.

Committee chair Jim Holland called the meeting to order. He announced that item 2 on the agenda, commonly referred to as "the Shell project", has changed its request from a C-3C classification to a C-S classification and has moved the hearing date at the City-County Building from July 11 to July 25, 2013.

This request is to open a commercial cafe in the garage at the rear of the property. The front of the property contains Playful Soul and Mother Nature's Sun [C4 on map]. Plans call for a small amount of seating, for 8 to 12 people, with most of the food being served in to-go containers. The request includes a zoning variance to legally establish the massage therapy business that has been at the location for some time. It also calls for two outdoor freezers to be installed by the garage, outdoor seating, and a yard sign. They hope to open in the fall. Tom Healy discussed how this project fits in with the recommendations for development in the north Village district. The committee voted to support this petition. The hearing in the City-County Building is scheduled for July 9, 2013.

Jim Holland explained that a sub-committee of the land use committee, consisting of two professional architects and Tom Healy, has been negotiating with the developers. Those negotiations are continuing and the site plan is evolving. A traffic study is underway on College to determine if a new traffic signal is needed. The Whole Foods portion of the project has been reduced to be under 35,000 square feet. The number of apartment units in the four floors above the grocery has been increased to around 100. The parking as required by the city is 368 space, but the project has reduced it to 326 to make space for the additional residential units. The committee voted to move the voting on this project to a special meeting (likely mid-July) to be announced.