The January public meeting of the Broad Ripple Village Association (BRVA) Land Use and Development Committee was held at the Indianapolis Art Center on January 27, 2015. It was standing room only as there were about 100 in attendance. The meeting was called to order by committee chair Jim Holland.

There were four items on the agenda:

Holland announced that since items A & C have already been heard before the committee, he proposed that there is no need to rehear them. Since those previous presentations to the BRVA, the petitioners have made the same presentations to the Department of Metropolitan Development DMD and now the BRVA committee can take a vote. There was a motion to approve both and both passed.

Item B, 6265 Broadway Street presented. This proposal has also been presented before, so it was requested that the changes since last time be presented. Petitioner Greg Stoll said that there have been substantial changes. These include a key-accessed elevator, moving the trash container away from the neighbor and into the building, and the development of Laverock. According to the petitioner, Citizens Energy has now agreed to change its agreement from sharing half of the easement to now allow the project to develop all the way to the canal. This would allow for a 20-foot-wide esplanade along the canal in front of the new apartments. Another change was to remove the garages along Laverock, pull the building as far toward Laverock as possible which allows for garages opening toward the site's courtyard.

Holland suggested that a vote be delayed until the February meeting to allow the committee time to review the changes and hear how the city reacts to those changes. The petitioner replied, "We've presented this since March. We've made numerous changes and the problem we're running into is you're saying you won't take a position until you hear from DMD, and DMD is saying they will not take a position until they hear from you. At this point we are really not in a position to make any more changes until someone takes a vote. We are here before you tonight asking that you take a vote."

After more discussions a motion was made to not support this petition. The committee then voted for this motion to not support the project.

The last item was D, 6349 College Avenue, an information-only presentation on the current plans for the banks of the canal in association with the Coil Apartment project on the site of the old Shell station and the Laverock Apartments. (See renderings of the project at www.broadripplegazette.com under Pictures From Our Articles). The canal improvement budget is 2.5 million, including 2 million from the City, $250,000 each from Citizens Energy and Browning Investments. It will focus on the north bank from College to Guilford and include multi-level walkways, seating, lighting and water features.

Jamie Browning stated that the major tenant of the new building could not yet be disclosed, but the announcement is coming soon.

The next BRVA zoning meeting is scheduled for February 27, 2015, at 6pm at the Indianapolis Art Center.