There were about thirty in attendance for the March 22, 2016, public meeting of the Broad Ripple Village Association (BRVA) Land Use and Development committee. Chris McElwee, committee chair, called the meeting to order at 6pm at the Indianapolis Art Center. There were three items on the agenda.

This proposal is to add a 3' x 5' flat wall sign on the house at 6556 Ferguson Street for Lilly Lane Flowers. Lilly Lane is a contract florist specializing in weddings and other event planning and is currently at 6525 Ferguson Street [C4 on map]. The board voted to support the sign variance.

This project has been presented before the board several times. This appearance was to explain the final changes to the apartment / retail building planned for the southeast corner of the Canal and Westfield Boulevard. It is planned to have 105 apartment units with 110 parking spaces. There will be 4700 square feet of retail space. The committee decided to hold off on a vote until the next meeting to see the final staff report from the city.

This presentation was for comment only, as the plans are not complete and no papers have been filed with the city. It is for a project planned to replace the two large houses on the southeast corner of Guilford and 64th Street with a four story building. It would have a floor of parking, a floor of office space, and two floors of apartments with a total of 28 units. The north house used to be Audio Solutions. The south house was most recently Skinny Coconut Oil and is currently Bernie Sanders headquarters.

The next scheduled public meeting of the committee is planned for April 26th, 2016, location to be determined.